Differences Between Jekyll And Hyde

If Hyde has been described as Hyde "savage, uncivilized, and given to passion…poorly evolved" (Shubh), then perhaps he represents the true, original nature of man, repressed by society, norms, and conscience. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde suggests that this restrained, amoral side of human nature, once given a chance to escape, cannot be controlled. Even in this 'height of western civilization', Victorian England, this tempting evil can overcome even the most virtuous of men. Jekyll is neither good nor bad, but a man whose deeply repressed urges motivated him to separate, but not remove, the evil parts of his nature. There is a misinterpretation that Hyde is an unwanted byproduct of trying to create pure good, that Jekyll is not in control as Hyde, and that Jekyll doesn't enjoy being Hyde. In fact, Jekyll loves being Hyde, he revels in the freedom that he brings him (Stevenson 54), but the problems with his dual personality starts when he has to face the consequences of his actions. Jekyll has a difficult time balancing Hyde's debaucheries and Jekyll's rational, refined side. However, Jekyll realizes too late that he has indulged in Hyde too much and has let him grow out of control. At the beginning of the novel, Hyde was the “smaller, slighter, and younger than Henry Jekyll” (Stevenson 57). His more youthful appearance represents how young and free Jekyll feels as Hyde, but also symbolizes how little his personality was seen before Jekyll drank his potion. Early in the novel, Hyde is easily controlled, Jekyll can use his potion to limit how often he transforms into Hyde (Stevenson 56). However, as he starts to morph back and forth, it starts to take more and more potion to control the switches until

The author’s use of diction establishes how the author makes the characters feel an ominous feeling as well as being fearful and anxious, specifically towards Mr. Hyde, by using certain connotations. Jekyll acknowledges that his second half is a “malign and villainous” (46) character that is a “man of stone” (46) and is “lusting” (52) to harm anyone who gets in his way. Prior to Jekyll revealing to Mr. Utterson that he would drink a vial and switch between himself and his wicked counterpart, all of the characters found Hyde to be an evil being that is capable of anything. When the people believe that Jekyll had been murdered, they believed that Hyde was the culprit behind it all since he would be the receiver of everything Jekyll had; in addition, Hyde had actually trampled over a young girl in the street and left her crying without a care for her well-being, which ultimately, casted further suspicion on Hyde. The more insight given in regards to Hyde’s personality creates a more sinister outlook onto Hyde as it causes both the characters and the reader to think about what Hyde is actually capable of as well as the lengths he would go to. As the story moves on, the connotations shift to demonstrate how Jekyll feels about his dark side that is embodied by Hyde as he fully comprehends what his own experiment has done to himself. Jekyll is afraid of becoming Hyde; he is frightened when he wakes up to find himself as Hyde; however, at the same time, he is tempted down that dark path where his desire to be someone else and his darkest desires can be “gratified and stimulated” (49) even though he has become “a slave” to something that is “tenfold more wicked” to his original self (44). While Jekyll is scared of

Hyde’s violent act is an important essence of the book and Hyde is the representation of the failure to control the evil in human nature. As Dr. Jekyll quotes, “If I had lost my identity beyond redemption and must flee before daylight from a house that was no longer mine;” (Stevenson 52) Dr. Jekyll talks about the firs time he turned to Hyde, here and says that he lost his identity beyond redemption. This shows that Hyde completely took over Jekyll and Hyde was overall, more dominant than Jekyll. Hyde is described as pure evil and the evil side of Jekyll, which completely took over him when Jekyll drank the elixir. He also says that he must “flee before daylight from a house that was no longer mine.” In here he is saying that since Hyde completely took over Jekyll’s body, the house he owned is now Hyde’s property. This shows how Jekyll failed to control his human nature within himself. “Evil, I fear, founded evil was sure to come of that connection. Ay truly, I believe you; I believe poor Harry is killed; and I believe his murderer.” (Stevenson 36) In this quote Mr.Utterson is talking about the ploy where Hyde kills Harry and is portrayed as evil. In here Hyde’s evil is proven by the violence behind the murder. This shows that Hyde’s evil nature is shown through his violence towards others, therefore the scene starts out with Hyde killing Harry with his cane. Also by showing this,

In the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Hyde's joys are dubious and never depicted in detail, just told quickly amid essential plot focuses. This is different from in the film

     Jekyll is tempted to do bad things and he uses Hyde to overcome his temptations. Jekyll gets his satisfaction of doing bad deeds by becoming Hyde. Jekyll says “If each, I told myself, could be housed in separate identities, life would be relieved of all that was unbearable; the unjust might go his way” (Page 105). He states that he wants to do bad things but knowing he cant and still live the life he has, he uses Hyde as an escape from his temptations. Once Jekyll is able to control his temptations but still do bad as Mr. Hyde he says “I felt younger, lighter, happier in the body” (Page 106) Mr. Hyde is Jekyll’s way of escaping his sophisticated lifestyle and entering a totally separate way of life. Jekyll then didn’t feel any guilt for Hyde’s actions.

