“Then you must know as well as the rest of us that there was something queer about that gentleman—something that gave a man a tu
rn—I don’t know rightly how to say it, sir, beyond this: that you felt in your marrow kind of cold and thin.” “I own I felt something of what you describe,” said Mr. Utterson. . . . “Ay, ay,” said the lawyer. “My fears incline to the same point. Evil, I fear, founded—evil was sure to come—of that connection. Ay truly, I believe you; I believe poor Harry is killed; and I believe his murderer (for what purpose, God alone can tell) is still lurking in his victim’s room. Well, let our name be vengeance. Call Bradshaw.” –The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson What theme does this passage best support? Good will always prevail over evil. Secrets isolate people. Some actions cannot be forgiven. Evil can never truly hide itself. Answer is D: Evil can never truly hide itself.
