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  • Essay / Analysis of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 1103

    Described in the first paragraph of a child being trampled, Enfield said: "It sounds like nothing to hear, but it was hell to have." Although Hyde gives a strong impression of deformation, Enfield cannot specify the nature of the deformation. Utterson is "a rational and customary lover of life", but the mystery of Hyde touched his imagination. He believes that if he can only lay eyes on Hyde, the mysterious one will go away. Even Jekyll says it to himself: "I am... You can't fix things by talking." Ironically, all of Stevenson's work involves shaping words. The only thing Jekyll and Hyde can communicate and rely on are words. However, even if Jekyll is hidden, as if nestled in the Chinese box, the letters will display the whole truth. Utterson was still trying to explain the mysteries of Hyde in a natural way when he enters Jekyll's house, but his explanation could not explain the mystery of the story – how and where Hyde is hidden. From Lanning, the only person allowed to see the transformation of the mysterious action, readers are left with some questions about story structure: how to predict a dual psychological reality of a story, trying to be reasonable and realistic , rather than fable. Lanning's letter says his soul is sick because of what he saw. It is a fact actually hidden but capable of proving