The Curiosity In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
Curiosity can drive a person to accomplish tasks that normally he or she would not do. Curiosity can drive whoever to accomplish his or her goals. In the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Mr. Utterson is driven by curiosity to find out the truth about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Towards the end of the book he becomes a detective to try and discover that Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are one person. In the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mr. Utterson discovers objects and obtains clues, which drives his curiosity to find out the truth behind the supposedly two men.
Mr. Utterson is very curious when he finds Dr. Jekyll’s cane in his laboratory that supposedly Mr. Hyde used as a murder weapon. He recognizes this on page 24, “name of Hyde; but when the stick was laid before him, he could doubt no …show more content…
longer, broken and battered as it was, he recognized it for one that he himself presented many years before to Henry Jekyll” (Stevenson 24). Utterson walks into Dr. Jekyll’s lab and he fined the cane that Mr. Hyde used to kill the person. The cane was a gift to Jekyll that was one of a kind so there was no possible way that Mr. Hyde could have gotten his hands on the cane. This drives Mr. Utterson’s curiosity because the only explanation to why the both men have the same cane is that they are only one person. Because of noticing that they have the same cane, he starts to ask questions. For example “Is this Mr. Hyde a person of small stature? He inquired” (Stevenson 24). He asks this questions because he knows that Dr. Jekyll is of small stature. If they have the same stature and build then there is a possibility that they can be one. Because of Mr. Utterson discovering the cane it drives his curiosity.
Another motive to why Mr. Utterson wants to believe that Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are one person is when he notices that the two men have the same handwriting. He notices something funny about Mr. Hyde’s signature on page 32, “Thank you, sir, he said at last, returning both; it’s a very interesting autograph” (Stevenson 32). He notices the signature from somewhere but cannot put a full name to it. When he finally notices that he’s seen the signature from somewhere he notices it is Dr. Jekyll’s. Proof of this is found on page 33, “What! He thought. Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer! And his blood ran cold in his veins” (Stevenson 33). Utterson is stunned at this find because he has been a friend of Dr. Jekyll and he doesn’t want to believe that they are the same person. This discovery that they have the same handwriting drives Mr. Utterson curiosity even more because it is the 2nd form of proof that he needs to prove them the same person.
Utterson’s curiosity drives him to believe that Mr.
Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are one. After all the evidence he concludes that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are one. Proof of this is “Utterson reflected a little, looking in the fire. I have no doubt you are perfectly right, he said at last, getting to his feet” (Stevenson 21). He had trouble coming to reality that the two men are one because Mr. Utterson has been a friend with Dr. Jekyll for the longest of time. He is scared to believe that they are one because of the horrible things Mr. Hyde has done. One more example of why Mr. Utterson curiosity leads him to the outcome was on page 14, “And still the figure had no face by which he might know it… almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde. If he could but once set eyes on him, he thought the mystery would lighten and perhaps roll altogether away, as was the habit of mysterious things when well examined” (Stevenson 14). Mr. Utterson is very shocked when he found out that the two men were one. All of the bad things that Mr. Hyde had done mean that Dr. Jekyll had also done. The reason why Mr. Utterson curiosity drove him was because he wanted to find the full
truth.
In the tale about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mr. Utterson’s curiosity is driven by objects he had found in earlier chapters. The discovery of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll being one person is huge because all of the bad things that Mr. Hyde has done mean that Dr. Jekyll has also done. Dr. Jekyll was thinking on the decision to kill the girl, not Mr. Hyde. This can effect the reputation of Dr. Jekyll. That is ultimately the reason why he kills himself. If everyone knew that he had done these horrible things, no one would ever look at him the same way. Therefore this why Mr. Utterson wants to find the truth of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll.
Mr. Utterson is very curious when he finds Dr. Jekyll’s cane in his laboratory that supposedly Mr. Hyde used as a murder weapon. He recognizes this on page 24, “name of Hyde; but when the stick was laid before him, he could doubt no …show more content…
longer, broken and battered as it was, he recognized it for one that he himself presented many years before to Henry Jekyll” (Stevenson 24). Utterson walks into Dr. Jekyll’s lab and he fined the cane that Mr. Hyde used to kill the person. The cane was a gift to Jekyll that was one of a kind so there was no possible way that Mr. Hyde could have gotten his hands on the cane. This drives Mr. Utterson’s curiosity because the only explanation to why the both men have the same cane is that they are only one person. Because of noticing that they have the same cane, he starts to ask questions. For example “Is this Mr. Hyde a person of small stature? He inquired” (Stevenson 24). He asks this questions because he knows that Dr. Jekyll is of small stature. If they have the same stature and build then there is a possibility that they can be one. Because of Mr. Utterson discovering the cane it drives his curiosity.
Another motive to why Mr. Utterson wants to believe that Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are one person is when he notices that the two men have the same handwriting. He notices something funny about Mr. Hyde’s signature on page 32, “Thank you, sir, he said at last, returning both; it’s a very interesting autograph” (Stevenson 32). He notices the signature from somewhere but cannot put a full name to it. When he finally notices that he’s seen the signature from somewhere he notices it is Dr. Jekyll’s. Proof of this is found on page 33, “What! He thought. Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer! And his blood ran cold in his veins” (Stevenson 33). Utterson is stunned at this find because he has been a friend of Dr. Jekyll and he doesn’t want to believe that they are the same person. This discovery that they have the same handwriting drives Mr. Utterson curiosity even more because it is the 2nd form of proof that he needs to prove them the same person.
Utterson’s curiosity drives him to believe that Mr.
Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are one. After all the evidence he concludes that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are one. Proof of this is “Utterson reflected a little, looking in the fire. I have no doubt you are perfectly right, he said at last, getting to his feet” (Stevenson 21). He had trouble coming to reality that the two men are one because Mr. Utterson has been a friend with Dr. Jekyll for the longest of time. He is scared to believe that they are one because of the horrible things Mr. Hyde has done. One more example of why Mr. Utterson curiosity leads him to the outcome was on page 14, “And still the figure had no face by which he might know it… almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde. If he could but once set eyes on him, he thought the mystery would lighten and perhaps roll altogether away, as was the habit of mysterious things when well examined” (Stevenson 14). Mr. Utterson is very shocked when he found out that the two men were one. All of the bad things that Mr. Hyde had done mean that Dr. Jekyll had also done. The reason why Mr. Utterson curiosity drove him was because he wanted to find the full
truth.
In the tale about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mr. Utterson’s curiosity is driven by objects he had found in earlier chapters. The discovery of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll being one person is huge because all of the bad things that Mr. Hyde has done mean that Dr. Jekyll has also done. Dr. Jekyll was thinking on the decision to kill the girl, not Mr. Hyde. This can effect the reputation of Dr. Jekyll. That is ultimately the reason why he kills himself. If everyone knew that he had done these horrible things, no one would ever look at him the same way. Therefore this why Mr. Utterson wants to find the truth of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll.