Question

Analyze conflict in the short story "The Bet" by Anton P. Chekhov.

Answer 1

" The Bet " shows us the conflict between a young passionate lawyer and a veteran shrewd banker. The lawyer risks 15 years of his life for life imprisonment in banker's cottage which shows that he is motivated by money. The banker is ready to lose million dollars for his ego.

Answer 2

The conflict in the Bet by Anton P Chekhov is
between a banker and a young lawyer who enter into a disagreement at a party hosted by the banker. While the banker believes that capital punishment is more humane than life imprisonment, the lawyer claims that he would choose life imprisonment over a death sentence.