The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (annotated)

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He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. The first thing he reads is a will, a will very similar to the one which Jekyll left with Utterson earlier.

However, Hyde's handwriting is similar to Jekyll's own, leading Utterson to conclude that Jekyll forged the note to protect Hyde. It was an instant success in and beyond the literary world as people were confronted with the uneasy thought that evil originated within the individual and not from an external source like the Devil. The content and the copyright of the titles and other intellectual property rights of whatever nature are and shall remain the property of CGP or the property of any third parties that may have licensed software or content to CGP. Two doors from one corner , on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.Richard Dury, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press) Richard Dury, ‘Introduction’, in Robert Louis Stevenson, ed.

He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point . This was accepted, and he opened the door with a key and re-emerged with some money and a large cheque. He did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice. The beginning of the Chapter is rather slow because the distraught Poole is not educated enough to convince Utterson of the seriousness of the strange events occurring in Dr. They come upon a neglected building, which seems out of place in the neighborhood, and Enfield relates a story in connection with it.The lawyer liked this letter well enough; it put a better colour on the intimacy than he had looked for; and he blamed himself for some of his past suspicions. All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street. It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a by-street in a busy quarter of London.

Utterson and Enfield are out for a walk when they pass a strange-looking door (the entrance to Dr Jekyll’s laboratory). You are responsible for ensuring that your computer networks run appropriate protection against viruses or other malware.His unusual use of single ‘lexical words’ adds another pleasure: participation in the creation of meaning. He divulges that the culprit’s name was Hyde, and, at this point, Utterson declares that he knows the man, and notes that he can now guess the name on the check.

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