Jekyll and Hyde: Friendship

• "when the trio were inseparable friends."

  • what prevents the friendship continuing is Jekyll's experiment
  • there's a conflict between science and religion - the reason Lanyon and Jekyll fell out
  • if the friends stuck together they could've helped Jekyll but Jekyll felt excluded from society - led to his tragedy
  • friendship could've saved Jekyll but Hyde is the problem
  • even though he could pursue his implusiveness but became "despised and friendless" and that friendship is more important than societys value
• "I have buried one friend today," he thought: " what if this should cost me another"

  • this is before he reads the letter containing the truth
  • Stevenson questions this friendship - a way of asking society to be more honest
  • Utterson concludes that breaking the trust with his now dead friend could help him save his other friend, Dr. Jekyll, from potential harm.
  • This again demonstrates how loyal he is.
  • Utterson holds his honor so highly that he would go to lengths to protect his friends as these quotes demonstrate.