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? (a)mr. hyde is hiding from authorities after a violent act. (b)mr. hyde is fighting his own guilt and self-loathing. (c)dr. jekyll is torn between the two sides of his identity. (d)dr. jekyll is struggling with his friend mr. utterson.