Sunday, December 5, 2010
"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!!!
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