Question

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

Mr. Utterson had already quailed at the name of Hyde; but when the stick was laid before him, he could doubt no longer; broken and battered as it was, he recognized it for one that he had himself presented many years before to Henry Jekyll.

Mr. Utterson’s worried thoughts about the connection between Hyde and Jekyll is an example of which kind of conflict?

external
internal
group
social

Answer 1

internal

Explanation: Utterson’s worried thoughts are an internal (man vs. self) conflict—he’s struggling mentally with fear and suspicion about the Hyde–Jekyll connection.