The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (annotated)

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When Hyde beats a member of Parliament to death, Utterson is determined to discover the ties that bind the two men together. The definitive edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s immortal tale of depraved murder and unrelenting horror, introduced by Joe Hill, annotated by Edgar-winner Leslie S.

This was nine years before Freud conducted his first psychoanalysis, and decades before Jung introduced the concept of the shadow. This is one of the only occasions that we are given a glimpse into Utterson’s more personal reflections, revealing that despite his even-keeled nature and hyper-rationality even Utterson is not purely good. The published volume, not uploaded here, also contains a full transcription of the manuscript drafts, a detailed and documented history of composition and publication (in the 'Textual Notes'), and Explanatory Notes (which, among other things, comment on many of the examples of 'strange language' in the text).Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. In other words, Hyde’s ugliness is not physical but metaphysical; it attaches to his soul more than to his body. Utterson sees the plain figure of the man in question and quickly surprises him at the door, addressing him. This Agreement and all matters arising from it are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes arising in connection with this Agreement and the place of performance of this Agreement is agreed by you. That is, each time Poole offers some information, Utterson is able to offer some rational explanation; he sees the faithful Poole as merely a superstitious servant.

At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with red baize ; and through this, Mr. he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, "It is connected in my mind," added he, "with a very odd story. Ever the rational lawyer-sleuth, Utterson tries to explain to Poole that, to him, it seems as though Jekyll has been "seized with one of those maladies that both torture and deform the sufferer. Jekyll, whom he had long so unworthily repaid for a thousand generosities , need labour under no alarm for his safety, as he had means of escape on which he placed a sure dependence. Most of the other Chapters present incidents: "Story [or Incident] of the Door," "Incident of the Letter," "Remarkable Incident of Dr.

This version of the text [Annotation Edition Texts: A Christmas Carol: Annotation Edition] is vastly superior to a simple copy of the book, double spacing and wide margins allow for the text to be annotated in detail without losing the original text, often impossible to do with other versions. The first thing he reads is a will, a will very similar to the one which Jekyll left with Utterson earlier. But for all that," continued the lawyer, "there's one point I want to ask: I want to ask the name of that man who walked over the child.

Utterson says that if Poole is convinced, then Utterson has no alternative: He considers it his duty to break down Jekyll's door, and Poole can use an ax which is in the surgery room, while Utterson will use the fireplace poker.

The body is indeed dwarf-like, dressed in clothes far too large for him, clothes that would have fit Jekyll's large stature. Jekyll's door, where he was at once admitted by Poole , and carried down by the kitchen offices and across a yard which had once been a garden, to the building which was indifferently known as the laboratory or the dissecting-rooms . Utterson is very interested in the case and asks whether Enfield is certain Hyde used a key to open the door. I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best.