Dr.Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll have different opinions towards science in what believe. for example: Lanyon says "I'm going to mess with science until reaches a supernatural form of abuse. A direct characterization of Stevenson would be he isn't one for subtlety. He details the characters for us without romance or innuendo. for example: the very first paragraph is an extremely long description of Mr. Utterson as a "cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse...yet affectionate" in actions their characterization in the early paragraphs of the book where Stevenson details Mr. utter son's unusual nightmare routine, the whole description can be summed up as "Mr. utterson as a boring man of routine".