Is The Theme Of Mystery In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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Just by reading the title, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, readers can quickly realize that mystery is a major topic in the novel. Within the first chapter in the novel, the author catches the reader’s attention by introducing a mysterious character whose appearance is displeasing. The only information that is given of the character is his name and his strange disappearance after trampling a young girl. “I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere… although I couldn’t specify the point” said Mr. Enfield. Because Mr. Utterson’s friend Enfield is so vague describing Mr. Hyde, readers become more interested in knowing more about this character and why he is displeasing and hard to recount.

Confused, Mr. Utterson seeks out to learn more about this man. He visits his friend Dr. Jekyll and realizes that Mr. Hyde’s laboratory is connected to the back of Dr. Jekyll’s home. By surprise he meets Mr. Hyde and just how Enfield stated him, “he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation” Utterson pondered. Besides looking like a monster Mr. Hyde acted as one as well. After a year had passed, a maid witnessed Mr. Hyde beat Danvers Carew, an old man, to death. “Mr.
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Scientist say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Eyes as well show emotions. Which is why I have decided to cover the eyes of the man in my drawing. I covered they section of the eyes black to create a sense of mystery. And I drew the man with a smirk on his face so that the audience can interpret it in two different ways. Either the person in the drawing is smiling in a good way or he is smiling in a bad way. I originally wanted my font to be like the one in American Horror Story, but couldn’t find it and then later learned the font had been specifically purchased for the show. So I decided to use the font Copperplate because the font looked neutral and

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