Question

Which excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde uses direct characterization?

I took and furnished that house in Soho, to which Hyde was tracked by the police . . .
I announced to my servants that a Mr. Hyde (whom I described) was to have full liberty and power about my house in the square . . .
This familiar that I called out of my own soul, and sent forth alone to do his good pleasure, was a being inherently malign and villainous . . .
An act of cruelty to a child aroused against me the anger of a passer-by, whom I recognised the other day in the person of your kinsman . . .

Answer 1

The third excerpt: "This familiar that I called out of my own soul, and sent forth alone to do his good pleasure, was a being inherently malign and villainous . . ."

Reason: it explicitly tells the reader the character's qualities ("inherently malign and villainous"), which is direct characterization. The others show actions or events (indirect characterization).