The+Strange+Case+of+Dr.+Jekyll+and+Mr.+Hyde

 //There is a strange air over the village in London when the back door on a particular street creaks open. The street clears and the children run. This is the village of Mr. Hyde. In the same village, same house, a good natured doctor lives with his servants; this is Dr. Jekyll. In the event of Dr. Jekyll's death, this malicious Mr. Hyde will receive Dr. Jekyll's entire fortune and good standing in society. Dr. Jekyll's dearest friend and executor, Mr. Utterson, will not stand for this poor choice. Mr. Utterson must unravel this perplexing case of man who only wants to rid the world of evil, but instead becomes the evil which he fears.//

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this dark work during a brief period of insanity. He excluded himself from all people including his wife and adopted son. He wrote __The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde__ during this time. Stevenson had a great fear of changing into another person due to the medicine that he was taking for an illness, and frequently awoke from dreams in fear of being another person. Stevenson wrote __Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde__ in six days in a mad hysteria. He burned the first draft then, upon the advice of his wife, he re-wrote the story.

**Mr. Utterson**- A friend of Dr. Jekyll, he is also the executor of Dr. Jekyll's estate. Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Enfield, Dr. Lanyon, and Mr. Utterson are all close friends. Mr. Utterson is the narrator, and his curiosity into the affairs of Jekyll begat this tale.


 * Dr. Lanyon**- As a prominent doctor this man defines reason. Dr. Lanyon discovers the case of Dr. Jekyll when Dr. Jekyll attempts to rid himself of Hyde. He dies from shock.


 * Mr. Enfield-** He is the first to discover Mr. Hyde, but he is a greater friend to Mr. Utterson. He and Utterson often take long walks and never say a word.


 * Mr. Poole**- Jekyll's butler who ultimatly gets Mr. Utterson into the Jekyll home to expose to Mr. Utterson the affiars of the home.


 * Sir Danver Carew**- A prominent man in society who is mysteriously murdered. Later it is revealed that Mr. Hyde commits the crime.


 * Girl Child-** Another character that is mysteriously murdered. Later it is revealed that Mr. Hyde commits this crime also.

**Quotes-**

“He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point. He's an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can't describe him. And it's not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.”

Mr. Enfield describe Hyde in this manner after his encounter with the beast from the first chapter. This quote portrays all the hideous qualities and pure evil nature of Mr. Edward Hyde.

"It was on the moral side, and in my own person, that I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both; and from an early date . . . I had learned to dwell with pleasure, as a beloved daydream, on the thought of the separation of these elements."

Dr. Jekyll just wanted to rid the world of the inherent evil in every man, unfortunetly, he became pure evil. This quote is the explanation of his idea.

The song that reprsents this novella the best is **Monster by Meg and Dia.** The lyrics are as follows

His little whispers. Love Me. Love Me. That's all I ask for. Love Me. Love Me. He battered his tiny fists to feel something.

[Chorus] Monster. How should I feel? Creatures lie here. Looking through the window...

That night he caged her. Bruised and broke her. He struggled closer. Then he stole her. Violet wrists and then her ankles. Silent Pain. Then he slowly saw their nightmares were his dreams.

[Chorus] Monster. How should I feel? Creatures lie here. Looking through the windows.

I will. Hear their voices. I'm a glass child. I am His regrets.

Monster. How should I feel?

Turn the sheets down. Murder ears with pillow lace. There's bath tubs. Full of glow flies. Bathe in kerosene. Their words tattoed in his veins, yeah.

This song is about the transformation of a man into a monster, which is the plot of this novella.

By Mackenzie Hinds