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Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886.The work is also known as The Strange Case of Hyde, Dr Hyde and Mr Hyde.Gabriel John Utterson is a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde.The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" referring to people with an unpredictably dual nature.[6]

Stevenson was interested in the idea of how human personality can reflect the interplay of good and evil.After he was a teenager, he wrote a script for a play about Deacon Brodie, which was reworked with the help of W. E. Henley and was produced for the first time in 1882.He wrote a short story called "Markheim" in early 1884 and revised it in 1884 for a Christmas annual.According to his essay, "A Chapter on Dreams", he had an idea for a story and had a dream, but woke up with no idea what it was.The biographer quoted Stevenson's wife.

I was awakened by cries of horror from Louis.I thought he had a nightmare.Why did you wake me?I was dreaming about a bogey.I woke him up at the first scene.[8]

Stevenson's stepson wrote that he didn't believe that there had ever been such a literary feat before.I remember the first reading like it was yesterday.While we were still gasping, he was away again, and busy writing, after coming downstairs in a sick state.I'm not sure if the first draft took three days.[8]

The writer's friendship with Eugene Chantrelle, a French teacher who was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, may have inspired him.Chantrelle, who had appeared to be a normal man in the city, poisoned his wife with opium.Stevenson was present throughout the trial and as the evidence unfolded he found himself, like Dr Jekyll, "aghast before the acts of Edward Hyde."It was thought that the teacher had killed people in France and Britain by poisoning them with his favourite dish of cheese and opium.[2]

Mrs. Stevenson would critique the draft in the margins.Robert Stevenson had a haemorrhage and was confined to bed.She said in her comments that the story was an allegory but Robert was writing it as a story.After a while, Robert called her back into the bedroom and pointed to a pile of ashes: he had burnt the manuscript in fear that he would try to save it, and thus forced himself to start again from nothing.There is no direct factual evidence for the burning of his manuscript, but it is still an important part of the novella's history.[13]

The story was re-written in three to six days.Stevenson has been accused of using drugs by a number of biographers, including William Gray's revisionist history A Literary Life 2004.According to the accounts of his wife and son, he was bed-ridden and sick while writing it.The mere physical feat was tremendous and, instead of harming him, it roused and cheered him.After the initial revision, he continued to work on the work.The southern English seaside town of Bournemouth was where Stevenson wrote the novella.There is a citation needed.

The Reverend Walter Jekyll was a friend of Stevenson and the younger brother of a landscape designer.There are no comments at this time.

On a weekly walk, Gabriel John Utterson and his cousin Richard Enfield reach the door of a large house.According to Enfield, a man named Edward Hyde trampled a young girl after bumping into her.Hyde was forced to pay £100 by Enfield.Hyde brought Enfield to this door and gave him a cheque, which later turned out to be from Doctor Henry Jekyll.Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll, as he recently changed his will to make Hyde the sole beneficiary.When Utterson tries to talk to Hyde, he is told by Hyde that he can get rid of him when he wants.

One night in October, a servant sees Hyde beat Sir Danvers Carew to death and leave behind a broken cane.The police went to Hyde's apartment.The other half of the broken cane has been found.The cane he gave to Jekyll was recognised by Utterson.An apology for the trouble that he has caused is said to have been written to Jekyll by Hyde.However, Hyde's handwriting is similar to that of Jekyll, leading Utterson to conclude that Jekyll forged the note to protect Hyde.

In early January, he won't start visitors, but for two months he reverted to his old ways.Dr. Hastie Lanyon died of shock after receiving information about Jekyll.Lanyon gave a letter to Utterson before he died.In late February, during another walk with Enfield, Utterson starts a conversation with Jekyll at his laboratory window.There is a window and a person in it.

In early March, Jekyll's butler, Mr. Poole, says that he has been secluded in his laboratory for weeks.The laboratory where Hyde was found dead from suicide was broken into by the two men.They found a letter from a person.Lanyon's letter is read by Utterson.Lanyon's letter shows how the shock of seeing Hyde drink a serum turned him into a monster.He had done unstated vices and feared discovery in his letter.He was able to transform himself without fear of detection.Hyde was evil, self-indulgent, and uncaring to anyone but himself.One night in August, Hyde became involuntarily in his sleep, after controlling the transformations with the serum.

The person resolved to stop being Hyde.He drank the serum after a moment of weakness.Carew was killed by Hyde, who had been imprisoned for so long.Horrified, he tried to stop the transformation.He became involuntarily awake in early January.Hyde was hunted by the police as a murderer and needed help to avoid capture.He asked his friend to bring the chemicals from his lab.Hyde drank the serum, mixed the chemicals, and turned into a monster.Lanyon deteriorated and died from the shock of the sight.In order to reverse Jekyll's transformations, larger amounts of the serum were needed.It was a transformation that caused him to slam his window shut.

One of the chemicals used in the serum ran low, and subsequent batches prepared from new stocks failed to work.One of the original ingredients might have had something that made it work.He decided to write his confession because he realized he would stay transformed as Hyde.He wrote "Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end."The document and the novella come to an end with these words.

