Concetti Chiave
- The passage takes place at night in a side street of a busy London neighborhood, featuring Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield.
- Mr. Utterson is portrayed as a typical Victorian man, with a rugged appearance, a cold demeanor, but tolerant and helpful towards others.
- Mr. Enfield, a distant relative of Mr. Utterson, recounts a disturbing incident involving a little girl and a sinister man named Mr. Hyde.
- The house they pass by is described as neglected, with a door showing signs of prolonged disuse and vandalism.
- This scene introduces the novel's theme of the dual nature of human consciousness, exemplified by Mr. Hyde's embodiment of pure evil.
The story of the door from 'The Strange Case...' by R.L.Stevenson (1886)
This passage is set at night, in a side street in a busy neighbourhood of London. The Characters are Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield.
It starts with the description of Mr.Utterson.He's a typical Victorian man of rugged countenance, with a cold attitude, scanty, austere with himself, tolerant to the others and inclined to help. From a physical point of view, he is tall and good-looking.
The second section deals with Mr.Enfield's narration of what happened to him, one night, while he was walking back home in a side street in London.
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While Mr.Utterson and Mr. Enfield are walking together, they see a back door of a house along the side street mentioned above.
The house is 'two storey high', it has 'no windows' and one door.
Both the facade and the door show 'the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence'; the door is 'blistered and distained'; it has ' neither bell nor locker'; the panels have been spoi
lt because 'matches had been struck on them', the moulding has been used by school boys to try their knives on it.
When Mr.Enfield sees the door, he's reminded of something he saw the night mentioned above and he tells Mr.Utterson about it.
A little girl was running and she crashed into a 'little man' who was coming from the opposite direction, she fell and he trampled over her. He had a ferocious expression on his face. A crowd of people surrounded them and Mr. Enfield noticed how everybody felt repulsion for that man, he conveyed a sensation of repulsion even in the doctor, who, meanwhile had reached them to help the little girl. All the expressions about 'the little man' connote 'the horrid', he's described as a monster. Mr. Hyde stands for 'pure evil', the dark side of the human soul and this is the reason why people can't bear his presence.
This suggests to us one of the main themes of the novel: the dual nature of human consciousness.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cómo se describe a Mr. Utterson en el texto?
- ¿Qué incidente narra Mr. Enfield sobre la puerta que ven durante su paseo?
- ¿Cuál es uno de los temas principales del libro mencionado en el texto?
Mr. Utterson es descrito como un hombre típico victoriano de aspecto robusto, con una actitud fría, austero consigo mismo, tolerante con los demás e inclinado a ayudar. Físicamente, es alto y bien parecido.
Mr. Enfield narra un incidente en el que una niña chocó con un "hombrecito" que venía en dirección opuesta, quien la pisoteó. Este hombre, Mr. Hyde, tenía una expresión feroz y causó repulsión en todos los presentes, incluyendo al doctor que llegó para ayudar a la niña.
Uno de los temas principales del libro es la dualidad de la conciencia humana, representada por el personaje de Mr. Hyde, quien simboliza el mal puro y el lado oscuro del alma humana.
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