In order to make his point more believable, it is important that Jekyll includes a back story explaining exactly why he created Hyde to begin with. Jekyll is an intelligent, well-respected man in his community with large sums of money, yet he turns himself into Hyde, who is hated by nearly everyone upon first-glance. While this is a confusing state of events, Jekyll gives a historical precedent to facilitate his explanation. In the opening of his letter, Jekyll gives an in-depth description of the pressures he faced being born “to a large fortune, endowed besides with excellent parts, inclined by nature to industry, fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellow men, and thus, as might have been supposed.” (47). Being born into wealth and respect gave Jekyll no chance to escape societal pressures, which were exceptionally high during the Victorian Era. Jekyll continues by asserting that he “found it hard to reconcile with [his] imperious desire to carry [his] head high and wear a more than commonly grave countenance before the public. Hence it came about that [he] concealed [his] pleasures.” (48). Jekyll’s conflict between societies expectations and what he really wants to do leads him to find a solution: Hyde. When Jekyll first turns into Hyde, he is in awe because he

In the beginning of the story there a lot of physical differences between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. They are actually almost depicted as completely opposite people. People in the community look at these two like they are polar opposites. Which they are in the story they have almost nothing in common.

"The Strange Case of Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde" written by Robert Louis Stevenson and "Frankenstein" written by Mary Shelley, both deal with the scientists upsetting the laws of the universe. Both of the scientists, Dr. Jeykll and Frankenstein, are attempting to play God in both of the famous novels. Dr. Jeykll is trying to understand the dual nature of humans to be both good and bad, by wanting to separate the two. While Frankenstein rises to balance his intellectual and social interactions. The stories are both very similar in the fact that they both create a monster. The "monster" in "The Strange Case of Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde" is presented by Dr. Jeykll. The "monster" in "Frankenstein" is presented by Frankenstein himself. In "The Strange

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde seem to be the same person with different personalities. A human personality can have many sides such as good and evil. Mr. Hyde represents all that is evil in Dr. Jekyll. Therefore, obvious differences, both mental and physical have to exist between the two characters.

Eventually due to the inaccuracy of his ‘unscientific balderdash’ (as spoken by Lanyon) something goes wrong and his changes from Jekyll to Hyde become more irrepressible, ‘My blood was changed into something exquisitely thin and icy. Yes I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde.’ He lacks the power or strength to stop these changes. Hyde seems to perform the metamorphosis without warning or consent. I believe this to be significant to the fact that Hyde is becoming stronger and less willing to do as dictated, and because he, the inner demon, has been exercised at such a severe extent he had become a bigger part of Jekyll and so containing the inner beast becomes harder. Stevenson writes ‘the powers of Hyde seemed to grow with the sickliness of Jekyll.’ I do not think he wrote this meaning a literal sickness but was instead talking about the mental deterioration of Jekyll. The distinction of the unplanned and unwelcome changes between Jekyll and Hyde is symbolic to the fact that as the lines forming the distinction of the personality of Hyde and Jekyll began to merge thus so did the transition.

Stevenson’s “The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” was one of the most famous works of horror fiction of all time in English literature. It was based in the nineteenth century. It reflects the influence of two important ideological forces in the Victorian era. The text uses gothic and detective elements to interest the reader as they were very popular at the time. The focus of the text is concentrated on the issue of Jekyll and Hyde’s personality which was described as someone who lived a double life of outward sanctity and secret iniquity. This is so that it would to create a mystery for the reader as they are trying to unravel who Hyde is.

During the story Hyde’s actions compounds our first impressions of him. Stevenson never says exactly what Hyde takes pleasure in on his nightly forays but it is thought to be of things that would ruin Jekyll’s reputation if they ever came out. There is thought to be strong ties to drugs, alcohol addiction and other dangerous dealings; ‘he had once visited her (the maid’s) master and for whom she had conceived a dislike’. In the very first chapter, Mr Enfield tells his friend, Mr Utterson, a story where he witnessed a strange looking man walking along a deserted street, who ‘trampled calmly over (a) child’s body and left her screaming on the ground’ when they collided.

Jekyll struggles balancing the good and evil of both his good and evil persona, because of the people in his society. He tried hard to not to have one overpower the other, even though Hyde overpowered in the end. They especially struggled keeping their connections to each other a secret from the world. Hyde controlled the evil inside of him while talking to Dr. Lanyon: "I beg your pardon, Dr. Lanyon," he replied civilly enough. "What you say is very well founded; and my impatience has shown its heels to my politeness. I come here at the instance of your colleague, Dr. Henry Jekyll, on a piece of business of some moment; and I understood ..." He paused and put his hand to his throat, and I could see, in spite of his collected manner, that he was wrestling against the approaches of the hysteria—"I understood, a drawer …” (39). Hyde’s patience was running thin while talking to Dr. Lanyon. What he wanted to do was go hysterical, but had to keep his composure for the sake of the reveal of his double life. This just shows that he was capable for a long time of the balance between his good and evil. Jekyll repressed Hyde because of his high status in society. He explained “And indeed the worst of my faults was a certain impatient gaiety of disposition, such as has made the happiness of many, but such as I found it hard to reconcile with my imperious desire to carry my head high, and wear a more than commonly grave countenance before the public. Hence it came about that I

Mentally they're both messed up. But, Dr.Jekyll was just a bit more mature than Hyde. In the story is states “ Jekyll had more of a father’s interest and Hyde had more than a son’s indifference” This quote is basically saying that mentally Dr.Jekyll was more of a father figure and Hyde was like a teenage son who broke all the rules.