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What Could Mr. Utterson Do To Change The Fate Of His Friends?

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What could Mr.Utterson do to change the fate of his friends? Mr.Utterson is a character from the book, “Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde.” In this book he is a friend to Dr.Jekyll, but he is also a lawyer and finds himself torn between being a friend and a legal advisor. I’m supposed to write an essay on what he could have done differently to change his dear friends fate, so below I’ve given some examples of what could have gone differently. The first thing that came to mind was that after running over the little girl, Hyde comes out of his house with a cheque that has another mans name on it (Stevenson 8). Later on in the story we find out that the name on the cheque was Dr.Henry Jekyll’s. I feel things could have gone differently if Mr.Utterson had told Dr.Jekyll about Mr.Hyde using his cheque. Perhaps it would have changed Dr.Jekyll mind about putting Mr.Hyde in the will, moreover it might have even prodded him to open up to Mr.Utterson about Mr.Hyde. …show more content…

This would give Mr.Hyde a chance to kill or kidnap Dr.Jekyll and then receive the contents of the will. Conceivably if Mr.Utterson had voiced his concerns and prompted him to change the will it could have changed the course of the

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