Sunday, December 5, 2010
"Story of the Door" Reaction
One moment in "The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" that I found interesting was Mr. Utterson's fascination with people that do the wrong things. Instead of scolding the person ,he helps them. Which shows his great tolerance for other people. And it is not surprising that he has chosen the occupation as a defense lawyer. On page 1 it says "I incline to Cain's heresy ,'he used to say quantily:'I let my brother go to the devil in his own way".He does not stop anyone from doing a bad deed he lets them do it and wonder why they did it in his own fascination. The way in which Mr.Utterson thinks about crime goes against the values of the Victorian age in many ways. The foundation of the society was about a possesion of good manners and high standards of respectability. The people and crimes that Mr.Utterson excepts go against moral beliefs and values of Victorian Age and it is surprising in that day and age a person in such high standards in society like Mr.Utterson excepts them. That is a moment that I found interesting in "The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde".
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I agree I find it funny how Mr.Utterson didn't really care about what the bad deed was but he had a fascination of why the person did it and not what they did.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I find it facinating how Mr. Utterson does not care about what people do wrong. He only cares about why their action was taken. But, if he was in modern society Mr. Utterson would face problems because if someone does something wrong everyone cares about not only why the action was done, but also the reason for the action.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, and I am happy that you mentioned this and didn't overlook it. The fact that he helps those even though they've done wrong says a lot about his beliefs and how he thinks as a person. Its like he looks at two sides of the story, the good and the bad, and maybe im reading in too deep but the fact that he still has hope for Jekyll can show that too. He has faith in both sides before declaring one guilty
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