Gabriel John Utterson is the main character in the story.A measured and at times emotionless bachelor, Utterson seems believable, trustworthy, tolerant of the faults of others, and genuinely likeable.While he is quick to investigate and judge the fault of others even for the benefit of his friends, Stevenson states that he was "humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done".He doesn't partake in gossip or other views of the upper class out of respect for his fellow man.Often the last remaining friend of the downfallen, he finds an interest in the downfalls of others, which creates a spark of interest not only in Hyde but also in others.He concludes that human downfall is caused by engaging oneself in topics of interest.He lives as a recluse because of this line of reasoning, and he loves the fine items of life.The conclusion of Utterson is that Jekyll lives life as he pleases.

Dr Jekyll is a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty with something of a slyish cast who sometimes feels he is battling between the good and evil within himself, leading to the struggle between his dual personality of Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde.He spent a lot of time trying to suppress evil urges that were not fitting for a man of his stature.He tried to separate the evil from his personality by creating a serum.Hyde was transformed into the smaller, younger, cruel, remorseless, and evil Jekyll.Like Hyde, Jekyll has many friends and an amiable personality, but he becomes violent.Hyde grows in power as time goes by.He no longer uses the Potion to unleash his inner demon after taking it many times.Hyde grows so strong that he becomes reliant on the potion to remain conscious throughout the book.

Richard is a well known man in town.The first time he saw Hyde was at three in the morning, when Hyde ran over a little girl.He mentioned the actual personality of Hyde to Utterson.Hyde was forced to write a cheque for the girl's family by a group of people who witnessed him running over the little girl.The cheque is genuine.When asked to describe Hyde, he was stumped.

Hastie Lanyon is a friend of Jekyll and disagrees with his "scientific" concepts.He was the first person to discover Hyde's true identity.Lanyon helps Utterson solve the case when he describes the letter he received from Jekyll.After witnessing the transformation process, Lanyon becomes shocked into critical illness and dies.

He has been employed by Jekyll for many years.Poole serves faithfully and tries to be loyal to his master, but he is concerned about the growing shyness and changes in the master.Fearing his master has been murdered and that his murderer, Mr Hyde, is residing in Jekyll's chambers, Poole is driven into going to Utterson and joining forces with him to uncover the truth.He helped Utterson in the end by cutting down the door to Jekyll's lab.

The Scotland Yard inspector joined after the murder of Sir Danvers Carew.Evidence of Hyde's depraved life was discovered when they explored his loft in Soho.

A Member of Parliament.According to the maid, Hyde killed Carew in the streets of London on the night of 18 October.At the time of Carew's death, he was carrying a letter addressed to Utterson and the broken half of a walking stick was found on his body.

The only person who has seen the murder of Sir Danvers Carew is a maid.She saw Hyde murder Carew.The murder case of Sir Danvers Carew was initiated after she fainted and woke up and went to the police.

Religious allegory, fable, detective story, sensation fiction, doppelgnger literature, Scottish devil tales, and Gothic novel are some of the literary genres that critics have applied as a framework for interpreting the novel.

The main point of the novella is that of an essential inner struggle between good and evil, with variations such as human versus animal, civilisation versus barbarism sometimes substituted.Freudian theory says that the thoughts and desires of the unconscious mind motivate the conscious mind.The development of a Mr Hyde-type aspect to one's character can be achieved by banning evil from the unconscious mind.[16]

In Christian theology, Satan's fall from Heaven is due to his refusal to accept that he is not God.This idea was suggested by Hyde when he said to Lanyon, "And your sight shall be blasted by a prodigy to stagger the unbelief of Satan."In Christianity, pride is a sin as it is the beginning of evil.[16]

The "good versus evil" view of the novel is not always correct according to the discussion by Vladimir Nabokov.[17]

The Victorian concern over the public and private division, the individual's sense of playing a part and the class division of London are all associated with the work today.The 19th century had a tendency for social hypocrisy, which is why the novella has been noted as one of the best guides to the Victorian era.[18]

The novella is seen as a representation of Scotland and the Scottish character.The national and linguistic dualities inherent in Scotland's relationship with the wider Britain and the English language, as well as the repressive effects of the Church of Scotland on the Scottish character, are represented in this reading.The city of Edinburgh, Stevenson's birthplace, consists of two distinct parts, the old medieval section historically inhabited by the poor, and the modern Georgian area, where the dark crowded slums were rife with all types of crime.[19][20]

The book was sold as a paperback in the U.K. for a small amount of money.The American publisher issued the book on January 5, 1886, four days before the first appearance of the U.K. edition issued by Longmans. Scribner's published 3,000 copies, only 1,250 of them bound in cloth.Stores did not stock it until a review in The Times gave it a positive reception.Within the next six months, close to 40 thousand copies were sold.The book's success was most likely due to the moral instincts of the public than to any conscious perception of its merits.It was read by people who never read fiction.It was thought to have sold more than 200,000 copies in the United States by 1901.[23]

Although the book had initially been published as a "shilling shocker", it was an immediate success and one of Stevenson's best-selling works.Stage adaptation began in Boston and London and moved all the way to his home country of Scotland.[5]

The story's initial publication was followed by the first stage adaptation.A script was written by Thomas Russell Sullivan and Richard Mansfield after they bought the rights from Stevenson.The cast of characters and elements of romance were added to the plot.Female characters were added to the original male-centred plot in later versions of the story.The first performance of the play took place in Boston.The lighting effects and makeup for Jekyll's transformation into Hyde created horrified reactions from the audience, and the play was so successful that a production followed in London.After a successful 10 weeks in London, the company was forced to close down.Those who only played murderers on stage were considered suspects because of the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper.He shut down production when he was mentioned as a possible suspect.[21]