Summary Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde
The work “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” created by Scottish writer Robert Stevenson, describes fantastic events.
Mr. Utterson, the notary, was a kind and sympathetic person. He and Mr. Enfield liked to go out on weekends. One day, on a London street, Enfield told his fellow traveler a strange story.
One night, Enfield saw a man trip over a girl lying on the ground, nearly killing her. For this act, he had to pay off the child’s relatives. Enfield learned that the man’s last name was Hyde.
And Utterson kept the will of Henry Jekyll, who bequeathed all his property to Edward Hyde. Utterson began to keep an eye on the building where Hyde lived.
One day, the capital of England was shocked by the brutal crime that Hyde committed in front of witnesses. A substantial reward was offered for revealing the location of the criminal.
Jekyll told Utterson that he did not know where Hyde was. But the notary learned that Jekyll behaved strangely, constantly locked himself in his office, and sometimes spent the night there. Then the butler came to Utterson and told him that Jekyll had not left his office for eight days.
The notary and the butler went to Henry’s house and found Hyde dying in his office. The men also discovered papers in which Jekyll’s confession was written.
Henry was the heir to a huge fortune; all doors were open to the young man. But Jekyll was very fond of pleasure. He soon realized that there was another person inside him. The man decided to separate the two natures. Henry also created a drink that could turn him into a completely different person — Hyde, who was young and vicious. Unable to resist his invention, Jekyll began to constantly transform himself into Hyde. In this guise he committed terrible acts, and once killed a man. Only after this did Henry realize that Hyde was getting the better of him. The vicious and evil double no longer wanted to disappear. He wanted to destroy Jekyll. Henry could become himself if only he drank his invented drink. Realizing that he was no longer able to get rid of Hyde, Jekyll took poison.
Robert Stevenson in the novel showed that if a person gives free rein to his vicious inclinations, they will gradually overcome him. The author proved to readers that one must keep all one’s passions in check and one must not indulge negative character traits.
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