Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. "poor harry jekyll,” [mr. utterson] 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 . .” which statement best describes how mr. utterson is characterized in the excerpt? the author uses direct characterization to show that mr. utterson is a judgmental person. the author uses direct characterization to show that mr. utterson is a deeply spiritual man. the author uses indirect characterization to show that mr. utterson is a concerned and caring friend. the author uses indirect characterization to show that mr. utterson is cruel and vengeful.

It's important to understand that characterization, in general, refers to the process by which a characters motivations and personality is revealed to the readers of a certain book. There are two forms of characterization the first one is direct and the second is indirect. In direct characterization, the author reveals character traits and qualities in an explicit way. But in indirect characterization, the author reveals elements of the character in a more implicit way that means that he portrait characteristics through dialogue, speech or action.

It's also important to know that Mr. Utterson is the narrator of the novel, he is a middle-aged man, a lawyer and an old friend of Jekyll. With these ideas in mind the correct answer is "The author uses indirect characterization to show that Mr. Utterson is a concerned and caring friend."

The character in this excerpt talks about some characteristics of Jekyll in the past, as we read it we can see an indirect characterization of how the character of Mr. Utterson think, by these facts we know that he is worried and he thinks that probably Jekyll is in bad ways because of his changes. He is constantly watching Jekyll and he detects changes so as a good friend he starts to observe him. He is a very rational character so the author doesn't talk about him as a deeply spiritual man. Also, he is not cruel or vengeful since he was a food friend of Jekyll. He is a judgmental person but this is not a direct characterization because the author doesn't mention the characteristics of Mr.Utterson personality in the excerpt we infer it by the way he talks in the excerpt.

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what novel are you talking about?