Strange events lead London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson along a path of gruesome discoveries about good and evil, friendship and deception. For a man who tries to stay away from life's upheavals, when Utterson finds himself in the midst of dangerous circumstances he loyally faces evil to protect his friend. When he does, he discovers that it can sometimes be very difficult to separate the bad from the good. Although he was described as “long and thin” with a “rugged appearance,” Utterson was considered “somewhat lovable” (Stevenson 1). he was not one for spontaneity and enjoyed a fixed schedule, one of his favorite events was an evening walk. During one of their regular Sunday evening walks, Utterson along with his "distant relative", Richard Enfield, Enfield told a disturbing story to Utterson. As they approached this certain area of ​​the city, where thriving shops stood out in the surrounding 'seedy neighborhood'. When they came to an unsightly door leading to a scruffy and seemingly neglected two-story building with no windows, Enfield told a story of an early morning adventure he had been involved in with one of the area's residents. According to Enfield, a man named Hyde, who he described as having a "black mocking coolness", had deliberately trampled on a young girl after they collided on a street corner. Enfield said that Hyde simply continued on his journey, regardless of the screaming child lying in the street, so Enfield said he ran after him, this evildoer, and brought him back to face his punishment. This punishment consisted of a bribe, the funds for which, strangely enough, were obtained from Utterson's friend and client, Dr. Henry Jekyll. Saposnik suggests that in the midst of the Victorian era... middle of paper... ....on 19). In the midst of these strange circumstances, loyal and steadfast lawyer Gabriel John Utterson finds himself trying to protect a friend and grieve the gruesome murder of another, all apparently at the hands of the unsympathetic Mr. Hyde. The scientific experimentation and choices made by Jekyll not only caused injury and death, but also made Utterson realize that not everything or every person can be so easily placed into separate columns, one labeled as good and the other as evil. Works Cited Saposnik, Irving S. “ The Anatomy of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 11.4 (Fall 1971): 715-731. Rpt. In the criticism of short stories. Ed. Jelena O. Krstovic. vol. 126. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Network. May 20, 2014Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. London: Heinemann Ua, 1924. Print