Suspense In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a story showing the duality in human nature. This means that everyone has good and evil in them, this idea is portrayed throughout the whole story. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is told in third person point of view by John Gabriel Utterson. Stevenson used Utterson’s point of view. This is because the story says that Utterson does not judge people, that he is usually the last one to stay friends with someone when everyone else has left, Utterson watched the story unfold just like the readers, and it helps create suspense in the story.
In the book it is expressed that “In this character it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the
Every time you hear a new piece of information it builds up the story, and creates it. Even after you have put all the pieces together you are so close to figuring out what is happening but you never find out until the very end which builds the sense of mystery. That creates most of the suspense since you are forming an opinion since you do not get Utterson’s. Utterson does give you a hint of what he thinks when he says “If he be Mr. Hyde”, “I shall be Mr. Seek” (18) which means that he also had suspicions about Mr. Hyde and is going to detect and figure out what he was up to.
Based on reading the book “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and analyzing Stevenson’s way of writing the story he chose Utterson due to his characteristics. These characteristics include his ability to maintain friendships with many different characters, even ones considered crazy by others. Utterson either works for or is friends with most of the characters in the book; this allows us to get to know each of the characters through Utterson. Through Utterson’s eyes we see the entire story from beginning to end and it created the