The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson was published on January 5, 1886 by Longmans, Green & co. It was set in the Victorian era were people had very good manners and were very proper. It was wrote in third person omniscient because the term I was not used at all.
There are four main characters in
the book. They are:
Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr.Hyde - A fifty year old man who is a scientist
who is battling the good and evil inside him he has many friends and a friendly
personality. While Mr.Hyde has a demonic and violent personality and becomes so
strong that he doesn't need the potion to turn into Hyde. Dr.Jekyll soon
realizes he will become Hyde forever, but in is letter he puts
Mr.Edward Hyde will probably commit suicide because of his crimes.
Dr. Hastie Lanyon-Dr.Lanyon sometimes disagrees with Jekyll's
scientific theories he is one of Dr. Jekyll old friends. He witnesses Mr.Hyde
turning back into Dr.Jekyll he helps Mr. Utterson find out what happened
to Dr. Jekyll.
Mr.Utterson- A loyal friend to Dr. Jekyll who wants to find
out what is wrong with Jekyll. He is an emotionless bachelor.
Poole-Poole is Dr.Jekyll's butler he comes to Utterson in fear
that his master has been murdered.
Richard Enfield tell Utterson about how
he saw Mr.Hyde trample a little girl then he pays her relatives 10 pounds for
the loss.Dr.Jekyll writes in his will that it will go to Mr.Hyde and
Mr.Utterson fears Jekyll is being blackmailed.
Jekyll says that nobody can come into his lab anymore and he wants
to see no more visitors. When Utterson's clerk tells Utterson that Mr. Hyde's
handwriting looks a lot like Jekyll's except with a slight slant to the left,
Dr. Lanyon dies from a shock before he dies he hands a letter to
Utterson saying don't open until the death or disappearance of
Dr.Jekyll, also when Utterson and Richard Enfield go walking they see
Jekyll outside his laboratory but it didn't sound like Jekyll's voice
though.
The two decided to break into the laboratory inside they find
Mr.Hyde dead in Jekyll's clothes Utterson reads the letter and finds out that
Lanyon died from seeing Mr.Hyde metamorphose into Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Jekyll
took his potion and he turned into to Mr.Hyde because he wanted to turn himself
free of conscience he was pleased when he first turned into Mr.Hyde but found
out that he was turning into Hyde in his sleep without taking the potion.Jekyll
ceased to become Hyde no longer but one night the urge gripped him to badly and
after he turned into Hyde he went out and killed Sir Danvers
Carew Hyde needed his potion to turn back into Jekyll so
he asked for Dr.Lanyon 's help when he turned back into Jekyll Lanyon
died of shock. Eventually Jekyll realized he would run out
of supplies and would have to stay Hyde forever but realized that
Hyde would commit suicide because of his crimes.
I think the author appears to be
subjective because he is trying to get us to know about
two different personalities good and evil; and prove that
curiosity killed the cat because of Dr. Jekyll's experiments.There is
actually a mental condition a rare one that is like Dr.Jekyll but without
the potion. You have two personalities without all the changing, it is called
split personality.
This book caused a few emotions in me
when Dr.Lanyon died I felt kind of sad and when Jekyll put himself into a trap
like he did and knew he was going to die. I felt confused when Jekyll left his
will to Mr.Hyde. I was made more aware of human nature when Dr. Jekyll went
through the metamorphism because once again there is a mental
condition called split personality. This story was unbelievable because
know scientist can just drink a potion and change into a whole new person. I
especially liked Poole because he has a cool name and that he is a butler and
he helps them find what was the problem and what happened to Jekyll. This story
is out-dated because some of the proper words and English fancy terms
were confusing and I had to read it again or look in a dictionary to find out
what it meant.
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