Characters - Utterson Flashcards
Utterson does not stop people from doing what they want
I incline to Cains heresy
I let my brother go to the devil in his own way
Utterson thinks about whether he’s done anything he could be blackmailed for too
Humbled to the dust by the many ill things that he had done
Come so near to doing yet avoided
Utterson isn’t as he seems on first impression
Lean long dusty dreary yet somehow loveable
Something eminently human beaconed from his eye, something indeed which never found its way into talk
Utterson is strict with himself
He was austere with himself
Utterson is so normal and has little opinions (at first) so we trust him
Utterson too has desires
Drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages
Utterson may not be indulgent himself - but he’s definitely thought a lot about it
Wondering almost with envy at the high spirit involved in their misdeeds
Does not reprove others for their indulgences
and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove
Utterson as the detective
If he be Mr Hyde … I shall be Mr Seek
Utterson’s friendships in general
Affections, like ivy, were the growth of time
Implied no aptness in the object
Utterson cares about Jekyll
very heavy heart
Poor Harry Jekyll
Well I promise
Utterson jumps to the conclusion it is blackmail
Ghost of some old sin
Knows that even the best people can be done for (reputation)
He was Conscious of some touch of that terror of the law
And the laws officers
Which at many times assial the most honest
Utterson is shocked when Guest tells him what he knows
Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer! And the blood ran cold in his veins
On his way to Jekyll’s house he is sensing something - he can tell something is wrong (just like Poole does)
crushing anticipation of calamity
Utterson is very concerned about the will (is hyde blackmailing jekyll)
This document had long been the lawyer’s eyesore
It offended him, both as a lawyer and a lover of the sane
