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In the 1992 movie, Death Becomes Her, the two main characters Madeline Ashton played by Meryl Streep and Helen Sharp played by Goldie Hawn has had a long ongoing feud. From fighting about men, to plotting death, and plain hatred for each other. This feud between the two main characters goes back many years, however in the end Madeline and Helen must work together to live and look the way they please. Although Death Becomes Her has many of the six conflicts, I found the movies conflict with person vs. person the most interesting. Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawns’ characters have a long history of fighting about men. It is said in the movie that Madeline always steals Helens’ boyfriends and the audience see that Helens fiancée, Ernest, catches

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