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- In chapter 2, Hyde lets Jekyll write a letter to Utterson explaining the situation, wherein he begs him to not think of him as Henry, as it will only be Hyde. It ends on this note
, taken directly from the book.Jekyll: This then, is the last time, short of a miracle, that Henry Jekyll can think his own thoughts or see his own face in the glass. - Chapter 9 adds onto the letter Jekyll wrote, with Utterson desperately asking Hyde if Henry's still in there somewhere.Jekyll: If you see me, don't approach me thinking it's... well, me. Because all that will be left is the monster possessing my corpse.
- Almost every character has a troubled backstory. Jekyll felt betrayed by everyone around him, including Al, Al was born penniless until he suddenly came into wealth when his mother was killed trying to save a ring proving him heir to the Utterson estate, Carew's father was horribly abusive, and Annmarie's sister was Hyde's first victim.
- It's pretty difficult to have sympathy for Randall Lanyon (the very man as a whole, not the alter-ego) after watching him torture our beloved characters, but it's evident that he'd been falling apart for a long time, too. He felt so unheard, even by his own friends that he turned to his own shadow in order to get a sliver of compassion for his situation from anyone. He wanted that comfort. Even worse when you consider that it's lightly touched on that one of the reasons that gave birth to his alter-ego was his self-defense mechanism of tuning out, disconnecting himself from his own emotions to avoid his problems at home and outside of it from a young age. He only needed a push to give in to the darkness, to not feel fear anymore. Inside, though he may not admit it, Lanyon is scared, and complying with his alter out of fear of feeling scared and getting hurt. In reality...it's pretty heartbreaking. Who is to say that if the story's focus was on him, we wouldn't feel differently about him? Henry had Utterson, who stuck by his side after he killed Molly and various people in gruesome ways. Lanyon had...Lanyon.
- Hyde delights in utterly breaking Jekyll, confronting him with his misdeeds and tormenting him over the fact that everyone died because of him.
- The flashbacks that lead up to Henry and Al's falling out. It's foreshadowed since the very first chapter, but it doesn't hurt any less when more pieces of the puzzle are revealed.
- Jekyll is horrified when he sees Lanyon resurrected Molly, but soon after tries to help her remember him and her past. It doesn't work.
- In chapter 23, Oswald confronts Al about his feelings for Henry, saying they're unhealthy, that he can't excuse or atone for the people Hyde murdered, and pointing out that he almost died trying to save Hyde from attack. Al does not take it well at first, but acknowledges his own culpability in the matter. He says that since Henry saved him from his own darkness, he wants to protect him and anyone else from Hyde since he's all he has left. To make matters even sadder, it's the first time Al, as an adult, is seen crying, and Oswald says it's the first time he's ever opened up to him about anything.
- Chapter 24 is mostly lighthearted, making the ending where Utterson realizes his home burned down hit even harder.
- The look Henry gets on his face when he learns Lanyon planned on killing him after getting what he wanted, he seemed to really think he would be let go, not to mention begging on his knees not to be punished for Hyde throwing the papers to a formula he had created into a fire, but it falls on deaf ears and he's whipped till his back is bloody.
- It's revealed that Molly actually loved Henry in a profoundly romantic way, which is probably part of why she was able to tolerate so much from him. Her confession in a letter, however- was found by him way too late. How sad is it that she never got to tell him, and worse, that it was technically Henry himself who murdered her?
