Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Chapter 11 - Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case (Part 2)

Jekyll reflects on the fatal night he first experimented with his transformative potion. He admits that had he undertaken the experiment with nobler aspirations, he may have emerged as an angel instead of a fiend. However, his evil was alert and quick to take advantage of the situation, and the character of Edward Hyde was created. Although Jekyll still retained his old self, he could not escape the fact that Hyde was wholly evil, and his experiments were pushing him towards the worse. Jekyll...