what is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde about?

Answer 1

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde begins with Mr. Utterson (the lawyer) going for a walk with his friend and relative Mr. Enfield. They walk past a door, which somehow stimulates Mr. Enfield to tell a sad story of a man knocking down a little girl, everyone yelled at the rude man. The man offered to pay a lot of money and disappeared through the door only to return with a large check drawn from Dr. Jekyll's bank account, a man none other than Mr. Hyde. Mr. Utterson, it turns out, is Dr. Jekyll's lawyer, and we find out that in the event of Dr. Jekyll's death or disappearance, his entire estate is to be turned over to Mr. Hyde. Mr. Utterson, who thinks highly of Dr. Jekyll, is extremely suspicious of this whole arrangement. He resolves to get to the bottom of this mystery. He hunts down Mr. Hyde and is impressed with the evil just oozing out of Hyde's pores. He then asks Dr. Jekyll about these odd arrangements. Dr. Jekyll refuses to comment, and there the matter rests until "nearly a year later."

A well-known politician is viciously beaten to death. The murder is witnessed by a maid, who points to Mr. Hyde as the criminal. Everyone tries to hunt down this evil man, but with no success. Meanwhile, Dr. Jekyll is in great health and spirits. Two months later, both Dr. Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll fall terribly ill. Dr. Lanyon dies, leaving mysterious documents in Mr. Utterson's possession, to be opened only if Dr. Jekyll dies or disappears. Dr. Jekyll remains in privacy, despite frequent visits from Mr. Utterson. Finally, one evening, Dr. Jekyll's butler visits Mr. Utterson at home. He's worried about his master and is convinced of foul play. The butler persuades Mr. Utterson to return to Dr. Jekyll's house, where they break into Dr. Jekyll's laboratory, where they find Mr. Hyde dead on the floor, with Dr. Jekyll nowhere to be found. Mr. Utterson finds several documents left to him, and goes back home to read both Mr. Lanyon's narrative and Dr. Jekyll's narrative, which, it turns out, are two parts of the same story.