Derived from Robert Louis
Stevenson's popular novella, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Dr. Jekyll is 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 dissolute and corrupt behavior. Jekyll finds this dark side a burden and undertakes experiments intended to separate his good and evil selves from one another. Through these experiments, he brings Mr. Hyde into being, finding a way to transform himself in such a way that he fully becomes his darker half.