Hello guys hope you're well you've got Mr. Everything English here and in today's video I want to do a quick summary of the entire book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Now as the English literature exam is so close I want this video to be the perfect video for your last minute revision of the book. So in total the book has 10 chapters and without further ado let's begin with chapter one. Alright guys for chapter one this is the chapter titled story of the door and in this chapter Utterson and Enfield are out for a walk and Enfield recounts a story or a time to Utterson about one night when he was walking home.
Now on this night when he was walking home it was about three in the morning, dark, the question arises where is he coming from and on this night he witnesses a man and a little girl walking and the man tramples over the girl. This man we later find is the man named Hyde. and Hyde trampled calmly over the girl which in itself is an oxymoron because you don't normally trample calmly over a body and at an end field here talks about how Hyde was a very strange character a strange person how Hyde brought out all the evil emotions about the people that were there and the crowds gathered and so on and he talks about how they made Hyde pay a fine and he happily paid the fine So this was the first chapter, Story of the Door.
Utterson and Enfield go for a walk. Enfield tells Utterson the story, the story of the door. This is the story that Hyde trampled over a girl. They made Hyde pay a fine and how Hyde was quite satanic, quite devilish and he brought her all the evil emotions. Now chapter two, this is the chapter called Search for Mr Hyde.
In this chapter we learn about Jekyll's will and we learn that Hyde is quite troubled. about Jekyll's will because it talks about if I disappear they give all my wealth to a man called Hyde and so on and at this point Utterson is quite disturbed so he goes to see his friend Lanyon to ask about Jekyll how is he and so on. Lanyon explains that he hasn't spoken to Jekyll for 10 years and that they don't really get on and at this part of the book in chapter two Utterson at night tries to go to sleep but he keeps having dreams about Hyde. He's having nightmares about Hyde which shows clearly that Utterson is being disturbed by the thought of Hyde. This is how evil and nasty he is.
Therefore, what does he do? He becomes obsessed with trying to see Hyde. So he haunts the door.
He haunts the door that Enfield told him about in chapter 1 where Hyde entered. So every night he stands at the door waiting, waiting, waiting until one night he finally gets his chance. to speak and to see Hyde.
And other than that the only other important thing in this part of the book is that Utterson is worried that Hyde may kill Jekyll to inherit the will. Chapter three guys this is the chapter called Dr Jekyll where he was quite at ease and this is the part in the book where Jekyll holds a dinner party and after the party is finished and Utterson hangs about to talk to Jekyll about the will and so on. Jekyll kind of fobs the question, kind of ignores the question but he hints at a strange relationship between himself and Hyde but doesn't give him any details and he says to Utterson that don't worry when I want to at any moment I can be rid of Hyde which is foreshadowing of course because he could not be rid of Hyde when he wanted to.
That is chapter 3, so we get a glimpse of the character of Jekyll and the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde and Jekyll and Utterson. Chapter 4, we fast forward nearly a year and this is the chapter which is called the Carew murder case. And in this chapter we have Hyde striking again. This time Hyde murders quite brutally the MP, Sir Danvers Carew. He battles him with a cane.
Two important things to consider here. In chapter one when he trampled over the girl you may argue it was an impulse you may argue it was kind of spur of the moment but in chapter four he's walking around with the cane which shows that he was looking for somebody to kill possibly he was looking for Saddam Hussein Karou. He batters him and everyone begins looking for Hyde because they find the murder weapon the cane and the contrast here is stark when Hyde trampled over the girl Nobody really cared, some people did, but it wasn't that much of a big deal.
When Hyde kills Saddam Hussein, it's massive, massive public outcry. Everyone is on the streets. which again shows the injustice of the class just because the dam's crew is rich he gets special treatment um chapter five guys is the incident of the letter um utterson goes to jackal's house and he finds jackal looking deathly sick um jackal looks so so so unwell and um utterson asks jackal have you seen Hyde? Have you heard of Hyde? Have you heard from Hyde?
