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.

Jekyll compares what it would mean to choose either side of himself. Choosing Jekyll means giving up the appetites he has secretly enjoyed, while choosing Hyde means losing his relationships and ambitions. This shows that Dr. Jekyll is torn between the two sides of his identity, not struggling with Mr. Utterson.

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