1. What story does Enfield tell when he and Utterson pass the door? What does hearing the story cause Utterson to do?
Enfield tells to
Utterson a story related to a neglected building whose door makes him
shiver. Once, he was strollling across the city as always, when
suddlenly he saw a man hitting a girl he did not even know in front of
that door. Mr. Enfield and the girl's relatives stopped the man and
required him to pay £100
for the damages caused. The man's ugliness was desproportionate,
recalling devil itself.The girl's father and Mr. Enfield went to the
devil-man's so he get the money and pay for his agression. However, this
man, who was called Mr. Hyde, comes back with cheque that had a
different name on, so they thought he was blackmailing the person tha
actually wrote the cheque. Utterson follows the story closely so he
decides to investigate.
2.
After their meeting, what do Enfield and Utterson both suspect about
the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde? what evidence does the text
give for this suspicion?
Both
Enfield and Utterson suspect that Jekyll may owe something to Hyde, and
that is why the latter would have had the suspicious cheque. They
both strongly believe that there is something wrong in the relationship
that Jekyll and Hyde maintain. But, there are other theories that pop
up while both men, Utterson and Enfield talk, on page 4, the latter
states that maybe Hyde is blackmaling Jekyll fo some reason.
3. What two pieces of information dos Utterson learn about Hyde's letter to Jekyll? What do you predict that Utterson will do to help his old friend, who he
suspects is in serious trouble? Justify your answer on the basis of
evidence from the text.
Utterson learns that the letter had been
written by the same hand and, besides, opposite to what Jekyll said, it
was not taken to Jekyll by a messager. Hyde was supposed to be safe and able to escape.
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