"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"

Book report

Lina Hidayatus Sholihah

1. Book Title

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2. Theme

Someone who has double character in one life

3. Plot Summary

In a busy street of London, Mr. Utterson, the lawyer and Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant cousin were walking around that suddenly Enfield found a mysterious door which connected with a strange man who trampled the girl of eight. Strangely he signed a worth with name whose Utterson’s old friend, Dr Jekyll. Utterson was curious about Hyde. He came to Dr. lanyon, his and dr. Jekyll’s friend, but he got nothing. He tried to find out by himself in a dark street that finally he meet Hyde and stared each other.

Utterson came to Jekyll’s house to investigate Poole, butler there, did Hyde come there. In other day, another vicious attack happened that Mr. Hyde killed a man that is Utterson’s partner, Sir Danvers carew. It was witnessed by a maid that she directly told to the police. Utterson helped the inspector to find him and he took to Mr. Hyde’s house in Soho. Uterson found the cane in Mr.Hyde’s room that he ever gave to Jekyll a year ago. When Utterson asked to Jekyll, he said that he will never set eye on Mr. Hyde. Mr. Jekyll gave a letter from Mr. Hyde to Utterson. It was odd letter. He shoe=wed the letter to Mr. Guest, his head cleark.

Dr. Jekyll began his new self as before, but suddenly he refused to see people from his laboratory. And mysteriously, Dr. Lanyon, a close friend of both Mr. Utterson and Dr. Jekyll became deathly ill. When Mr. Utterson visited him, Dr. Lanyon refused to talk about Dr. Jekyll. He gives Mr. Utterson a letter that must be opened only upon his death. A week later, Dr. Lanyon passes away.

While Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield were taking another walk, they came across Dr. Jekyll looking out his window. They witnessed a transformation face of him that made them stunned and speechles. One night, Poole requested Mr. Utterson's help. It seemed Dr. Jekyll has locked himself in his laboratory. They heard Hyde’s voice there. They pooled the door and found Hyde dead body fitted Mr.Jekyll’s cloths. Mr Utterson read the letter from Mr. Jekyll that he had problem with unexpected effects of the drug. Between Dr. Hyde and Mr. Utterson will change their character after they drank its poison. Its insiden was that made Dr. Lanyon shocked and finally dead. Hence, Mr. Utterson read the confession from Dr. Jekyll. His reason developing this drug was to test his theory in his law that he had a double life with two characters. As Hyde was in an evil side and Jekyll was in good side. However, it was unpredictable. He has tried for several times but nothing changed. The power of evil has stronger than good side. He mixed the salt with the poison but it didn’t act anymore. The evil side from Hyde finally ended his life before Poole and Mr. Utterson could break in.

4. characters and Characterization
• Round Characters

·   Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde was someone who was living a double life. When he became Jekyll, he behaved calmly, kindly, and respectfully to others. He was handsome and well-built. He was never afraid of hard work and he wanted to respect of good people. However, when he became Dr. Hyde, he was very wild and so terrible. He was a small, pale man, with an ugly smile It’s proven in the dialogue : “Dr Jekyll : “Utterson, I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again! I bid my honor that I am done with him. Mark my work, you will never hear of him again.”

Mr. Hyde : “It was in this mood of savagery that I met Sir Danvers Carew on the street that night. I struck him down just as a child in tantrum might break a toy! I did it again and again. I tasted delight in every blow.”

• Flat Characters

·        Mr. Richard Enfield was a distant cousin of Utterson and a well-known man about town. It’s proven in the dialogue: “did you ever notice that door before?

·        Mr. Utterson was the lawyer with a rugged looking man. He was easygoing with other even sometimes he was rather shy and he named himself as Mr. seek. It’s proven in the dialogue:”If he be Mr. Hyde. I shall be Mr. Seek.”

·        Dr. Lanyon was the oldest friend of dr. Jekyll and Mr. Utterson. He was a healty, red-faced, white –haired gentleman, with a decided manner. It’s proven in the dialogue :”I suppose, Lanyon, that you and I must be the two oldest friends Hendy Jekyll has?”

·        Mr. Guest was a man, Utterson’s head clerk, that Utterson kept fewer secrets from. He was a great student and critic of handwriting. It’s proven in the dialogue: “Is that from Dr. Jekyll sir?” I thought I knew the writing. Anything private, Mr Utterson?”

·        Poole was a loyal Dr. Jekyll servant. He has been 20 years in this man’s house. It’s proven in the dialogue: “Now, sir, I’ll take you to the laboratory”.

·        Sir Danvers Carew was a victim of murder by Mr. Hyde.

·        Inspector Newcomen was The inspector of Scotland Yard who investigated the murder of Sir Danvers Carew and who searched for Hyde in every corner of the land. It’s proven in the dialogue: “Good  good, sir. Is it possible? Perhaps you can help us find the murderer.”

• Protagonist

·  Enfield

·  Mr. Richard Utterson

·  Dr. Jekyll

·  Inspector Newcomen

·  Poole

·  Dr. Lanyon

• Antagonist 

·  Mr. Edward Hyde

5. Setting

Time           in the last 19 century

Place          in the Dr. Jekyll Laboratory in London

6. Style

The style of this novel is using a middle level because the language of this story is not too difficult to understand.

7. Point of View

The point of view in this novel is in the third-person narrative, because the narrator is someone outside the story who refers to all the characters in the story proper by pronoun “He”. Thus all of them are refer to Dr. Jekyll.

8. Moral value

In the world, there are two kinds of characters. Those are good and bad and each of them has impacts or affects itself. If we want to have good guarantee for our future just be a good person with good behavior but if we never think about that, the evil will follow us whenever and wherever we stand.