In "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", we follow the story of Mr. Utterson as he deals with a series of perplexing circumstances regarding his friend, Dr. Jekyll. It all starts with a tale and a will, learning that the man that is to inherit Dr. Jekyll's fortune is more a monster than a man. This leads him off onto his own mission of discovery as he takes it upon himself to learn what is going on and to uncover the unfortunate situation his friend finds himself in.

    The story is a look into how we view good and evil and how we tell the two apart. Jekyll and Hyde are two parts of one whole. Jekyll is kind and caring, a good and respected man that keeps good company. Hyde, however, is a recluse, a man who is despised by all even on first impressions. His appearance matches his character, as dark and insidious in his looks as he is in his personality.

    Initially, Jekyll creates Hyde and opens up a part of himself that is usually restrained. As time continues, he loses control more and more by the day, the difference between the creator and created becoming less pronounced. Hyde becomes a living example of the evil that lives within us. The dark secrets that Jekyll committed that Mr. Utterson pursues at one point in the story are not bonds with which he is held by Hyde, but in fact Hyde himself. He becomes the embodiment of Jekyll's sins, a living representation of the dark desires and cruel, heartless nature that can exist in even the best of us.

And... I'm really supposed to be writing the first things that come to mind, not attempting to write a decent paper.

Dr. Jekyll is a quiet character, unobtrusive to the story for the most part. Hyde is vicious and angry. He maintains a cool, uncaring demeanor usually, except when in either a violent outburst or when he's confronted. He has no good in him not a care for anyone other than his own wellbeing and the task at hand. Mr. Utterson finds himself in an odd position, trying to deal with the odd, usually nonsensical wishes of his friends and his own driving curiosity. He wants to come to some form of a conclusion to all this madness that surrounds him, the secrets and intrigue left behind in the lives and deaths of his friends. I have a Japanese test today. His good friend, Mr. Enfield, cautioned him against this in the very beginning of the story. If something looks strange, don't ask any questions. If you start getting involved, it only gets worse from there.