The classic conflict between freedom and duty.

Hitchcock the raconteur positioned it in terms of classic conflict.

But in their distinct personalities lay the makings of a classic Dionysian-Apollonian conflict.

"It's not a classic conflict of interest," he said.

It was a classic conflict of "old money" versus "new money".

A classic conflict between The Times's view of my job and the theater's popped up early in my first full season.

"In our view, this poses the classic potential conflict of interest question," Mr. Harshbarger said.

New ones won't get the idiomatic talk or relate to a classic conflict in terms of the dated dramaturgy.

"This is a classic conflict between the cost and the environment," Mr. Hotte said.

That split between the public and the private self is a classic conflict that characters face in literature, particularly in the 20th century.