Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

English class project

Guillermo Grisham del Arco Class 2ºC/D I.E.S. Cristo del Rosario

Zafra (Badajoz) 12/03/2014

Information-Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

-Publising House: Macmillan

-Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

-Some characters:

-Dr. Jekyll: A respected doctor and friend both of Lanyon, a fellow physician, and Utterson, a lawyer. One of the main characters. He might be around 55 years old.

-Mr. Hyde: A strange repugnant man who looks faintly pre-human. Violent and cruel. Hyde is Jekyll’s dark side. He’s one of the main characters.

-Jhon Gabriel Utterson: A lawyer and the best friend of Dr. Jekyll.

-Mr. Enfield: A distant cousin and lifelong friend of Mr. Utterson. Reserved and formal.

ResumeHenry "Harry" Jekyll is a well respected member of London society. In his personal life, he is pre-engaged to Muriel Carew, the daughter of a brigadier general. In his professional life, he is a medical doctor, scientist and academician. He theorizes that in each man there is a good side and an evil side which can be separated into two. In doing so, the evil side can be controlled and the good side can live without worry, in combination leading to the betterment of society. In his experiments, he uses himself as the subject to test his hypothesis. His evil side, who he coins as Mr. Hyde, escapes into London, and terrorizes party-girl Ivy Pierson. Jekyll, aware of Hyde's goings-on, decides to stop his experiments because of the suffering he has caused Ivy. What Jekyll is unaware of how ingrained Hyde is in Jekyll's life.

VocabularyDark Oscuro Mr Hyde is the dark side of Jekyll

Poison Veneno Jekyll drank the poison

Transform Transformación Jekyll transformd himself

Lifelong De toda la vida Enfield is a lifelong friend of Utterson

Reserved Reservado Like Utterson, Enfield is reserved

Perhaps Quizás Mr. Hyde is perhaps Dr. Jekyll

Personal OpinionIt has a rather interesting story. I really enjoyed it because I really like these types of books. In addition to that since the teacher told me the meaning of Jekyll I started to find it even more interesting.