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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hide - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Hyde has caused a lot of trouble for Jekyll, within his letter for Utterson to read, he expresses his shamefulness. It's sad to see these events unfold for Jekyll because he has no control for his situation and doesn't want to lose a trustworthy friend like Utterson.
        
        “My dear Utterson,—When this shall fall into your hands, I shall have disappeared, under what circumstances I have not the penetration to foresee, but my instinct and all the circumstances of my nameless situation tell me that the end is sure and must be early. Go then, and first read the narrative which Lanyon warned me he was to place in your hands; and if you care to hear more, turn to the confession of “Your unworthy and unhappy friend, “HENRY JEKYLL" (Ch 8).
    - - Mr. Utterson is attempting to understand Mr. Hyde, but Dr. Jekyll for the sake of his reputation and care for his friend wishes to forget the conversation entirely. He doesn't want Utterson to find out about his secret because of how shameful it is.
    - - To ensure he doesn't step on anybody's or his own toes, he simply doesn't let his curiosity get the best of him and minds his own business. It's safer that way.
- - - - A moment where these 2 men are cherishing the moments of each other's company.
      - The majority of other character's like Mr. Guest, Mr. Poole, Mr. Einfeld have spotlight. Even other minor characters like Inspector Newcomen and have a role to fulfill in this novel, but no women have been mentioned except at the beginning of this novel
        
        "All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street" (Ch 1).
        
        "And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could for they were as wild as harpies" (Ch 1).
        
        Clearly women aren't the main focus in this novel. Their presence always brought relief amongst a party full of men within our past novels whilst also solving the novel's problems at hand. But there is none of that to be seen in this book. This is strictly a problem for men to solve.
- - - - Throughout the monster novels we've been reading, I've noticed that with the presence of a monster emerges a monstrous action within the human characters take place. It's like they themselves also become a monster and wish nothing more than to wipe the existence of the monster before them. Essentially, to kill a monster you have to become a monster