English

Felicity Dickerson

9 April, 11:18

Which type of conflict is reflected in this summary of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson? Dr. Jekyll invents a potion to separate his good and evil personalities. However, the potion transforms him physically into a hideous and frightening person named Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde represents Dr. Jekyll's dark side, with no signs of a moral conscience. He commits various violent acts for pleasure and even murders a respected politician. No one knows that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are a single person, and the police search for Mr. Hyde as a murder suspect. Throughout the story, Dr. Jekyll attempts to control Mr. Hyde, but he fails as Mr. Hyde keeps growing stronger. Eventually, their combined guilt leads the two personalities to commit suicide. A). character versus self B). character versus character C). character versus nature D). character versus society