Which best explains why this excerpt is part of the plot's exposition?
Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of 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.
O It helps to develop the central conflict of the story.
O It provides background information about a character.
It hints at what is going to happen to Mr. Utterson.
It describes Mr. Utterson as a man not to be trusted.