Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1-4 Summary

The first chapter starts out with describing Utterson which is a lawyer and as we read on a great friend of Dr. Jekyll. His personality is similar to Jekyll as it says he is a boring, conservative person as well. While on one of their walks, Utterson and Enfield start chatting, and Enfield starts to tell Utterson about a deformed man that trampled over a young woman who was screaming. A crowd begins to gather and they are disturbed by the ugly face. The man decides to give them money so that they would leave him alone and writes a check. Enfield does not believe that the check is real, and he goes the next day with him to cash it and it turns out to be real. Enfield believes he knows who the person is and who signed the check thought he stops and promises not to talk about the situation again.

Utterson returns home and takes out the will of Dr. Jekyll which states that he was to ever die or disappear all his belonging must go to a man named Hyde. Utterson is disturbed by this because he thinks that Hyde has a some kind of hold or power on Jekyll. Later Utterson has a dream that he meets with the ugly man, which says that he is a friend of Jekylls'. Utterson decides to visit Jekyll but when he goes to his house he is not there. Jekyll servants tell him that they have orders to obey Hyde. Jekyll has a dinner party and Utterson stays behind to talk to him privately. Utterson begins to tell Jekyll about his suspicion of Hyde and Jekyll begins to get nervous. Jekyll tells him that he has a great interest in Hyde and can get rid of him when he wants to. A year later, the chapter begins with a maid describing a time when she was sitting by a window and the horrific death of as we get to understand is Dr. Carew, that Hyde is guilty of. The police find a letter in his pocket, which is written to Mr. Utterson. The police and Mr. Utterson goes to Hyde's chambers though he is not home, they go in a find the murder weapon and burn his check book. They wait for him but he does not turn up for weeks and has no family, or friends. 

1. Why were the people so judgmental about Hyde's looks?

2. Why did Utterson decide to show the police were Hyde live after he promised Jekyll to protect his will?

Two quotes that interested me was when Jekyll said that, "The moment I choose I can be rid of Mr. Hyde." We later find out that Hyde takes over completely and not able to control him. also the quote, that describes the murder, " Her eye wandered to Mr. Hyde, who he had  heavy cane...All of a sudden, he broke ...in a great flame of anger like a madman." This quotes was interesting since this is were we begin to see that Hyde is getting out of hand.