Question

Which line in this excerpt from act V of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet shows the conflict of person versus self?

APOTHECARY: Such mortal drugs I have; but Mantua's law
Is death to any he that utters them.

ROMEO: Art thou so bare and full of wretchedness,
And fear'st to die? famine is in thy cheeks,
(A) Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes,
Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back;
(B) The world is not thy friend nor the world's law;
The world affords no law to make thee rich;
Then be not poor, but break it, and take this.

APOTHECARY: (C) My poverty, but not my will, consents.

ROMEO: I pay thy poverty, and not thy will.

APOTHECARY: (D) Put this in any liquid thing you will,
And drink it off; and, if you had the strength
Of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight.

ROMEO: There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,
Doing more murders in this loa

Answer 1

C) My poverty, but not my will.. reflects person vs. self

Answer 2

Answer:

The line in this excerpt from act V of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that shows the conflict of person versus self is C: "My poverty, but not my will, consents."

Explanation:

By reading this line, we can see how uncomfortable the apothecary feels by giving the drug to Romeo. He is a poor man and needs the money Romeo will pay for the drug, but morally he thinks it is not the right thing to do. He feels he is selling himself and his believes in order to make money. The situation of the apothecary shows a conflict between his personal economic situation and his believes.