Literature during the Victorian era often sought to determine what makes human nature what it is. So, he wrote the letter and took his own life. Jekyll, and all of his goodness would be gone. He knew that if Hyde won, he’d cease to be Dr. Jekyll worked with the drug, the less predictable it was, so that he could no longer control when he turned into Edward Hyde or what Hyde would do when in control. With the drug, he could separate out his evil side, embodied by Edward Hyde. Jekyll’s letter, discovers that the drug he was working on was meant to test whether or not man had a dual nature-good and evil. Jekyll transformed into Edward Hyde, and how that transformation shocked him into his sickness and ultimate death. Jekyll had been having difficulties with the side effects of a drug he was working on, and that he had asked for Lanyon’s help in procuring some hard-to-come-by ingredients for it. Utterson goes into Jekyll's laboratory after hearing Hyde’s voice that he confirms the truth: inside, he finds Edward Hyde, dead on the floor and wearing Dr. He talks with them out his window, but then he transforms, which shocks them both. While out on another walk, they come across Dr. Utterson the letter.īefore Utterson can read the letter, he and Mr. Utterson a letter with instructions that it not be opened until after he has died. Utterson pays him a visit, but Lanyon flatly refuses to discuss anything related to Dr. Then, a close friend of Jekyll’s and Utterson’s suddenly falls ill. Jekyll hosts parties and works with charities, and there is no more mention of Edward Hyde. Utterson lets the matter drop.įor a while, everything seems as it should be. Utterson a letter from Edward Hyde, promising that he won’t hurt Dr. Jekyll will not go into detail, but promises that he won’t have dealings with Hyde anymore. He goes to his friend and asks again after his connection to Edward Hyde. With Hyde missing and suspected of murder, Mr. Following the gruesome murder, Utterson goes with the police inspector to look for Hyde, who reportedly lives in Soho, then a seedy area of London. His victim was a man named Sir Danvers Carew, a respected gentleman and one of Mr. She recognizes the murderer it is Edward Hyde. She sees a man attack another, elderly man, killing him with a club.

Utterson.Ībout a year passes, and a maid witnesses a crime while looking out her window. Utterson that his will is correct and he intends to pass on everything to Hyde, but he also refuses to talk about his connection to Hyde, which vexes Mr. Jekyll must have been in some way tricked or coerced, Utterson visits his friend to inquire about his beneficiary. Certain that there is something wrong, that Dr. The will stipulates that should Jekyll disappear or perish, Edward Hyde will inherit his estate. Enfield and goes straight to his study, where he has a copy of Dr. Utterson returns home after his walk with Mr.

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