If there is one thing I want to get across in this series, it's that different people have different ways of seeing and moving through the world and that absolutely colors how they read and interpret media.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are the LEAST interesting characters to me and I see very little worth discussing when it comes to how evil, broken, negative, selfish people move through the world wreaking havoc on the lives of good people. I'm interested in the good people. I'm interested in those trying to survive a Hell they don't deserve.

Utterson deserves so much more than erasure in every adaptation.

There is value in recognizing other perspectives - this is desperately needed in today's world especially.

Try seeing things differently. Try caring about others. It can make all the difference.

Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 2 - Part 2

Utterson is nosy AF but he’s truly a quality friend. This is the kind of friend you want to have in your corner. I am still on Hyde’s side considering the horrible nature of the rest of the characters in this story.

As far as I’m concerned how everyone reacts to Hyde is a reflection of who THEY are, not who he is. There are too many contradictions for there to be any semblance of truth. It’s all projection and transference.

Hyde is a triggering element in these miserable people’s lives.
He's giving dwarf and little else.

Y'all mad at YOURSELVES.

Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 2 - Part 1

Thanks for coming back for more!

This is the continuation of my discussion of "The Story Of The Door" which is the first chapter in the book.

So far this absolutely bonkers level of foolishness is only making me like Hyde and hate the "upstanding" members of British society and maybe that's the whole point. They're disgustingly awful people except for Utterson who I believe is the true star and main character of this book.

Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 1 - Part 2 

In this episode I'll be discussing "The Story Of The Door" which is the first chapter in the The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and I can tell you that I'm absolutely not having this wildly epic and bonkers nonsense.

Seriously, make it make sense.

The start to this story is equal parts bizarre and wonderful.

Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 1 - Part 1