Doctor Jekyll's confession

Jekyll was thinking about his split personality and discovered that all humans have a good personality and bad.

He invented a formula that turned into another person, separating the good from the bad half and staying with the latter. Henry felt the need to check if that was temporary or permanent change so retook the formula and became himself again.

Jekyll rented a house for his second personality. Jekyll tube to open a savings account in your name and make up a signature for once, Hyde, tube to pay a check to a family by the name of Henry Jekyll.

One day he woke up in his room having slept like Jekyll but in the morning it was not him, but Hyde.

Jekyll Hyde discovered that he had killed a person and should not back out of your body. I try but suddenly began to feel that feeling you had when you took the potion. Hyde had become unassisted. I could not go to the lab for the products to return to him and that he was wanted by the police and the hotel.

He sent a letter to Lanyon for him to fetch the products to your home and give you the. each passing moment, it was harder to be Jekyll. Whenever slept awoke with how Hyde.

Providing sales were exhausted and ended with his suicide and homicide of Hyde.

Doctor Lanyon's letter

Mr. Utterson began to read the letter from Dr. Lanyon, who said that one day, when he was at home, he received a letter from Henry Jekyll asking to go home and take a room a box whose contents were very important, and take it home

where he would receive a visit from a man, and had to give the contents of the drawer. If man did not show up at home meant he was dead

Dr. Lanyon did what he asked Dr. Jekyll, was visited by a short man named Edward Hyde. He entered the house, grabbed the drawer and told Dr. Lanyon to look at. Mr. Hyde mixed ingredients pulled from that box into a glass, and drank it. started screaming and deformed. Dr. Lanyon looked surprised and was terrified to see that in his room was no longer Edward Hyde, had become in the Dr. Henry Jekyll, who made ​​him promise he would not tell anyone what had happened.

Vocabulary

-dust-polvos
-weapon-arma
-remain-permanecer

The last night

One night, Poole came to the house of Mr. Utterson so nervous and very scared. And only repeated that something very bad was going to happen and asked Mr. Utterson to go with him to the house of Dr. Jekyll.

When they arrived at the doctor's house found in the door to all employees, scared to death. Inside the house, Poole asked the attorney to follow him to the room where the doctor was isolated.

Poole told the lawyer to listen and shut up. The steward said that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Utterson wanted to see a voice from inside the room replied that he could not see anyone.

They returned to the other side of the house and Poole said that this was not the voice of his master. Poole thought the doctor had been killed and that the man who was in that room was not él.Y Butler Mr. Utterson told that on one occasion, as he went into that room, saw out a small man with a mask which reminded Mr. Hyde, being pretty sure it was him.

The lawyer and the steward decided to demolish the door with an ax, and inside found on the floor of the room and Mr. Hyde died on by Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Utterson targets,. One contained a will, stating heir to Mr. Utterson, instead of Mr. Hyde, also found a document signed by Dr Jekyll.

It also said Mr. Utterson should first read the letter that Dr. Lanyon wrote and then opened the third envelope.

Vocabulary

-master-maestro
-whispered-susurró
-wild-salvaje
-stairs-escalera
-axe-hacha
-punish-castigar
-powders-polvos
-lifted-levantó

The face at the window

They were Mr. and Mr. Enfield Urtterson strolling and again they passed the house of Dr. Jekyll. And saw the Dr.Jekyll was leaning out a window of the floor, and invited him to go with them. Dr. Jekyll, who looked very tired, he said he would rather talk to them from there. After spending some time talking with him, suddenly, the doctor's face became an unpleasant sight, closing the sale with violence after getting into the room. Mr.Enfield Mr.Urtterson and were quickly in fear.

Vocabulary

-narrow-estrecho
-sight-vista

-hopelessness-desesperación

The death of a friend

Mr. Utterson, every day I would see Dr. Jekyll, and ceased to be well received and began to isolate Dr.Jekyll again.

Mr. Utterson had dinner one night with Dr. Lanyon, who was very ill, near death, and which Mr. Utterson said that Dr. Jekyll was also sick. Upon hearing this, Dr. Lanyon became angry and told the lawyer that wanted nothing more about that doctor.

Then Mr. Utterson wrote to Dr. Jekyll to know what had happened between him and Dr. Lanyon. The next day Mr. Utterson received a reply from Dr. Jekyll, in which he said he did not want to see anymore Dr. Lanyon, who had taken the path of isolation for reasons he could not say, and a week later, Dr . Lanyon died.

