Name: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Cast

Mr. Gabriel John Utterson

Main · lawyer / Jekyll’s old friends

A dry, restrained lawyer follows the evidence through doors, wills, letters, and sealed papers because loyalty will not let him look away.

Locations

The by-street of shops

street

Bright shop fronts line the street until one neglected door breaks the row like a stain.

Passage

Why does this neglected doorway radiate menace no one dares explain?

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The Author’s Pen

The Neglected Door

Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence. The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained. Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.

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This building has a face, and it is not a friendly one. A blank upper wall becomes a "blind forehead," the door sits without bell or knocker as if it wants no visitors, and the whole thing seems to sulk on a street that is otherwise thriving. Enfield is walking Utterson through the neighborhood, and the story keeps insisting that the ugliness is not accidental but the result of years of someone letting it rot. That "someone," we will learn, has reasons to keep this entrance unwelcoming.

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The Plot

The Story of the DoorThe Search for Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll Was Quite at EaseThe Carew Murder CaseIncident of the LetterThe Wasting of Dr. LanyonThe Last NightDr. Lanyon's NarrativeHenry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case

The Cast

Mr. Gabriel John UttersonDr. Henry JekyllEdward HydeDr. Hastie LanyonPooleSir Danvers CarewMr. Richard EnfieldMr. GuestThe maid witnessHyde’s Soho housekeeper

Locations

Dr. Lanyon’s house in Cavendish SquareHyde’s rooms in SohoJekyll’s houseJekyll’s laboratory / old dissecting roomsRegent’s ParkThe by-street of shopsThe cabinetThe Carew murder laneThe sinister doorUtterson’s chambers

Objects of Note

Hyde’s clothesHyde’s keyHyde’s letterJekyll’s final statementJekyll’s willLanyon’s drawer: powders, phial, and paper bookLanyon’s sealed narrativeThe caneThe chequeThe crushed keyThe mirrorThe transforming draught

Core Concepts

Divided selfhood does not erase responsibilityDocuments preserve truth by postponing itExperiment without moral wisdom gives desire a bodyLoyalty can delay the question that might save someoneRespectability can become a hiding placeSecrecy becomes physical through thresholds and compartmentsWhen language fails, the body becomes evidence

The Author's Pen

The Indescribable ManThe Man Who Trampled the ChildUtterson Studies Jekyll’s WillUtterson’s Loathing of HydeJekyll’s Promise About HydeHyde Clubs Him DownHyde's Ransacked RoomsHenry Jekyll Forge for a MurdererLanyon Done With JekyllThe Look of TerrorPoole Comes AfraidHyde Gone To His AccountThe Thing In the MaskThe Weeping Behind the DoorDown With the DoorJekyll Before My EyesCuriosity or DepartureA Profound Duplicity of LifeMan Is Truly TwoDrinking the PotionThe hand on the bedclothesJekyll Becomes HydeThe End of Henry Jekyll

Plot point 01

The Story of the Door

A respectable lawyer hears how a man calmly trampled a child in the street and bought his way out with a cheque signed by an honourable name.

Objects of Note

Jekyll’s will

A lawyer's safe holds a will that hands Hyde Jekyll's whole life while Jekyll still lives.

The Cast

Dr. Henry Jekyll

Main · physician / Jekyll’s old friends

A respected doctor keeps a polished house, a hidden laboratory, and a second life protected by documents, keys, rooms, and chemical doses.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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The plot of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.

The Story of the Door
The Search for Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease
The Carew Murder Case
Incident of the Letter
The Wasting of Dr. Lanyon
The Last Night
Dr. Lanyon's Narrative
Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case

The author's pen in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The passages themselves, Robert Louis Stevenson's own words, as Literah maps it.

The Neglected Doorch. 1
The Indescribable Manch. 1
The Man Who Trampled the Childch. 1
Utterson Studies Jekyll’s Willch. 2
Utterson’s Loathing of Hydech. 2
Jekyll’s Promise About Hydech. 3
Hyde Clubs Him Downch. 4
Hyde's Ransacked Roomsch. 4
Henry Jekyll Forge for a Murdererch. 5
Lanyon Done With Jekyllch. 6
The Look of Terrorch. 7
Poole Comes Afraidch. 8
Hyde Gone To His Accountch. 8
The Thing In the Maskch. 8
The Weeping Behind the Doorch. 8
Down With the Doorch. 8
Jekyll Before My Eyesch. 9
Curiosity or Departurech. 9
A Profound Duplicity of Lifech. 10
Man Is Truly Twoch. 10

The characters of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Who is who, as Literah maps it.

Mr. Gabriel John Uttersonmajor
Dr. Henry Jekyllmajor
Edward Hydemajor
Dr. Hastie Lanyonmajor
Poolesupporting
Sir Danvers Carewsupporting
Mr. Richard Enfieldsupporting
Mr. Guestsupporting
The maid witnessminor
Hyde’s Soho housekeeperminor

The locations in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Where it happens, as Literah maps it.

The by-street of shopsstreet
The sinister doordoorway
Jekyll’s househouse
Jekyll’s laboratory / old dissecting roomslaboratory
The cabinetroom
Hyde’s rooms in Sohorooms
Dr. Lanyon’s house in Cavendish Squarehouse
Regent’s Parkpark
Utterson’s chamberschambers
The Carew murder lanelane

The core concepts in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.

Respectability can become a hiding place
Documents preserve truth by postponing it
Secrecy becomes physical through thresholds and compartments
When language fails, the body becomes evidence
Divided selfhood does not erase responsibility
Experiment without moral wisdom gives desire a body
Loyalty can delay the question that might save someone

The objects of note in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.

Jekyll’s will
Hyde’s key
The cheque
The cane
Hyde’s letter
Lanyon’s sealed narrative
Jekyll’s final statement
The transforming draught
Lanyon’s drawer: powders, phial, and paper book
The mirror
Hyde’s clothes
The crushed key

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