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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde — Thinking Outside the Plot

 
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:42 pm    Post subject: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde — Thinking Outside the Plot Reply with quote

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Thinking Outside the "Plot"!
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~ A Question for the Members: What if we inverted this concept.

~ My Theory: Here's a fun thought! Very Happy

What if Dr. Jekyll was an elderly man who's disliked by practically everybody because he is cantankerous, arrogant, selfish, inconsiderate, chauvinistic bastard . . . not to mention lecherous.

Dr. Jekyll's wife passed away several years earlier. Even his grown children despise him. Sad

But deep down, Dr. Henry Jekyll is not a happy man. He's aware of the flaws in his character and the affect it has on those around him.

To his credit, he constantly struggles to change his basic nature and be a better person. But all his efforts are doomed to failure — until he tries something new and radical.

Using his vast knowledge of medicine, chemistry, and molecular biology, Dr. Jekyll concocts a formula which is designed to radically alter both his physiology and his emotional nature. He hopes it will turn him into the gentle, sympathetic, understand man he really wants to be.

In other words, it separated the "evil" aspects of his nature from the "good" aspects — which was exactly what the original novel said that Jekyll intended to do. Only in that case the experiment went horribly wrong. Sad

But in this case it goes exactly right! Very Happy

Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde — a youthful, charming, charismatic man who quickly wins the admiration of the people he meets. He even becomes adored by his children!

Hyde meets and woos a young woman who reminds him of Dr. Jekyll's late wife when they first met — before his own increasingly hostile personality soured their relationship and slowly eroded the poor women's spirit until it affect her health and she passed away.

But then this story takes a tragic turn of events . . . Sad

Dr. Jekyll discovers that the effects of his formula are not permanent! He reverts back to his former state — an old man with a poisonous personality and a caustic nature which alienates all around him.

Gentlemen, I don't know where this concept should go next. I'll be sure to provide updates when they become available. Meanwhile I hope a few of our more creative members will add some ideas of their own! Mr. Green

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