Persuasive Argument

If the case of Mr.Hyde were taken to court I would probably oppose his actions. In this case I would be his prosecutor rather than his defender. Hyde committed a crime that cannot be blown off or covered up, he brutally murdered a man with no mercy for no apparent reason and I completely disagree with the actions he took. Hyde has a heartless rotten personality and does not deserve to be excused from this felony. Though Hyde might have been under the influence of mental illness and potentially have been crazy it does not give him the right to go around injuring or killing people. His prosecution is strongly supported by facts, the certainty that Hyde is a murderer was all seen by a maid in the window who overlooked the whole crime scene and the maid's witness was confirmed when Mr.Utterson found the other half of Mr.Hyde's cane or weapon which he used to kill Sir Danvers Carew in his room. All the reasons support the fact that Hyde is guilty and for the court to excuse this unlawful act is just simply preposterous!

Character/Theme

Though The Strange Case Of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde has a variety of personas that catches the readers attention I was most drawn to Dr. Jekyll, the remarkably intelligent scientist.But why not chose Mr.Utterson, the lawyer who cant decipher an answer to a mystery if it slapped him in the face or Mr.Hyde a rather repulsive character who we are more eager to learn about each day. Well here is why I went with my decision, since the beginning of the time  Dr.Jekyll was introduced to me in this novel I have always questioned his personality and odd nature. I soon learned that Dr.Jekyll lived a life of solitude and did not like to engage in conference but yet the way Mr.Utterson said he used to be did not measure up to how he was now, if not he became the complete opposite. As I continued to acquire more knowledge on this mysterious character I discovered that he had a tie to this so called Mr.Hyde almost an apprentice of some sort who was described as a deformed unimaginable human being. As time went on Mr.Hyde was caught to have man slaughtered Sir Danvers Carew and vanished from the small english town. It was at this point in the story that I was able to see Dr.Jekyll in the disposition Mr.Utterson had described him in, a well respected man of high stature who loved to spend leisure time with close friends. I found it very abnormal for a person to have such change in attitude after the disappearance of such a hated man. This led me to having scary predictions on the relationship between Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. I felt that Dr.Jekyll's obsession of science led to the relationship between him and Mr.Hyde and his peculiar mood changes in the novel. In the end I understood the message Stevenson was trying to convey to his audience, though science is a wonderful and exciting topic it can lead to a negative change in a person and end up ruining their close connections with not only their friends but the world and reality as a whole.

"Story of the Door" Reaction

Throughout the chapter,"Story of the Door" in the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde I came across numerous moments which caught my attention. One of the scenes that stood out to me was when Mr.Enfield was telling Mr.Utterson the extraordinary story of that mystifying night when he was strolling along and he came upon a monstrosity of a man who trampled over a little girl. But the overall story was not what caught my attention, it was Mr.Enfield's description of this so called man that made this moment truly memorable. I was flabbergasted at Mr.Enfield's response when Mr.Utterson called to question the appearance of this man. Mr.Enfield replied that the man gave off a sort of deformity and his outward show was just simply unpleasant. He talked as if the man he had just encountered was inexplicable and was not of human nature. This brought me back to the article I read a few days ago "Mental Illness in the 19th Century", even though Enfield did not relate to the man's mental state I knew that it couldn't possibly be healthy. I felt this chill run through me and i knew that the man which Mr.Enfield tried to describe was something that could pop out in a child's nightmare. I soon realized that the havoc that Mr.Enfield described would later play a huge role in not only the story's theme but its central  conflict!!!