Iwas surprised to find corruption grown so high and so quick in that empire, by the force of luxury so lately introduced; which made me less wonder at many parallel cases in other countries, where vices of all kinds have reigned so much longer . . as every person called up made exactly the same appearance he had done in the world, it gave me melancholy reflections to observe how much the race of human kind was degenerate among us, within these hundred years past . . which excerpt from the passages above suggests a character vs. self conflict? i. “i was surprised to find corruption grown so high and so quick in that empire” ii. “the force of luxury so lately introduced” iii. “it gave me melancholy reflections to observe how much the race of human kind was degenerate among us” i only ii only i, ii, and iii i and iii

The correct answer is II only.

Man vs. Self is an internal conflict in which the characters are struggling and dealing with their own thoughts, beliefs, feelings and emotions. It can be originated by fear, a sense of duty, the need to know what is wrong or right, expectation, aspiration, and so on. According to fragment II, the author expresses his concern and disagreement about people getting wealth in a frenetic pace. By contrast, excerpt I and III states the man vs society conflict which is an external to the writer. The author reflects and criticize society traits; especially corruption, as he or she feels are incorrect or against his/her standards.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

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