Which struggle is an example of external conflict that occurrs in “The Bet” by Anton P. Chekhov?

An external conflict occurs between a character and another person or force outside themselves. In “The Bet,” the lawyer and the banker disagree about whether life imprisonment or the death penalty is worse, leading them to make the bet. Their struggle is therefore lawyer vs. banker; the choices involving “self” describe internal conflict.

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