Hyde & Seek
Part 1: In chapter 1 the excerpt "He is not easy to describe" portrays Hyde in a despicable way from the very beginning. Hyde is introduced in a way that puts his character in the dark side before even meeting the character for him to introduce himself to the audience in his own way. The audience is automatically suspicious and put off by Hyde based off of the description Enfield tells, and for some reason the audience will trust Enfield with this description because he portrayed himself as worthy of truth from the beginning of the chapter with a description, all relaying trustworthy, good, shy friend characteristics. However, Enfield is a minor character in the book but Hyde's mysteriousness continues on and this can be brought back to chapter one setting the tone with Hyde's character. In chapter 6 the excerpt "Now that that evil influence" portrays Jekyll as someone who is the friendly man on the street that everybody likes. He is described to be ...