Plot Overview Character Context (Written 1880) Themes The Story of the Door 2 Search for Hyde 3 Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease 4 The Carew Murder Case 5 Incident of the Letter 6 Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon 7 Incident at the Window 8 The Last Night . 9 Dr Lanyon’s Narrative 10 Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case Overview Character Dr Henry Jekyll Mr Edward Hyde Gabriel Utterson Dr Hastie Lanyon Richard Enfield Poole Sir Danvers Carew Mr Guest Context (Written 1880) Fin-de-siècle fears Victorian values The implications of Darwinism and evolution Physiognomy . Victorian London Urban terror Robert Louis Stevenson Deacon Brodie Themes The duality of human nature Science and the unexplained Reputation Rationality Secrecy and silence . Gothic Setting and Symbolism