Welcome to this deep dive into the character of Dr Henry Jekyll. To achieve a high grade in your GCSE exam, you need to understand Jekyll not just as a good man who makes a mistake, but as a complex and tragic figure driven by ambition, desire, and the intense pressures of Victorian society. This deck will focus on his perspective, using his final confession to build a powerful bank of quotations and analysis you can use in any exam question about him.

The most important part of Jekyll's story is his final letter, where he explains his theory of duality. He believed that every person has two sides: a good side, which is concerned with social rules and reputation, and an evil side, driven by selfish desires. His scientific goal was not to become evil, but to separate these two sides completely, so he could indulge his darker impulses as Mr Hyde without damaging the reputation of Dr Jekyll. This is the core of his tragedy.