O Estranho Caso do Dr. Jekyll e do Sr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde remains a work of seemingly inexhaustible interest, and while the theme is timeless—the opposing poles that divide the human soul, the struggle between its good and evil sides—there is no doubt that Stevenson portrayed it admirably. The work introduces us to Dr. Jekyll, a physician who discovered how a man can transform into another being with the power to maximize the capacity for evil, latent in all humans. But it is also possible for the monster to return to being the original man, endowed with the faculty of repentance and a sincere will to do good. However, the impulse to commit a crime always resurfaces, and the monstrous and satanic Mr. Hyde comes to dominate the gentle Dr. Jekyll, until the point of rupture in this duality is reached…