Read the excerpts from chapter one of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Excerpt 1:"I see you feel as I do,” said Mr. Enfield. "Yes, it’s a bad story. For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, and (what makes it worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good. Black mail I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth. Black Mail House is what I call the place with the door, in consequence.Excerpt 2:And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart. "Poor Harry Jekyll,” he thought, "my mind misgives me he is in deep waters! He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations. Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, PEDE CLAUDO, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault.”
Answer
A
Both men are trying blackmail Dr. Jekyll.
B
Both express sympathy for Jekyll’s predicament.
C
Both dislike Jekyll for actions from his youth.
D
Both experience remorse for their own bad behavior.
Explanation
In the first excerpt, Enfield describes the person who wrote the cheque as an honest, respectable man being forced to pay for an unpleasant incident, suggesting sympathy for Jekyll. In the second, Utterson thinks “Poor Harry Jekyll” and worries that an old sin is bringing trouble upon him. Both men feel concern for Jekyll; neither is described as blackmailing him or regretting their own behavior.
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