Robert Louis Stevenson's short story, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is set in 1870s England and centers on a man by the name of Dr. Henry Jekyll, who is a respectable doctor in his own community. As the story begins, Mr. Utterson (who is the lawyer responsible for drafting Dr. Jekyll's final will) is walking with his friend, Mr. Enfield. As they pass this street, Enfield recalls a nighttime walk he took past this street, where he saw a small, disproportionate man assault a young girl on the street. When he was caught, this mysterious man named Edward Hyde decided to make amends by giving the victim's family a check worth one hundred pounds. The strange thing is that this check bore Dr. Jekyll's signature and was a certified copy (Stevenson 4). This is the first glimpse the reader has of the relationship between the respectable Dr. Jekyll and the mysteriously grotesque Mr. Hyde (though the people who are disgusted by him can never understand why). As the reader realizes later in the text, Mr. Hyde is nothing more than a transformation of Dr. Jekyll through the use of a formula that the doctor himself had created to try to separate his good nature from his evil tendencies. This transformation allows Jekyll to realize these evil impulses in the form of this other part of him which is Edward Hyde. This is done to remove any blame that Jekyll may take on himself due to Mr. Hyde's actions (reasons I will discuss later). The obvious monster is the English doctor's alter ego, Mr. Hyde, but it is not limited to him alone. As the text continues, can a reader really look and say that Jekyll is not so much an abomination as Hyde? Other than J... half of the paper... a quality that cannot be defined, but which is nevertheless feared. Beyond that, Stevenson's book isn't just about the monstrosity of Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, it could be argued that these characters ultimately represent his thoughts on the animal that is the Industrial Revolution. Works Cited Daniels, Barbara. "Poverty and Families in the Victorian Era." March 2003.Freud, Sigmund. The “uncanny”. Boston: MIT Press, 1919. Singh, Shubh M., and Subho Chakrabarti. "A Study in Dualism: The Strange Case of Doctor Jekilland Mr. Hyde." Indian Journal of Psychiatry. (2008): n. page. Network. December 5, 2012.Smith, Nicole. "Analysis and Themes of “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson." Article Myriad. (2011): n. page. Network. December 11, 2012Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. New York: Scribner, 1886. Network.