Mr Utterson Key Quotes

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  • Mr Utterson - key quotes
    • Appearance
      • "lawyer of a rugged countenance"
      • "never lighted by a smile"
      • "lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable"
    • Curious
      • "a singularly strong, almost an inordinate, curiosity"
      • "by all lights and at all hours"
      • "well examined"
      • "If he shall be Mr Hyde, I shall be Mr Seek"
      • "his hand to his brow like a man in mental perplexity"
      • "a clouded brow" links to fog
      • "wondering with envy at the high pressures of spirits involved in their misdeeds"
    • Repressed desires
      • "austere with himself
      • "cold"
        • "dreary"
      • "rich silence"
      • "strain
    • Focal character
      • Novella seen from mostly his perspective
        • "Mr Utterson" first words of the book
    • Hyde effect
      • "engaged or rather enslaved" - nightmares
      • "mental perplexity" - meets Hyde first time
      • "shudder in his blood" - memory of Hyde
    • Law
      • "but in the law of God there is no statue of limitations"
      • "lawyer"
      • "I shall consider it my duty to break the door"
      • "inmost corner of his private safe"
      • "I felt bound to do as he requested"
      • "a man of no scientific passions"
    • Nice guy
      • "where Utterson was liked, he was well liked"
      • "yet somehow lovable"
      • "This is very good of you" "I cannot find words to thank you in" to Jekyll
    • Not judgemental
      • "Carew was my client, but so are you"
      • "fairly blameless" past "many ill things"
      • "envy" who can indulge
      • "he had an approved tolerance for others"
    • Pathetic fallacy
      • Fog representing his mind
        • "a fog rolled over the city"
        • "the fog settled down again"
        • "the fog lifted a little"
    • Rational
      • Victorian gentleman
      • "lover of the sane and customary sides of life"
      • "plain and natural"
      • "the last good influence of down-going men"
    • Reputation
      • "mark of a modest man"
      • "I shall consider it my duty to break the door"
      • "professional honour" doesn't read Lanyon's letter

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