Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.A change had come over me. It was no longer the fear of the gallows, it was the horror of being Hyde that racked me. I received Lanyon's condemnation partly in a dream; it was partly in a dream that I came home to my own house and got into bed. I slept after the prostration of the day, with a stringent and profound slumber which not even the nightmares that wrung me could avail to break. I awoke in the morning shaken, weakened, but refreshed. I still hated and feared the thought of the brute that slept within me, and I had not of course forgotten the appalling dangers of the day before; but I was once more at home, in my own house and close to my drugs; and gratitude for my escape shone so strong in my soul that it almost rivalled the brightness of hope.
Answer
A
It illustrates the power he feels as Mr. Hyde and the weakness he feels as Dr. Jekyll.
B
It explains others’ reactions to Jekyll’s changing personality and confusing behavior.
C
It contrasts the fear he feels about becoming Hyde with the peace he feels when safe at home.
D
It demonstrates the drugs’ effects on his body and the physical effects of his transformation.
Explanation
The excerpt first describes Jekyll’s horror and fear of being Hyde, then shifts to his gratitude and hope after waking safely at home near his drugs. This contrast supports choice C: it contrasts his fear of becoming Hyde with the peace he feels when safe at home. The passage focuses on Jekyll’s emotions, not other people’s reactions or detailed physical effects of transforming.
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