What Is The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll & Mr.Hyde

Dr.Jekyll believed he had two different personalities. When he did not drink the potion, he was Dr.Jekyll, but after he drank it he was Mr.Hyde. Mr.Hyde was the dark side of Dr.Jekyll. Mr.Hyde committed a lot of crimes, and got himself into trouble. If it was not for the other characters, Mr.Hyde would still be alive, and Dr.Jekyll would have spent his entire life alternating between the two split personalities. The characters play a vital role in this novel, because they were the ones advancing the plot.

The novel started off with Mr.Enfield and Mr.Utterson taking a stroll. As they were walking, Mr.Enfield brought up the story about the girl getting trampled. Mr.Enfield said a man by the
Sir Carew was a friend of Dr.Jekyll, a member of Parliament, and he was Mr.Utterson’s client. A maid witnessed Mr.Hyde killing Sir Carew, and once she was out of the shock, she called the police. The police called Mr.Utterson, and he confirmed that the body was Sir Carew’s. Mr.Utterson also saw the weapon that Sir Carew was murdered with, and he recognized it. It was a cane that he gifted to Dr.Jekyll a long time ago and then he started to wonder how Mr.Hyde was in possession of it. Mr.Utterson visited Dr.Jekyll and asked him where Mr.Hyde was and Dr.Jekyll said he did not know and he no longer wanted to be associated with Mr.Hyde. So, he gave Mr.Utterson a letter that Mr.Hyde had given to him, and Mr.Utterson took it to Mr.Guest.

Mr.Guest was a dear friend of Mr.Utterson. Mr.Utterson had dinner with Mr.Guest and after asked him if he could analyze the handwriting of the letter. Mr.Guest did exactly that. After he carefully analyzed, he told Mr.Utterson that the handwriting was the same as Dr.Jekyll and the only difference was that the letter handwriting was a little slanted. Mr.Utterson thought that Dr.Jekyll forged a letter to help a murderer. Mr.Utterson was very confused and
Hyde in the cabinet. Poole also delivered letters that Dr.Jekyll had asked him to and he left him alone when he wanted to be alone. The servant was very obedient and caring for his master, Poole often noticed when Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde came in and out of the laboratory, but he never asked any questions. He was very concerned when Dr.Jekyll did not act like himself and when strange things started to happen like his clothes becoming too big for him when he was in Mr.Hyde’s form and when his voice started to change. Poole called Mr.Utterson over and together they broke into the laboratory to discover that Mr.Hyde was lying there dead while he wore Dr.Jekyll’s clothes. Also, they learned it was through a potion that Dr.Jekyll changed