![]() That part of the book I found consistently riveting and interesting. There’s a lot of interesting things about the situation, the dual nature and dual motivations. I really enjoyed the story, once it finally got the real explanation for Jekyll’s strange behavior and we actually find out all the details of his struggle. ![]() The story is an exploration of the dual side of human nature and the consequences of giving in to temptation and your darker side. Hyde is pure evil–selfish and malevolent and spiteful. Jekyll himself is a mix of good and evil as all of us are, but Mr. ![]() Jekyll has a wild side to his personality that he has indulged only in secret–he has found a potion which brings that portion of himself to the surface. Jekyll.Īs probably everyone already knows, it turns out that Mr. Lanyon investigate these strange happenings to understand the plight of Mr. Utterson and others, such as mutual friend Dr. Jekyll and the unnatural and immediate revulsion every single person feels in the present of Mr. One strange occurrence happens after another–strange behavior on the part of Dr. Henry Jekyll and the mysterious and malevolent Edward Hyde. The point of view character of the book is Gabriel Utterson, a lawyer who investigates strange events surrounding his friend the good Dr. I’m assuming most people are familiar with at least the basic premise of the story, which is not actually evident until about 2/3 of the way through the novel, but I’m not going to avoid spoiling a 130-year old book whose premise has been spoofed so many times in pop culture. Hyde is a classic science fiction/fantasy novel written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (also well known for writing Treasure Island), first published in 1886.
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