Mr Hyde

Summary Mr. Utterson is a lawyer, who is friends with Dr. Jekyll, and knows of the mysterious and troublesome Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll has given his will, which has some strange requests, to Mr. Utterson in case anything should happen to him. While reading the contents of the will, Mr. Utterson begins to realize that Dr. Jekyll’s handwriting is very similar to that of Mr. Hyde’s. One day, Poole, an employee of Dr. Jekyll, calls the lawyer and tells him that Dr. Jekyll has locked himself in a closet and refuses to be seen. Mr. Utterson and Poole work desperately to unravel the mystery of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Historical/Cultural Context During the late 19th century there are several great empires who lost almost all their power and influence.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are related. Acting like a rope the synopsis at the end pulls the reader out of a dark hole of uncertainty and mystery. The organization and style of the book allow the reader to follow along by introducing the characters and setting, then proceeding to tell the story. I believe that Stevenson should start from the beginning by introducing Dr. Jekyll and telling of his experiments; while at the same time not giving away the fact that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are in fact the same person. I find it interesting that the causation of Dr. Jekyll to transform into the crafty Mr. Hyde was by consumption of a certain chemical substance; rather than simply a change in personality due to mental instability. This book highlights the romantic era of literature, especially with the dark and twisted path on which Dr. Jekyll
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“”Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Anatomy of Misperception”.” Novels for Students. Vol. 11. Gale
Cengage, .enotes.com. 28Feb. 2013.
This critic strongly argues that as soon as Dr. Lanyon is notified of the seriousness of Dr. Jekyll’s predicament, he alienates himself from Mr. Hyde. The criticism also states that while not to the extreme of alienation, other characters such as Poole and Utterson choose to ignore Mr. Hyde. Utterson, upon hearing the news, merely decrees Mr. Hyde as mentally unstable. Even Jekyll himself chooses to ignore the atrociousness of Hyde, until it is too late, and continues to appear as the beast.

“” Jekyll/Hyde”. “ Novels for Students. Vol. 11. Gale Cengage, .eNotes.com. 28 Feb. 2013.
This criticism analyzes and compares The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to several other victorian classics such as Frankenstein and Dracula. However, this book is not a truly fit the victorian style as the acclaimed monster, Mr. Hyde, is simply a shorter, disfigured, and ghastly version of Dr. Jekyll. The critic also states that according to criminology theories of the time, Dr. Jekyll, being a well educated physician, should have acknowledged his symptoms of mental and moral