SectionB:the19thcenturynovel
Answeronequestionfromthissectiononyourchosentext.
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RobertLouisStevenson:TheStrangeCaseofDrJekyllandMrHyde
ReadthefollowingextractfromChapter3andthenanswerthequestionthatfollows.Inthis
extractUttersonhasbeenatDr.Jekyll’sfordinnerandaretalkingaftereveryoneelsehas
left.
WhereUttersonwasliked,hewaslikedwell.Hostslovedtodetainthedrylawyer,whenthelightheartedandtheloose-tonguedhadalreadytheirfootonthethreshold;theylikedtositawhileinhis
unobtrusivecompany,practisingforsolitude,soberingtheirmindsintheman'srichsilenceafterthe
expenseandstrainofgaiety.Tothisrule,Dr.Jekyllwasnoexception;andashenowsatonthe
oppositesideofthefire—alarge,well-made,smooth-facedmanoffifty,withsomethingofaslyish
castperhaps,buteverymarkofcapacityandkindness—youcouldseebyhislooksthathecherished
forMr.Uttersonasincereandwarmaffection.
"Ihavebeenwantingtospeaktoyou,Jekyll,"beganthelatter."Youknowthatwillofyours?"
Acloseobservermighthavegatheredthatthetopicwasdistasteful;butthedoctorcarrieditoffgaily.
"MypoorUtterson,"saidhe,"youareunfortunateinsuchaclient.Ineversawamansodistressedas
youwerebymywill;unlessitwerethathide-boundpedant,Lanyon,atwhathecalledmyscientific
heresies.Oh,Iknowhe'sagoodfellow—youneedn'tfrown—anexcellentfellow,andIalwaysmean
toseemoreofhim;butahide-boundpedantforallthat;anignorant,blatantpedant.Iwasnever
moredisappointedinanymanthanLanyon."
"YouknowIneverapprovedofit,"pursuedUtterson,ruthlesslydisregardingthefreshtopic.
"Mywill?Yes,certainly,Iknowthat,"saidthedoctor,atriflesharply."Youhavetoldmeso."
"Well,Itellyousoagain,"continuedthelawyer."IhavebeenlearningsomethingofyoungHyde."
ThelargehandsomefaceofDr.Jekyllgrewpaletotheverylips,andtherecameablacknessabouthis
eyes."Idonotcaretohearmore,"saidhe."ThisisamatterIthoughtwehadagreedtodrop." "WhatIheardwasabominable,"saidUtterson.
"Itcanmakenochange.Youdonotunderstandmyposition,"returnedthedoctor,withacertain
incoherencyofmanner."Iampainfullysituated,Utterson;mypositionisaverystrange—avery
strangeone.Itisoneofthoseaffairsthatcannotbemendedbytalking."
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Startingwiththisextract,howdoesStevensonpresentatypicalVictoriangentleman?
Youshouldwriteabout:
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HowStevensonpresentsthecharacterofDr.JekyllandMr.Uttersoninthisextract.
HowStevensonpresentsthecharacterofDrJekyllintherestofthenovella.
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