... nature. This central theme does not fully emerge until the last chapter when the relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is revealed. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well - respected doctor in his community. He is a good friend of Dr. Hastie Lanyon, a fellow physician, and Mr. Gabriel John Utterson, a lawyer. Dr. Jekyll is an apparently prosperous man, well established in the community, and known for his decency and ... shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two."" He imagines the human soul as the battleground for an "angel- and a "fiend,"" each struggling for mastery. Through thes...

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• Grade Level: High School