The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Plot Summary - Full lesson

who are we really are some of us perfectly good While others are purely evil perhaps the mysterious Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde might have the answer and who better to guide us than their dear friend Mr Gabriel utterson utterson is a good lawyer and a reliable friend every Sunday he enjoys a walk with his distant relative Mr Richard Enfield on this occasion Enfield points out a Sinister building and tells Artisan about a strange incident that happened recently Enfield had been walking home one morning when he saw a man deliberately stomp on a little girl the

man then walked away as though nothing had happened incensed Enfield dragged the repulsive villain back to the scene where a crowd had now gathered to calm the angry mob the man agreed to pay compensation to the girl's family he disappeared into the very door Enfield and utterson now stood at and emerged with a check and some gold strangely the check wasn't signed in the man's own name but it's still cleared at the bank Enfield says that the man's name was Mr Edward Hyde utterson then admits his own little secret he knows who signed that check

utterson then swears Mr Enfield to secrecy that evening Mr utterson feels uneasy and retrieves Dr jekyll's Will from his safe Dr Jekyll is an old friend and utterson had drafted this will for him but he's always hated it the will states that if Jekyll dies or disappears for more than three months Mr Hyde gets everything why would Jekyll say disappear is he in danger and why would a villain like Mr Hyde have such a hold on Dr Jekyll Mr Artisan visits another old friend Dr Lanyon to see if he knows anything Lanyon admits that he

and Dr Jekyll have Grown Apart he deplores Dr jekyll's meddling and unscientific nonsense Lanyon also never heard of Hyde that night Mr Artisan decides to look for Mr Hyde he Stakes out the door Enfield had pointed out and waits eventually Mr Hyde shows up Artisan introduces himself as a friend of Dr jekylls and asks to come in but Mr Hyde is rude and unhelpful before he disappears into the house Artisan gets a good look at his face two weeks later Mr utterson gets a chance to confront Dr Jekyll at his dinner party after the guests

leave Artisan asks Jekyll about Mr Hyde Dr Jekyll becomes defensive he admits that his Affairs are odd but everything is under control what's more Mr Hyde will be sticking around and the terms of the will must be honored if the time came Conversation Over with a heavy heart Mr utterson promises to do as Dr Jekyll asks one year later London is shocked by news of a horrific murder sir Danvers Karu a well-known and respectable politician is clubbed to death in the middle of the night the soul witness identifies the murderer as Mr Hyde since Mr

utterson knew the victim he is called upon to identify the body and assist police he takes the investigator straight to Mr Hyde's house in SoHo which seems to have been ransacked Mr Hyde clearly packed up and hurried off Mr utterson goes to see Dr Jekyll the scientist is a changed man looking very pale and sick Dr Jekyll insists that he's cut all ties with Mr Hyde and even hands over a letter that Mr Hyde left for him that evening Mr utterson shows Hyde's letter to his clerk Mr guest he compares the handwriting to a note

from Dr Jekyll and concludes that it's nearly identical but why would Dr Jekyll Forge for a murderer time passes and Mr Hyde does not re-emerge with Mr Hyde gone Dr Jekyll is a new man he comes out of seclusion reignites old friendships and gets involved in community events then within the space of a few months Dr Jekyll returns to seclusion Mr utterson decides to visit Dr Lanyon but Dr Lanyon has also experienced a shocking change he's so frail and bald Dr Lanyon says he's had a shock that he'll never recover from but he doesn't spill

the details what he does reveal is that his friendship with Dr Jekyll is officially over Mr utterson is deeply disturbed by the change in his two friends he writes a letter to Dr Jekyll to try and get some answers Dr jekyll's cryptic reply confirms that his friendship with Dr Lanyon is over he also admits that his seclusion is a form of self-inflicted punishment that must never end sadly Dr Lanyon dies within a fortnight after the funeral Mr Artisan opens a letter Dr Lanyon left for him only to find another sealed ladder within it warns him

not to read it unless Dr Jekyll has died or disappeared there's that word again disappeared what does Dr Lanyon know one Sunday on their usual walk Mr Enfield and Mr utterson pass by Dr jekyll's House they look up to see if they can Glimpse their old friend and there he is sitting mournfully by the window Dr Jekyll says he feels very low but doesn't expect it to last much longer suddenly mid-conversation Dr jekyll's warm smile is replaced by a look of Terror he slams the window shut and disappears Mr utterson and Mr Enfield feel their

blood run cold and walk on the silence is only briefly broken by a prayer from utterson one night Mr utterson receives an unexpected visitor it's Dr jekyll's Butler Mr pool pale and shaken he's extremely worried about Dr Jekyll he's shot himself in his office for the past week Mr Poole suspects Foul Play and implores Mr utterson to accompany him back to Dr jekyll's home at Dr jekyll's residence all the servants have gathered in the hallway they huddle like frightened sheep Mr pool leads Mr utterson through to the laboratory outside Dr jekyll's office door Poole announces

