How Stevenson presents Mr Utterson, and how the character develops across the text: the reserved lawyer and investigator through whose eyes most of the story is seen.
The key quotations for this character and how to analyse them, with the context that shapes them.
How to use the lesson's key quotations in an essay, with a short worked paragraph.
Key quotations: 'a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile', 'I incline to Cain's heresy', 'If he be Mr. Hyde', 'I shall be Mr. Seek', 'Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer!'.
Utterson as a reserved Victorian gentleman whose investigation is limited by his wish to protect reputations.
Eduqas's essay on this novel marks context as much as response and analysis: weave context into the argument, and treat the printed extract as a starting point, ranging across the beginning, middle and end of the novel.
