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  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Summary (Chapters 10 – 13)   Dr Jekyll’s butler, Poole, visits Mr Utterson one night after dinner and asks him to come to Dr Jekyll’s house. Poole brings Mr Utterson to the door of Dr Jekyll’s laboratory and insists that the voice they heard from the laboratory does not belong to his master. Mr Utterson wonders why the murderer would remain in the laboratory if he had killed  Dr Jekyll. Poole describes how the man in the laboratory seems desperate for some ingredient that no drugstore in London sells. He reveals that the person inside the laboratory looks nothing like Dr Jekyll.  Mr Utterson suggests that Dr Jekyll may have some disease that changes his voice and deforms his features, making them unrecognisable, but Poole declares that the person he saw looked like Mr Hyde. Mr Utterson calls inside the laboratory, demanding admittance. The voice begs to have mercy and to leave him alone. The lawyer re...

  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson                        Summary (Chapters 5 – 9) Mr Utterson returns home after his unpleasant encounter with Mr Hyde. He is much worried for Dr Jekyll, since Mr Hyde is the heir to Dr Jekyll’s property. He meets Dr Jekyll during a party and expresses his dissatisfaction regarding the will. Dr Jekyll expects Mr Utterson’s support for Mr Hyde, in case of his disappearance. Approximately one year later, the scene opens with a maid enjoying the moonlight by her window. She witnesses a small, evil-looking man, whom she recognises as Mr Hyde, encounter a polite, aged gentleman. When the gentleman offers Hyde a greeting, Hyde suddenly turns on him with a stick, beating him to death. The police find a letter addressed to Mr Utterson on the dead body, and they consequently summon him. He identifies the dead body as Sir Danvers Carew, a popular Memb...

  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson Summary (Chapter 1 - 4) The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an allegory about the good and evil present in every human being. The tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is mostly told in the perspective of Dr Gabriel John Utterson, a lawyer. The gothic novella opens with Mr Richard Enfield witnessing a horrible incident during the early hours of a morning. As Mr Enfield could not sleep, he walks down the street. He sees a little girl of 12 years old walking fast. On the opposite side, another man of a short stature collides with the girl. They both fall down and the man tramples on the little girl and leaves her injured on the street. Mr Enfield realises that the girl would get help as people start coming out of the house.    Mr Enfield wants to get hold of the horrible man and so he pursues him and brings him back to the crowd. The angry mob waits to punish the wicked man. The doctor arrives soo...

  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Novella by Robert Louis Stevenson Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is a narrative about the complexities of science and the deceitfulness of human nature. Dr Jekyll is a kind, well-respected and intelligent scientist who meddles with the darker side of science, as he wants to bring out his repressed evil nature. He does this by transforming himself into Mr Hyde, his evil alter ego, who does not repent or accept responsibility for his evil crimes. Jekyll tries to control his alter ego, Hyde, and for a while, Jekyll has power. However, towards the end of the novel, Hyde takes over and this results in their deaths. The tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is told mostly from the perspective of Mr Gabriel John Utterson, a lawyer from London and a friend of Dr Henry Jekyll. He recollects the events with his friend, Mr. Richard Enfield’s story. Mr Enfield describes of returning home in the early hours of the mor...