Dr. Jerkyll And Mr. Hyde
The novel begins with two men, Mr. Utterson, a quiet, respectable lawyer and his relative Mr. Richard Enfield, taking a walk through a crowded street in London. On their way, they meet a mysterious cellar door which Mr. Enfield to report a strange experience that happened on this very street. At three o’clock one night, Mr. Enfield was coming through town when he saw a disfigured man, "a Juggernaut," cruelly trample an eight-year old girl (who was in the street because she was sent for a doctor) in the street. After punishing the man, Enfield, the doctor, and the family of the girl decides that, instead of sending for the police, they would blackmail the man to give a hundred pounds to the girl¹s family. The mysterious man, later identified as Mr. Hyde, disappears behind the strange door that Utterson and Enfield originally encountered. He returned with ten pounds in gold and a check signed by a very respectable third party. Fearing that the check is a forgery, the doctor, Enfield, and the family force the man to stay with them until the banks open and he can cash the check. When the banks open, Enfield cashes the valid check, assuming Hyde has possession of the check because of blackmail. The man whose name was on
Chapter 7 begins the same way Chapter 1, with Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson walking by the mysterious door. Through one of the windows, Utterson spots Dr. Jekyll. Utterson tells Jekyll that he should get outside more. Jekyll replies that he wishes that he could, but he doesn¹t dare. As he finished his words, his smile disappeared from his face and was replaced by a look of utter terror, a seizure had overtaken his body. The two men only glimpsed it briefly before the window was shut, but were overcome with disgust with what they had seen. In Chapter 3, the scene is two weeks later, when Dr. Jekyll holds a dinner party at which Mr. Utterson is a guest. After the guests leave, Utterson confronts Jekyll over the matter of his will and tells him that he has been learning something about Mr. Hyde. Jekyll becomes upset when he hears of this and tells Utterson to drop the subject. Utterson urges Hyde to confide in him, but again Jekyll tells Utterson to leave the subject alone and that he can be rid of Mr. Hyde at any point. As Mr. Utterson gets up to leave, Jekyll tells him that he does have a great interest in "poor Hyde" and apologizes for his rude behavior, but begs him to make sure that he takes care of Hyde when Jekyll is no longer there.
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Approximate Word count = 2782
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)
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