Susan Hill effectively makes this moment dramatic and significant and represents Kingshaw’s momentary triumph by creating conflicts. Kingshaw, after being bullied repetitively by Hooper, finally has an advantage over him and threatens to beat him. He exclaims: “Shut up, Hooper 。。。I’ll bash your head in”. This use of dialogue with a ferociously violent tone creates man versus man conflict. In this conflict, Kingshaw is dominating as Hooper is clearly unwell and Kingshaw has the ability to scare Hooper by menacing him. Although this conflict may seem to favour Kingshaw, he is not assured as to whether his superiority is powerful enough to remain after this dispute. Kingshaw is “frightened by what he had done, and of the voices that had come out