Read the passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer's notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind. What internal conflict is implied by Lanyon's illness? Lanyon struggled with the burden of the information he had about Jekyll. Lanyon worried about whether Utterson would prove trustworthy. Lanyon feared that Jekyll would kill him before he could say anything. Lanyon fought with Jekyll over whether to tell Utterson anything.

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Makhi Cooper

28 October, 18:24

Read the passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer's notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind. What internal conflict is implied by Lanyon's illness? Lanyon struggled with the burden of the information he had about Jekyll. Lanyon worried about whether Utterson would prove trustworthy. Lanyon feared that Jekyll would kill him before he could say anything. Lanyon fought with Jekyll over whether to tell Utterson anything.

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Jude Navarro · Answer 1

A) Lanyon struggled with the burden of the information he had about Jekyll.

Guadalupe · Answer 2

The correct answer is "Lanyon struggled with the burden of the information he had about Jekyll."

Dr. Hastie Lanyon was a fellow colleague of Dr. Jekyll who also was a close friend. Inevitably, he was torn between the knowledge of Dr. Jekyll's alternate persona's horrible crimes and his friendship to Dr. Jekyll himself. The fact that he has to suppress his feelings about such a horrible revelation, compounded with the fact that he feels guilty about the future crimes that would result of his incapacity to expose his friend took a toll on his sanity that ultimately lead him to suicide.