1.
A Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Aditya Kashyap
Roll no. 16183
Group no. - XXXI

2.
About the Author
Died on December 3, 1894
Marrried Fanny Osbourne
Loved to travel
Mostly Sick, suffered from various ailments
Enrolled at Edinburgh University
Born in Edinburgh, on November 13, 1850
 Victorian Era
 Novelist
 Essayist
 Poet
 Books:
1. Treasure Island
2. Kidnapped

3.
Charles Darwin’s
Theory of Evolution
Sigmund Freud &
Psychoanalysis
Drug - Use and
Abuse
A Sign of the Times

4.
Summary
 The story opens with a man ( Hyde) trampling a little girl in the street,
who on being caught compensates with a cheque signed by a reputed
Doctor ( Dr. Jekyll). Utterson becomes concerned when he comes to
know that Hyde has access to Jekyll’s belongings.
 The story reaches a climax when Sir Danvers Carew is brutally
murdered, it being revealed that Hyde is the Culprit, who mysteriously
disappears. Utterson is summoned to the Jekyll home by Poole, where
they break into his room and find his mortal coil lying in the form of
Hyde.
 In the end, the story is explained by two narratives. The first narrative
describes how Lanyon witnessed the terrible transformation from
Hyde to Jekyll and how his soul sickened at what Jekyll then revealed.
The second Narrative is by the Letter Jekyll leaves for Utterson.

5.
DR.JEKYLL
• Moral & Decent
• Philanthropic
• Reputed
MR. HYDE
• Embodiment
of pure evil
• Criminal
• Hated
CHARACTERS
Gabriel John Utterson
Dr. Hastie Lanyon
Sir Danvers Carew
Mr. Richard Enfield
Inspector Newcomen
Poole

6.
Themes
Repression
Friendship & Bachelorhood
Good v. Evil
Reputation & Secrecy
Duality of Human Behaviour

7.
Motifs
 Violence against innocents
 The Reign Of Terror
 Silence - deliberate & genuine
Symbols
 Jekyll’s house & Laboratory
 Mist & Moonlight
 Letters & Documents
 Hyde’s Physical Appearance

8.
Exposition
Duality of Human Behaviour
Workings of Human Mind
Nature of Human Society
How a Human Being perceives LAW ?
Preserving one’s Reputation
Science becomes a Cover

9.
In each of us, two natures are at war - the
good and the evil. All our lives the fight
goes on between them, and one of them
must conquer. But in our hands lies the
power to choose - what we want most to
be, we are."
-Robert Louis Stevenson
Conclusion