Which best explains the term conflict in fiction?

a. the story's struggle or problem
b. the main events that take place
c. a hint about the end of a story
d. a certain character's behavior

the most likely reason why dante included the names of historical figures in his well-known masterpiece the divine comedy is because he was trying to expose his own historical judgement to the figures. he settles different characters of the occidental culture in parts of the hell, purgatory and paradise constituting a spiritual judgment according to his thought.