Which statement best describes how mr. hyde is characterized in the excerpt?
a) the author uses direct characterization to show readers that mr. hyde is a sinister man.
b) the author uses direct characterization to show readers that mr. hyde has a strange appearance.
c) the author uses indirect characterization to show that mr. hyde is lonely and misunderstood.
d) the author uses indirect characterization to show that mr. hyde is rude and uncivilized.

D.

Explanation:

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a Gothic novella written by Robert Louis Stevenson.  The novella was first published in 1886. The full title of the novella is "Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

The indirect characterization of a character in the novel is shown by writer through his speech, actions and appearance. The indirect characterization is the phenomenon to reveal the character's trait or personality.  

The novella is about Dr. Jekyll who is fighting with his dual personality of  Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. The personality of Jekyll is good whereas the trait of Hyde is evil. Dr. Jekyll made a potion to suppress his evil nature, but instead he created a separate evil personality in the form of Hyde. Though his asserts that while doing so his motive was pure, but it turned out be a nightmare for him.

Stevenson had very craftily and creatively used the indirect characterization of Hyde to show that he is rude and uncivilized.

        In this stanza, the character thinks there is someone at the door, from the faint tapping on his door. He awakes with the noise, and when he gets to the door, there is no one there.

        So, the way Edgar Allan Poe creates suspense is through the source of the noise that is not yet revealed, as no one is standing att the door.