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Which detail in this excerpt from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray suggests the conflict is man versus self?
"Because, without intending it, I have put into it some expression of all this curious artistic idolatry, of which, of course, I have never cared to
speak to him...He shall never know anything about it. But the world m
and I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My
heart shall never be put under their microscope. There is too much
A
"without intending it
B. "I have never cared to speak to him
C "But the world might guess it
D. "There is too much of myself in the thing

Answer 1

D. "There is too much of myself in the thing"

Step-by-step explanation:

Man vs self is conflict where a character is their own enemy.

It usually has exists when there is an internal conflict within the character. It can also be the primary conflict the character has to overcome.

From Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray , there is conflict of man versus self as the character refuses to bare his soul to the world, resists putting himself under self examination because he doesn't want to let his heart put under a microscope as it would reveal too much of himself.