And Jekyll shows him a letter saying that I will never ever see Hyde again. Hyde is gone. Look at him, he wrote me a letter telling me he's done with me he's gone he's leaving me he's not coming back and there's some suspicion in Utterson so Utterson asks his head clerk guest to compare the handwriting on the letter to the handwriting on an invite sent from Jekyll and upon looking at the handwriting guest realizes that the handwriting has a different slope so one may be sloped that way the other sloped that way but he comes to the conclusion that the handwriting is of the same person and at this point Utterson is suspecting that Jekyll is forging Hyde's signature to cover up for him to help him escape from the murder of Saddam's crew but what's important is Utterson does nothing Utterson stays quiet. Guys chapter six this is the remarkable incident of Dr Lanyon so as time goes by Jekyll seems happy things seem good nobody can find Hyde so whilst Jekyll is happy and so on Utterson goes to visit Dr Lanyon and Dr Lanyon looks absolutely destroyed he looks upset he looks sad he looks deadly he's like on his deathbed yes something has happened to him and when Utterson mentions the name of Jekyll uh Lanyon says shut up I don't want to hear Jekyll's name mentioned in my house um Also then guys in this chapter Lanyon passes away but Lanyon leaves a letter for Utterson but makes Utterson promise that he does not open letter until the death or disappearance of Dr. Jekyll which again is foreshadowing because from the very early on in the play the disappearance or the death of Jekyll from the will to the letter has been discussed chapter seven guys is the incident of the window this is a very short chapter in this chapter again lanyon lanyon sorry utterson and enfield out for a walk they come across the house of jekyll jekyll has become very unsociable doesn't come out of the house no one's seen him but at the window so they've got three windows one two and in the middle is half open the half open could symbolize half jekyll half hyde just a separate point but at the window there stands dr jekyll and utterson says to him come out come out let's go for a walk jekyll says i can't i can't leave um Because Jekyll can't leave, they talk to him from the window and at that point Jekyll transforms from Jekyll into Hyde for a split second and he slams the window shut.
This could emphasise that Jekyll no longer has control between the shifts that he has from Jekyll to Hyde. But again, what's important is, Enfield and Utterson completely ignore it. sorry guys one second chapter eight guys last night this is now when pool goes to get jackal sorry goes to get utterson pool is very very concerned pool is the servant of dr jackal he goes to get out of the test we need your help.
Jekyll hasn't come out of his room. Jekyll is inside his room. He's not leaving. We need your help.
Please come. Utterson comes to help Poole. Utterson comes to help Poole. They eventually knock the door down for the laboratory. Inside the laboratory they find the body of Dr. Jekyll.
They can't find the body of Hyde. We assume that Dr. Jekyll committed suicide. To get rid of Hyde he had to kill himself. And at this point the chapter ends. Chapter 9 is Dr. Lanyon's narrative.
This is where Lanyon explains his side of the story. Lanyon talks about how Jekyll wrote him a letter saying that he needs his help. and he told him to go to his house, go to the laboratory, get the potion and he told him that somebody will come to get the potion from you at midnight at midnight there's somebody happens to be Hyde and Lanyon watches Hyde transform from Hyde into Jekyll and what's important is before the transformation takes place Hyde says to him to go that what you're going to see is going to ruin you but because of the innate greed that man has Lanyon stays and watches and that's what ruins him.
His eyes cannot fathom what they see and he is mentally disturbed from that point. So we learn that Hyde is Jekyll and Jekyll is Hyde. Guys, chapter 10, we're nearly there. I hope this video is helpful, guys.
Chapter 10 is Henry Jekyll's full statement of the case. As like many other gothic texts, the big reveal happens right at the end. So in the last chapter, we learn why Jekyll created Hyde. Jekyll was rich, Jekyll was famous, Jekyll was known.
So he couldn't be who he wanted to be in the public eye because people were always watching him. So to create an almost alter ego, a different personality, to get freedom if you like, he creates the being of Hyde. He tries to be God.
But what happens? It goes terribly wrong. Because as the play develops, Hyde gets stronger and stronger, Jekyll gets weaker and weaker.
Moral of the story, don't try to be God. At that point the novel ends. What's interesting is we don't hear from Utterson after chapter 9. And that is the entire play of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Now obviously guys when you're sitting in your exam, I hope this video comes to your mind where you can pinpoint the order in which things are happening.
There are key quotes across the play. Please watch my video of the top five quotes on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because that video will help. I'm going to wrap it up here.
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