Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable.
This sentence is part of the exposition because it
introduces a character.
makes the reader curious.
develops the central conflict.
provides tension for the story.
