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What are the conflicts in story The Sound of Music?

Internal Conflicts

* Maria's conflict between her love of music and her religious beliefs.

* The Captain's conflict between his duty to his country and his love for Maria.

* The children's conflict between their desire for freedom and their fear of their father.

External Conflicts

* The von Trapp family's conflict with the Nazis.

* The Captain's conflict with his commanding officer, Colonel von Trapp.

* The children's conflict with the Nazis' indoctrination program.

Social Conflicts

* The conflict between the traditional values of the von Trapp family and the modern values of the Nazis.

* The conflict between the Austrian people and the Nazis.

* The conflict between the German people and the Nazis.

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