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In Chapter 8, Poole tells Mr. Utterson that he saw a figure digging at some crates in Jekyll's room. When the figure looked at him, he cried out and ran upstairs. Poole says that the figure was wearing a mask. As a result, Mr. Utterson comes to the conclusion that Jekyll must be wearing a mask because of an illness.... some malady that caused a physical deformation. In a way, Jekyll has been living a life in which he wears two masks--one, a mask of respectability, and the other, a mask of depravity. When he is no longer able to change "masks" at will, he is forced to wear a mask..... in order to disguise his "mask."
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde