Which excerpt from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde uses direct characterization?
in this case, i was driven to reflect deeply and inveterately on that hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of distress.
i was so far in my reflections when, as i have said, a side light began to shine upon the subject from the laboratory table.
i hesitated long before i put this theory to the test of practice.
i knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil . .