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  • Essay / Characterization of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 709

    Hyde illustrates that his internal evil is reflected on his external exterior. Mr. Utterson, a London lawyer, and Mr. Enfield, a London gentleman, discuss a strange event the day before in the same neighborhood where they take a Sunday stroll. In this unusual incident, Enfield describes a horrible, horrible man who injured an innocent child: “He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something unpleasant, something downright detestable…” (Stevenson 12). Mr. Enfield describes the abnormal man as if he feels that he possesses unnatural and repulsive traits. This characterization of the loathsome man, Mr. Hyde, from Mr. Enfield's use of words, indicates that Mr. Hyde's unpleasant actions match his behavior.