i think that Mr.Utterson represents the theme of Friendship/doing the right thing in the story, by trying to see the good in everyone, like Dr.Jekyll. Utterson knew that after Mr.Guest had told him that Mr.Hyde and Dr.Jekyll's handwriting was very similar, it probably ment that Jekyll was lying,but he still tried to beleive that the it was just a coincidence.
Also, when Mr.Utterson met Hyde he was being very polite and repectful, even though Hyde was being rude to him. Mr.Utterson seems to be a well-liked person because of the way he treats others,which was important to his society. he was a lawyer so he was probably decently wealthy too.
I think Dr.Jekyll displays his care for friendship by trying to cover for Hyde, but i actually have a theory:
I think Jekyll and Hyde are the same person, and this is because of a mistake Jekyll made with his science, whatever he was trying to experiment was the reason Lanyon distanced himself from Jekyll. something probably went wrong and now, Hyde will be the sepreate person/personality that takes over sweet Dr.Jekyll. notice that you never see Jekyll and Hyde together? and that after Hyde went "missing" Jekyll seemed sick? thats my theory. anyone agree?
I completely agree with the point that you bring across that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person because they never are together. One thing that could also go along with your theoy is when Mr. Enfield brought up the point that the door Mr. Hyde entered the house from was the back door to Dr. Jekyll"s house, which could be a little bit strange and lead to this assumption.
ReplyDeleteI also do agree with your theory of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll being the same person. Since, when Mr. Hyde died Dr. Jekyll wasn't found anywhere. It is not like Dr. Jekyll could have escaped because all the door were guarded. So........... Dr. Jekyll has to be some sort of connected with Mr. Hyde. In addition I agree that Mr. Utterson is a really nice person trying to to think of his friends as being wrong or guilty.
ReplyDeleteOh Im so proud of that clever prediction.
ReplyDeletethanks, and im excited to read Jekylls point of veiw,because i want to see if he was doing the experiment for the purpose of science or for a greedy cause.
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