Exactly what the title says it is.
This is adapted from Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature by Gerrie McCall, Dragons: Fearsome Monsters from Myth and Fiction by Gerrie McCall, and Mythical Monsters by Chris McNab.
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BODY: His pale, squat body and offensive manner make Hyde the sort of person no one wants to look at for long.
HANDS: Hyde kills a man by beating him to death for no reason other than it amuses him to do so.
CLOTHING: He wears the clothing of a gentleman, but Hyde is a rough and repulsive man. His garments are loose because his stunted body cannot fit the well-proportioned clothes of a gentleman.
FACE: An unpleasant smile reflects Hyde's rotten soul. His face is not disfigured, but to anyone who looks at him, he appears wicked and disagreeable.
Friends of the respectable Dr. Jekyll begin to worry when a disgusting man named Mr. Hyde is seen going in and out of the doctor's house. Dr. Jekyll is a handsome, well-mannered man, and his friends fear that Mr. Hyde will take advantage of Dr. Jekyll's wealth. Word spreads that Hyde trampled a young girl in the street one night and showed no remorse. Hyde's violence worsens when he encounters a respected member of government one evening. For no reason, Hyde clubs him to death with a heavy cane, then tramples him underfoot. Hyde is obviously a lunatic, and Jekyll's friends think the doctor should be warned.
In truth, Dr. Jekyll has been secretly conducting experiments in his lab. When he drinks a potion he invented, the good Dr. Jekyll transforms into the hideous Mr. Hyde. Hyde embodies all the worst qualities in human nature. He takes nightly trips into the darker side of town, where he menaces the population and engages in illegal activities. The violent Hyde grows stronger than Dr. Jekyll, and the doctor has trouble keeping the dangerous Hyde under control. Jekyll commits suicide to kill the evil Mr. Hyde.
DID YOU KNOW?
Dr. Jekyll meant for the potion to separate the good from the evil in a person. Instead, it led to his own darker side taking over his personality.
The truth about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde being two sides of the same person is not known until a letter containing Dr. Jekyll's confession is read after his death.
Robert Louis Stevenson based The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on a real-life Scottish businessman named Deacon Brodie, who led a double life. Brodie was an upstanding citizen by day, but a thief, burglar, and gambler by night. Brodie was captured during an attempted robbery in 1786 and was hanged for his crimes.
