A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

HydeA Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Aditya KashyapRoll no. 16183

Group no. - XXXI

About the Author

Died on December 3, 1894

Marrried Fanny OsbourneLoved to travel

Mostly Sick, suffered from various ailments

Enrolled at Edinburgh University

Born in Edinburgh, on November 13, 1850

Victorian Era Novelist Essayist Poet Books:1. Treasure Island2. Kidnapped

Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution

Sigmund Freud &

PsychoanalysisDrug - Use and

Abuse

A Sign of the Times

SummaryThe story opens with a man ( Hyde) trampling a little

girl in the street, who on being caught compensates with a cheque signed by a reputed Doctor ( Dr. Jekyll). Utterson becomes concerned when he comes to know that Hyde has access to Jekyll’s belongings.

The story reaches a climax when Sir Danvers Carew is brutally murdered, it being revealed that Hyde is the Culprit, who mysteriously disappears. Utterson is summoned to the Jekyll home by Poole, where they break into his room and find his mortal coil lying in the form of Hyde.

In the end, the story is explained by two narratives. The first narrative describes how Lanyon witnessed the terrible transformation from Hyde to Jekyll and how his soul sickened at what Jekyll then revealed. The second Narrative is by the Letter Jekyll leaves for Utterson.

DR.JEKYLL

• Moral & Decent

• Philanthropic• Reputed

MR. HYDE

• Embodiment of pure evil

• Criminal• Hated

CHARACTERS

Gabriel John UttersonDr. Hastie LanyonSir Danvers Carew

Mr. Richard EnfieldInspector NewcomenPoole

Themes

Repression

Friendship & Bachelorhood

Good v. Evil

Reputation & Secrecy

Duality of Human Behaviour

Motifs Violence against innocents The Reign Of Terror Silence - deliberate & genuine

Symbols Jekyll’s house & Laboratory

Mist & Moonlight Letters & Documents Hyde’s Physical Appearance

Exposition

Duality of Human BehaviourWorkings of Human MindNature of Human SocietyHow a Human Being perceives LAW ?Preserving one’s ReputationScience becomes a Cover

In each of us, two natures are at war - the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our hands lies the power to choose - what we want most to be, we are."

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Conclusion