Mr. Utterson, took an envelope, which was put to staff and its contents only to be read by Mr. Utterson, and if he died before that, the envelope had to be destroyed.

Inside the envelope was another in which he said that was not opened until the death or disappearance of Henry Jekyll. Mr. Utterson could not understand what mean these words written by Dr. Lanyon, (as they were similar to those contained in the will of Dr. Jekyll.)

Mr. Utterson continued his visits home of Dr. Jekyll, but always was denied entry, and had to settle for talking to the butler

Vocabulary

-glad-contento
-busy-ocupado
-cannot-no puede
-rather-más bien
-hesitated-vaciló

Doctor Jekyll recives a letter

Mr. Utterson visits Dr. Jekyll and comment on the death of Sir Carew.

Jekyll teaches his lawyer a letter he had received that morning, and the messenger makes him promise that your content will not tell anyone and that will be a secret.

The letter was from Mr. Hyde to Dr. Jekyll and said she did not have to worry about their safety.

Later, the lawyer asked the doctor if it was Hyde who had drafted it will, and Dr. Jekyll said yes.

To ensure that all this was true, before leaving the house, Mr. Utterson asked Poole, the butler, had arrived that morning if a letter to his master, and Poole said no, (then Mr. Utterson thought perhaps the letter had been written in the house)

Mr. Utterson told what happened to Mr. Guest, and showed him the letter, whose words seemed familiar, concluding that they were like the letter of Dr Jekyll.

Dr. Jekyll forged a letter to save a murderer.

Vocabulary

-fireplace-hogar
-beside-junto a
-hide-ocultar
-indeed-en efecto
-unharmed-ileso
-shall-deberán
-clerk-secretario
-foggy-brumoso

The Carew murder

After a year of the murder of a wealthy man.
A servent, from the window of his room facing the street, he saw two men were talking. asked an old man down the street and the other a young man under with a stick and started beating to the older man
The servent recognized the man who beat her, because sometimes had visited Mr. Hyde. (Seeing what was happening, she fainted.)
The next morning the old man found along half the stick of Hyde and an envelope to Mr. Utterson: the old man was identified as Mr. Danvers Carew.
When Mr. Utterson knew that the culprit was Hyde, was the police officer Newcomer.
Upon arrival, he opened the door a servent, who said that his master was not at home, because he spent little time at home.
Mr. Utterson recognized some objects and furniture that belonged to Dr. Jekyll.

In search of Mr Hyde

One evening Mr. Utterson came home and took the safe the will of Dr. Jekyll, who said that if he died or disappeared, his fortune would pass to the hands of Edward Hyde.

Mr. Utterson walked home from Dr. Lanyon, (friend of Dr. Jekyll), to talk about what happened. Dr Lanyon said he knew of no Hyde, since long time not seen with Dr. Jekyll.

Mr. Utterson decided he wanted to meet Mr. Hyde and hid overnight in the courtyard of the door he hated Mr. Enfield and Mr. Hyde appeared when asked if Dr. Jekyll was in the house, Hyde replied that no, giving the direction of his house, located in the Soho street.

  Mr. Utterson went around the house turning to the main entrance of the same. He knocked. He opened Poole, the butler, who was announced and asked if his master could receive. Poole made ​​him go. Before the butler was to see if his master was in the house, took Mr. Utterson to ask if he knew Mr. Hyde, as he had seen go through the back door. Poole said he had a house key and all employees and they only came out the other door (Poole informing him that his master was not at home.)

Vocabulary

cupboard-armario
madness-locura
worse-peor
faceless-sin rostro
indeed-en efecto
obey -obedecer

The mysterious door

Mr. Utterson, a lawyer known in London, and Mr. Richard Enfield, his cousin, were walking around the city. Passing by a house, Mr. Enfield said that the door of the house gave him chills, because, one day, while walking just around town, saw a man beating a girl who did not even know. This man was detained by relatives of the girl and Mr. Enfield, which demanded the man who paid one hundred pounds for damage committed. This man reminded the devil. He was short, young and strong and his name was Hyde. The girl's father and Mr. Enfield accompanied the man to his house to take the money. The house was where they were now Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield.

Mr. Hyde opened that door locked and left with ten pounds and a check signed by a Mr. Anonymous for the family.

Vocabulary

-bel nor knocker-bel ni aldaba

-fearlessly-sin miedo

-calmly-tranquilamente

-screaming-estridente

-fetched-exagerado

-crowd-multitud

-frightened-asustado

-hurt-daño

-kindly-amablemente

-empty-vacío