Question

Between these two, i now felt i had to choose. . 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. the bargain might appear unequal; but there was still another consideration in the scales; for while jekyll would suffer smartingly in the fires of abstinence, hyde would be not even conscious of all that he had lost. –the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, robert louis stevenson what is dr. jekyll’s conflict in this passage? jekyll has to decide whether to be all jekyll or all hyde now that the potion is not working correctly. jekyll has to decide whether to continue feeding hyde in light of his recent crimes. jekyll has to decide whether to reveal his secret to all of his closest friends. jekyll has to take hyde’s feelings into consideration when he makes decisions.

Answer 1

Answer:

Jekyll has to decide whether to be all Jekyll or all Hyde now that the potion is not working correctly.

Explanation:

The given passage is taken from the Gothic novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." The novella is penned by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The novella is about the strange case of Dr. Jekyll who develops a potion to separate his good self from the evil one. Through this potion, Dr. Jekyll gets transformed into a person named Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde is the evil side of Dr. Jekyll that comes out without any conscience.

The conflict that is developed in the given passage is that Dr. Jekyll has to decide whether he wants to remain as a Jekyll or Hyde. As the potion that Dr. Jekyll created was not working properly which helps him to shift from one personality to the other. Now, the lot has fallen into the lap of Jekyll to choose only one personality through which he wants to remains for the rest of his life.

So, the correct answer is the first option.