Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde summary, Sintesi del corso di Inglese

Scarica Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde summary e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! TITLE: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde AUTOR: Robert Louis Stevenson LEVEL: B1.2 SUMMARY: The story tells about Henry Jekyll, a brilliant physician and scientist that, in his studies of the human psyche, he discover, by mixing particular substances, a potion that can separate the two nature of the human soul, the good one and the evil one. Mr. Utterson is a London lawyer who is a friend of Dr Jekyll. Utterson is concerned because Jekyll has written a will that leaves all his money to his new partner Mr Hyde. Mr Utterson has heard bad things of Hyde and disliked him at first sight. One day, the lawyer has asked to identify the body of a murdered man, Sir Danvers Carew, one of Utterson’s clients. Hyde has suspected of the murder, but he has disappeared. Jekyll swears that he has not seen Hyde and has broken with him forever. The case remains unsolved and Jekyll becomes more sociable than he had been. Suddenly, though, he locks himself into his laboratory, yelling to the servants through the door, directing them to gather chemicals for him. The servants recognize a change in his voice and think that their master was been murdered; another man has taken his place in the lab. They call Utterson who breaks down the door. On the floor lies Hyde, who has killed himself with poison, sadly, Utterson assumes Hyde returned and killed Jekyll, but the doctor’s body is nowhere to be found. He does find, however, a letter in which Jekyll explains his relationship to Hyde. MY OPINION: It’s a short story and I like it very much. It’s an intriguing and mysterious book. This book is able to capture the reader's attention.