dr. jekyll was at a park when he first transformed into mr. hyde without drinking the potion.
dr. jekyll was at a park when he first transformed into mr. hyde without drinking the potion.
where was dr. jekyll when he first transformed into mr. hyde without drinking the potion?
at a park
at this point, jekyll resolved to cease becoming hyde. one night, however, the urge gripped him too strongly, and after the transformation he immediately rushed out and violently killed carew. horrified, jekyll tried more adamantly to stop the transformations, and for a time he proved successful by engaging in philanthropic work. one day, at a park, he considered how good a person he had become as a result of his deeds (in comparison to others), believing himself redeemed. however, before he completed his line of thought, he looked down at his hands and realized that he had suddenly transformed once again into hyde. this was the first time that an involuntary metamorphosis had happened in waking hours. far from his laboratory and hunted by the police as a murderer, hyde needed help to avoid being caught. he wrote to lanyon (in jekyll's hand), asking his friend to retrieve the contents of a cabinet in his laboratory and to meet him at midnight at lanyon's home in cavendish square. in lanyon's presence, hyde mixed the potion and transformed back to jekyll - ultimately leading to lanyon's death. meanwhile, jekyll returned to his home only to find himself ever more helpless and trapped as the transformations increased in frequency and necessitated even larger doses of potion in order to reverse them. it was the onset of one of these spontaneous metamorphoses that caused jekyll to slam his laboratory window shut in the middle of his conversation with enfield and utterson.
dr. jekyll and mr. hyde (character)
the fourth act begins four months later. lanyon has died of shock, and jekyll refuses to see utterson or sybil. sybil is still angry that jekyll is believed to have helped hyde; lilian, who always disliked jekyll, supports sybil's anger. one of jekyll's servants, poole, visits to say he fears jekyll has been murdered. someone is secluded in jekyll's study, claiming to be him and communicating mostly through written notes, but poole thinks it is someone else. utterson, sybil, and lilian agree to accompany poole to confront the person in jekyll's study. utterson and poole find jekyll's servants huddled together in fear of the person in the study. in the study, jekyll gives a monologue explaining that he can no longer find the ingredients for his potion, and therefore will soon revert to hyde without the ability to transform back. sybil comes to the study and sees that jekyll appears ill. he tells her they will marry when he is better, but when she leaves he monologues that he will die soon, then he transforms into hyde. when utterson and poole come to the study door, hyde commits suicide by drinking poison.
dr. jekyll and mr. hyde (1888 play)