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Robert Louis Stevenson's ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' employs several types of irony revolving around Henry Jekyll, a man who breaks promises.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Plot summary. Download a copy of the plot summary. Key Characters. Dr Jekyll. A respected doctor and friend of both Lanyon, a fellow physician, and Utterson, a lawyer. Jekyll is a seemingly prosperous man, well established in the community, and known for his decency and charitable works. Since his youth, however, he has secretly engaged in unspecified corrupt behavior.

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In terms of the narrative structure of the novel, finally and for the first time, the reader comes to the astounding realization that (1) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are one and the same person; or (2) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are two parts of the same person, one evil and the other good; or (3) Mr. Hyde is a part of Dr. Jekyll, that diminished part that represents the evil in all of us. There.

Utterson decides to visit Dr Lanyon, an old friend of his and Dr Jekyll's. Lanyon has never heard of Hyde, and not seen Jekyll for ten years. That night Utterson has terrible nightmares. He starts watching the door (which belongs to Dr Jekyll's old laboratory) at all hours, and eventually sees Hyde unlocking it. Utterson is shocked by the sense of evil coming from him. Utterson goes next door.

Dr Lanyon The shock of discovering that Hyde and Jekyll are the same person and his firm scientific views being torn apart so abruptly scared Lanyon to death. This is to linked to an element of the Gothic (intense emotions). This is also seen in chapter 4 where the maid fainted due to Hyde's actions.