"Story of the Door" pg 5 "He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point. He's an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can't describe him. And it's not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment."
Robert Louis Stevenson utilizes Enfield's voice in this passage. He gives Enfield a very unsure voice to show the reader that Hyde was quite the hideous beast although it is hard to say why. Enfield is unable to give a clear discription of Hyde but his point is clear. Enfield gives the impression that Hyde is a deformed man who is also very ruthless.
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Portrait of Robert Louis StevensonEnfield gives the reader the first look at Hyde and right from the start marks Hyde as horrible creature which the world can do without. Then throughout the story there are more incidents which seem to prove Enfield's description of Hyde to be correct.
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