To really answer this question one must have read the original story AND know some chemistry. I know some chemistry but NEVER read the story. (It is interesting to me that teachers try to make chemistry more interesting by inserting uninteresting details which end up confusing students and professionals alike. :0). The chemistry is HCl + H2O ==> H3O^+ + OH^- in which water acts as a base, abstracting a H from HCl.
NH3 + HOH ==> NH4^+ + OH^- in which water acts as an acid, donating a H^+ to NH3. So the idea is that H2O can act as an acid as well as a base which I presume has some connection to the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde scenario. Good luck.
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This is a homeowrk question-
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a story of one man with different personalities. Water is the same when looking at its acidic and basic properties. Why can we say that and what parallels of the Stevenson book can be drawn between that and the chemical properties of water? I know it seems like a lot of questions but it is all one answer.
Thank you for helping.
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