Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Utterson does not smile, he was inadequate and he always got embarrassed during conversations. Utterson was ascetic with his self. He loved theaters but he never went to any of the theaters for many years”. Gabriel Utterson is described by Louis Stevenson as lean, long, dusty and dreary. The theme in this passage is the theme of secrecy in the novel. Mr. Enfield tells Gabriel Utterson about Mr. Hyde on their weekly walk I choose to write this passage because despite the fact that Gabriel Utterson is dull and boring, he plays an important role of introducing us to his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the mystery surrounding his life and his association with Mr. Edward Hyde, a distasteful character.

Gabriel Utterson knows that there is something wrong about Jekyll’s friend but he does point his fingers on it(Stevenson et al 223). Near the end of the novel, Gabriel Utterson thinks that Hyde is trying to murder Jekyll and his gut feelings make him to break into the Jekyll’s laboratory. Moreover, is it through the consciousness of Gabriel Utterson that we learn the story. Louis Stevenson describes Gabriel as being a reliable character and his own emotions will not intrude the events (Stevenson et al 223). Gabriel Utterson is positioned as a measuring stick that measures what is actually deficient in Dr. Works Cited Stevenson, Robert Louis et al. The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde & Other Stories.