The inner conflict that Widge expressed is best identified
through the way in which he finally begins to find a home among the company, a place
where he is valued and loved, and a skill that he is good at, whilst all the time he is
meant to be planning a robbery that would devastate his new friends. Note how Widge
expresses this inner conflict:
For the second time that day, I had been made to
feel that I was among people who cared about me and my welfare. My guilt at the thought
of betraying him [Mr. Heminges] and the rest of the company came back, stronger than
ever.
Widge is forced more
and more to weigh up his precarious position. On the one hand, he faces Falconer and the
violence that he represents if he does not steal the copy of the play. On the other
hand, Widge has finally found something that he has never experienced: a home with
friends that love him. Widge is therefore forced to mature through the way in which he
has to make a choice between these two extremes, and his choice to defy Falconer and
reveal all to the players reveals how he has matured as a
character.
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