that Mr utterson is here to see him a pained voice from inside the office refuses all visitors back in the kitchen Mr Artisan can't deny it that voice was not Dr Jekyll Mr Poole believes an imposter has taken Dr jekyll's place Mr pool then describes the impostor's strange Behavior all week he demanded some sort of medicine writing desperate orders to all the Chemists in town one day Mr pool suddenly entered the laboratory and saw a figure wearing a mask he or it was digging about among the crates looking for something when it saw Mr pool

it cried out and ran into Dr jekyll's office the figure was also too short and hideous to be Dr Jekyll it's time to act they stationed two servants at the back door in case the Imposter tries to escape then they call out for Dr Jekyll demanding to see him or they'll bust their way in the voice that replies definitely isn't Dr Jekyll so Mr pool smashes through the door with an ax there before them lay the twitching body of Edward Hyde he's dressed in Dr jekyll's clothes and holds a crushed vial of poison it seems

he has killed himself all that's left is to find Dr jekyll's body they don't find anything although the office contains evidence of chemical work on the table there's a large envelope for Mr utterson inside is Dr jekyll's will and another document the will details that Dr Jekyll has given Artisan everything he originally set aside for Mr Hyde there's also a note in the envelope from Dr Jekyll it declares that if Mr utterson is reading it then Dr Jekyll has indeed disappeared it instructs Artisan to read the letter from Dr Lanyon first then the confession enclosed

with the will Mr Artisan will go home to read these letters but tells Mr Poole he'll be back by midnight then they'll call the police Dr lanyon's letter explains why he cut all contact with Dr Jekyll it begins with a letter from Dr Jekyll requesting an urgent favor he asked Dr Lanyon to go to his house and break into his office with the aid of Mr pool and a locksmith Dr Lanyon was then to enter the office alone and retrieve the contents of one of the drawers from his cabinet he had to take it home

where at midnight a man would visit on Dr jekyll's behalf convinced his old friend was already insane Lanyon did everything exactly as instructed sure enough that night a small man arrived at Dr lanyon's home he was desperate to see if Dr Lanyon had what he needed although the man was repulsive Dr Lanyon took pity on him and pointed to the draw the small man asked for a glass mixed the ingredients from the drawer and drank the potion he immediately cried out and staggered as his face swelled and his features melted Dr Lanyon was shocked to

his core and shielded his eyes from the horror then came the awful reveal the small man had transformed into Dr Jekyll Dr Lanyon was convinced he would never recover he was right now all that's left is for utterson to read Dr jekyll's confession Dr Jekyll explains that while he was raised well and enjoyed doing good he always harbored a secret dark side Jekyll used transcendental medicine to create the drug that allowed him to express both sides of his personality when he drank the potion he became Mr Edward Hyde the only human being to ever be

Pure Evil Jekyll provided for Mr Hyde by acquiring a house in SoHo and clothes his size Jekyll also ordered his own staff to obey Hyde in case the transformation to hide ever became permanent Jekyll made a will that transferred his wealth to hide with everything sorted Dr Jekyll enjoyed his Newfound freedom one day Jekyll woke up as Mr Hyde without the drug it seemed that Edward Hyde was getting stronger and beginning to take over realizing this Jekyll chose to try to live a good life only but he still kept all of Hyde's clothes and belongings

soon enough Jekyll felt hide struggling for freedom in a moment of weakness Jekyll drank the potion once again and hide came out roaring he killed sir Danvers Karu that night realizing he was now a wanted man Hyde destroyed his papers in his Soho house he then ran to the lab took the drug and transformed back to Jekyll one morning in Regents Park Jekyll suddenly transformed into hide stranded in public and wanted for murder hide dashed to an inn and wrote urgent letters to Mr Poole and Dr Lanyon luckily he could still write in jekyll's hand

but if he showed up at jekyll's home the servants would turn him in so Hyde arranged for his drugs to be transferred to Dr lanyon's place that night Dr lanyon's horror and disgust at seeing the transformation terrified Jekyll too he vowed to never return into the form of Hyde again but the very next day Jekyll automatically transformed into Hyde twice thus began the battle for Jekyll to remain himself if he slept or the medication wore off Mr Hyde would return soon jekyll's drugs ran low and London chemists no longer stocked a key ingredient he believed

the success of his first batch was from an unknown impurity now impossible to find Dr Jekyll wrote this letter to utterson under the influence of the last dose of the original potion soon Mr Hyde would take full control this was the true death of Dr Henry Jekyll sometimes the questions we ask about ourselves have Hard Answers perhaps we should be grateful that Dr Jekyll drank down the terrible potion to reveal a difficult reality will we ever be ready to confront our true selves we hope you enjoyed this schooling online production for more easy lessons check

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