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Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected physician steeped in Victorian societal constraints, embarks on a perilous scientific endeavor to dissect the inherent duality of human nature. Driven by a fervent belief that man's baser impulses could be isolated and purged, he concocts a potent serum. This alchemical brew, however, does not purify; instead, it unleashes Edward Hyde, a monstrous, malevolent entity—the physical manifestation of Jekyll's deepest, most sinister desires. Initially, Jekyll savors the libertine freedom Hyde affords, indulging in forbidden pleasures without apparent repercussion. Yet, the beast within proves uncontrollable, its malevolence escalating from petty cruelties to brutal, unprovoked murder. The boundaries between the two identities rapidly dissolve, and Jekyll finds himself increasingly succumbing to involuntary transformations, losing his grip on his original self. The experiment, a misguided quest for moral emancipation, spirals into a terrifying descent, ultimately consuming its creator in a tragic, self-engineered damnation, laying bare the fragile veneer of civility and the terrifying power of unchecked primal instincts.
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Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
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