Question

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

To cast in my lot with Jekyll, was to die to those appetites which I had long secretly indulged and had of late begun to pamper. To cast it in with Hyde, was to die to a thousand interests and aspirations, and to become, at a blow and forever, despised and friendless.

What is the conflict in this excerpt?

Mr. Hyde is hiding from authorities after a violent act.
Mr. Hyde is fighting his own guilt and self-loathing.
Dr. Jekyll is torn between the two sides of his identity.
Dr. Jekyll is struggling with his friend Mr. Utterson.
Mark this and return

Answer 1

Dr. Jekyll is torn between the two sides of his identity.