The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

The Mysterious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a short novella written in the Gothic tradition, although it moves that genre to a different level. While being both a cautionary tale against over-reaching ambition and the excesses of scientific rationalism, it is also a stirring psychoanalytical study of the darker side of man.

 He is lawyer named Utterson; and, at the beginning of the novella, he is worried for his friend, Henry Jekyll--a violent and odious man who is living in Jekyll's house. Despite Utterson's attempts to speak to his friend, Jekyll completely avoids the subject.

CHARACTERS  Like :

Dr. Henry Jekyll - A respected doctor and friend of both Lanyon, a fellowv physician, and

Utterson, a lawyer. Jekyll is a seemingly prosperous man, well established in the community, and known for his decency and charitable works. Since his youth, however, he has secretly engaged in unspecified dissolute and corrupt behavior. Jekyll finds this dark side a burden and undertakes experiments intended to separate his good and evil selves from one another. Through these experiments, he brings Mr. Hyde into being, finding a way to transform himself in such a way that he fully becomes his darker half. Joselyn Galarza

Mr. Edward Hyde - A strange, repugnant man who looks faintlyv pre-human. Hyde is violent and cruel, and everyone who sees him describes him as ugly and deformed—yet no one can say exactly why. Language itself seems to fail around Hyde: he is not a creature who belongs to the rational world, the world of conscious articulation or logical grammar. Hyde is Jekyll’s dark side, released from the bonds of conscience and loosed into the world by a mysterious potion. Joselyn Galarza

Mr. Gabriel John Utterson - A prominent and upstandingv lawyer, well respected in the London community. Utterson is reserved, dignified, and perhaps even lacking somewhat in imagination, but he does seem to possess a furtive curiosity about the more sordid side of life. His rationalism, however, makes him ill equipped to deal with the supernatural nature of the Jekyll-Hyde connection. While not a man of science, Utterson resembles his friend Dr. Lanyon—and perhaps Victorian society at large—in his devotion to reasonable explanations and his denial of the supernatural. Joselyn Galarza

Dr. Hastie Lanyon - A reputable London doctor and, along withv Utterson, formerly one of Jekyll’s closest friends. As an embodiment of rationalism, materialism, and skepticism, Lanyon serves a foil (a character whose attitudes or emotions contrast with, and thereby illuminate, those of another character) for Jekyll, who embraces mysticism. His death represents the more general victory of supernaturalism over materialism in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Joselyn Galarza

Mr. Poole - Jekyll’s butler. Mr. Poole is a loyal servant, having workedv for the doctor for twenty years, and his concern for his master eventually drives him to seek Utterson’s help when he becomes convinced that something has happened to Jekyll.  Mr. Enfield - A distant cousin and lifelong friend of Mr. Utterson.v Like Utterson, Enfield is reserved, formal, and scornful of gossip; indeed, the two men often walk together for long stretches without saying a word to one another. Joselyn Galarza

Mr. Guest - Utterson’s clerk and confidant. Guest is also anv expert in handwriting. His skill proves particularly useful when Utterson wants him to examine a bit of Hyde’s handwriting. Guest notices that Hyde’s script is the same as Jekyll’s, but slanted the other way.  Sir Danvers Carew - A well-liked old nobleman, a member ofv Parliament, and a client of Utterson. Joselyn Galarza 

Main  Theme :

Good vs. Evil

Ø    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is easily viewed as an allegory about the good and evil that exist in all men, and about our struggle with these two sides of the human personality.

Friendship

Ø  Friendship in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde serves to drive the plot forward. Aside from human curiosity, Mr. Utterson is compelled to uncover the mystery of the evil man because of his friendship with Dr. Jekyll.

In trying to unravel the secret, his many friendships deliver crucial pieces of information. In this sense, friendship acts as both a motivator and an enabler

Science

Ø  Science becomes a cover and justification for supernatural activities. Dr. Jekyll ostensibly derives his potion in some sort of scientific manner as opposed to finding a magical amulet or something that releases evil.

Religion

Ø  God and Satan figure prominently in this text, as well as many general references to religion and works of charity. 

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