Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is about a scientist, Dr. Jekyll, who wanted to split his good and bad side with a potion. He would flip between the personalities by drinking the potion. After so many times Mr. Hyde could come to light and take over whenever he pleased. That was not a good thing. Mr. Hyde was evil. Mr, Hyde would commit crimes, and kill people for no reason. About a year later an important politician was murdered, and his maid saw Mr. Hyde kill him. Everyone was hunting for Mr. Hyde to bring him to justice, but they couldn’t find him anywhere and for an obvious reason. A couple months after that incident Dr. Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll become sick, and Dr. Lanyon dies. After his death he leaves strange papers for Mr. Utterson,

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