1. Plot Overview Character Context (Written 1880) Themes
The Story of the Door 2
Search for Hyde 3
Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease 4
The Carew Murder Case 5
Incident of the Letter 6
Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon 7
Incident at the Window 8
The Last Night . 9
Dr Lanyon’s Narrative 10
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Overview
Character
Dr Henry Jekyll
Mr Edward Hyde
Gabriel Utterson
Dr Hastie Lanyon
Richard Enfield
Poole
Sir Danvers Carew
Mr Guest
Context (Written 1880)
Fin-de-siècle fears
Victorian values
The implications of Darwinism and evolution
Physiognomy .
Victorian London
Urban terror
Robert Louis Stevenson
Deacon Brodie
Themes
The duality of human nature
Science and the unexplained
Reputation
Rationality
Secrecy and silence .
Gothic
Setting and Symbolism