The conflict between love and duty in The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky In this essay I will discuss the conflict between love and duty in Stephan Crane’s “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”. In the story there is a constant reflection by the town’s marshal, Jack Potter on his recent marriage and his duties and responsibilities to “his” town. Potter, recently married now has to split his responsibilities to the town with …showed first 75 words of 851 total…

…showed last 75 words of 851 total…You'll never get a chance like this again.”" (224-225) Marshal Potter definitely was working out his feelings of duty to the town people and his responsibilities to his wife. He was torn between the conflicts. I suspect that it will take him a while to sort them out. Works Cited Stephan Crane “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.” The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s 2000. 218-225