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Comparison Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

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The novella, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a timeless classic enjoyed by all ages. The main plot, the fight between good and evil in a man, has been recycled many times in books and movies with different point of views and story lines, but the message is still the same. In the 2003 movie, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the plot is still very similar with small changes to the plot or characters, but the movie seems very different from the original novella. What makes this movie seem so different is the change of narration. In the novella, the point of view is in the third person and Mr. Utterson’s point of view. In the movies, the point of view is in Dr. Jekyll’s perspective. The change of narration and small deviations from the original plot drastically …show more content…

This perspective is quite different from the original third person storyline. The same plot is used, but with the change of point of view, the viewer receives a different message from the story. The viewer sees the story from Dr Jekyll’s point of view, an we are shown how, like in the novella, wants to split the good and evil within man, but Dr Jekyll wants to do it out of good intentions, when in the novella the reader is never told why and just assumes that he his an evil scientist. Dr. Jekyll wants to free mankind from there evil side, and when he could not get a human subject, Dr Jekyll decided to test the formula on himself. The formula does split the evil from the good from him, but Mr Hyde starts to take over and control Dr Jekyll. The viewer follows Dr Jekyll's deterioration and struggle against the evil. Along with the struggle between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the movie introduces new characters and shows the darker side of characters that were portrayed as upstanding citizens in the novels. For example, Sir Danvers Carew is portrayed as a polite, gentalmently older man that is running for office. To boost his image in the eyes of the public, he helps the poor and destitute Londoners. Seems like a great guy, but the movie also shows him sleeping with a certain prostitute,

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