Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary of Chapters 8-10

Once Utterson gets back to his home he opens the letters the first one was the one he found on Dr. Jekyll's desk it is a note with the present days date on it and tells Utterson to read the letter left by Lanyon. Utterson reads the next letter, this letter explains how after dinner one night Dr. Jekyll gave a strange letter to Dr. Lanyon that consisted of instructions to break into an upper room and take a drawer. He was then to take the drawer back to his house and wait for one of Jekyll's men to come pick the objects inside the drawer which was a red liquid and salt, later that night Mr. Hyde showed up, he came inside asked for a glass mixed the two and drank it he immediately started to transform into Dr. Jekyll. The consequences of experiencing this "magic" destroyed Dr. Lanyon and made him very ill. Dr. Lanyon ends his letter by saying he is very ill and will most likely die soon because of the traumatic experience. The last chapter is Jekyll's side of the story and where he explains main points of it. He describes his experiment, how he loves Hyde, and how he has a huge problem with his double side. He then explains how Hyde ended up taking over Dr. Jekyll and he periodically became weaker and weaker because of it.

Quotes:

1. "I must here speak by theory alone, saying not what which I know, but that which I suppose to e most probable." 

- This quote from the last chapter (Dr. Jekyll's full statement of the case) is a great one because it shows that even Dr. Jekyll has no idea what is going on with himself and Hyde.

2. "Here then , as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end." 

- I love this last line of the book because it really makes you think about the greater picture and what Stevenson was really trying to say. In my opinion of course I believe that he was saying that not by killing himself did he kill Hyde but by letting the world know of his feelings in a different way other than letting Hyde take control. In other words he found a new way of release that was able to destroy Hyde because there was no need for him.

Questions: 

1. Why were there no women in the novel?

2. What would you classify Dr. Jekyll's illness or disorder as specifically?

3 Do you believe that Jekyll created Hyde within his existing personality or created another personality completely that consisted of Hyde?