The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Stevenson wrote an allegorical novel after he had experienced a lurid nightmare. In the author’s words, it was described as 'a fine bogey tale'. This was published in 1886 titled Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Gothic novella where Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner, investigates a series of strange happenings that links his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and a vicious criminal named Edward Hyde. Stevenson wanted to bring out both faces of the human mind, the ugly evil side and the good friendly side. Wicked aspirations feed the altered ego of the degenerated Mr. Hyde compelling him towards gross acts of malevolence. A creepy, scary tale based on the duality of human nature. The story speaks of the good and evil within every single individual. The good and the evil both reside within each one and the manifestations happen in the way we behave and the decisions we make. Dr Jekyll the man under discussion is portrayed as a kind, well-respected and intelligent scientist who dares to meddle with the darker side of science. The experimentation brings out the other darker and grimmer side of his nature. Mr. Hyde is his altered ego that is purely evil and is not even ready to accept responsibility for his hideous crimes that he commits. Jekyll transformed himself to Hyde and back by drinking a potion that he had developed. When he runs out of the potion, unfortunately, he gets trapped in his Hyde form and commits suicide.

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