Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Theme

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

Now this story does not follow Dr. Jekyll through his journey of creating his evil alter ego. Moreover he is not even the first initial character that we are introduced to in the novella; we are first introduced to a man named Mr. Utterson. He is actually the lawyer of Dr. Jekyll and he takes an interest in his newfound protégé who is referred to as Mr. Hyde. His negative feelings towards Mr. Hyde, beget a personal investigation into his life and his connection to Dr. Jekyll. Sadly he does not realize the truth behind the mystery of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde till the end of the novella, where he finally discovers the secret from reading Dr. Jekyll’s last words written in a letter addressed to him after Dr. Jekyll’s untimely death.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson uses very rich diction so that his audience can visualize every detail of the setting and characters. In Dr. Lanyon’s letter to Mr. Utterson describing how he came to know of Dr. Jekyll’s deception and secrets, he also describes Mr. Hyde. This was the first time in the novel that Mr. Hyde was descriptively described. The diction Stevenson used influenced not only the visual aesthetics of the reader but several themes and gives the reader foreshadowing. Dr. Lanyon first describes Mr. Hyde’s clothing as “enormously too large”, and goes into further detail by observing that his pants were too long for him and were “rolled up to keep them from the ground” and “the collar sprawl wide upon his shoulders” (Stevenson). Dr. Lanyon’s description also foreshadows the truth behind Dr. Jekyll’s secret because Dr. Jekyll was described as a large man, “a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty” (Stevenson). Mr. Hyde’s description also included Dr. Lanyon’s surmise that “there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature” (Stevenson). In the last chapter, the letter from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Utterson, the audience gets a sense of shame and understanding from Dr. Jekyll. Stevenson’s diction strongly influences the reader’s perception of Dr. Jekyll’s letter. His use of words like “morbid sense of shame,” “driven to reflect deeply and inveterately on that hard law of life,” and “shed a strong light on this consciousness of the perennial war among my members” (Stevenson), imply the emotional impact that Dr. Jekyll’s experiments had on

Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde consists of reputation, good vs. evil and damage control. In other words, Utterson tirelessly works to prevent his good friend Dr. Jekyll from being dragged into the horrid affairs of Mr. Hyde, and Dr. Jekyll goes to the greatest of lengths to prevent his Hyde identity from being discovered, in order to avoid anyone knowing of his somewhat questionable scientific work and morally despicable behavior. Much of the novel is based on the characters reputations and how they have to maintain a good public image, as they are upper class people. The novel takes place in Victorian England and the main characters are all male members of upper class London. Enfield, Utterson, Lanyon and Jekyll are all aware of social

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. The novel is set in Victorian England and follows a man by the name Dr. Jekyll, a respected doctor. Dr. Jekyll is a revered man in society and has every intention of remaining that way. However, one day he goes too far with one of his experiments and he creates a draught that unleashes a split personality within him. This personality goes by the name of Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll does not seek a cure at first because he enjoys having an outlet for all of his desires that are deemed unacceptable by society. Hyde commits evil deeds, such as murdering an old man and trampling a young girl, which Dr. Jekyll could never normally let himself go through with. Dr. Jekyll believes that he can remain a good, reputable man even when a part of him is doing wrong. However, he soon learns that this is impossible. Soon after, Dr. Jekyll loses control over his ability to transform into Mr. Hyde. At first, he would only change during the night. Then, he started transforming during the day as well. Dr. Jekyll finally admits that the problem is starting to get out of control. However, he cannot create a remedy any longer. Dr. Jekyll is eventually completely overtaken by Mr. Hyde and the reader does not hear from him again. In this novel, Dr. Jekyll illustrates the duality of human nature through his struggle to choose between good versus evil, societal expectations versus unacceptable desires, and

Jekyll and Hydes personality is good and bad. Their relationship involves a complicated dynamic. Jekyll was born to a good family, had a good education, and was respected by all who knew him. He Lives in London, handsome, and generally respected. He has alienated some of his close professional friends because of his experiments concerning the nature of mankind. He was a good man, helped people, had a good spirit. Until Hyde came along and changed Jekyll. Jekyll's had another side to him that became so obsessive that he was finally, no longer was able to control the the evil growing inside him. Jekyll was turning into Hyde, which is a very bad thing, a good soul is becoming into a evil soul. Hyde's personality is a bad person, he is evil, kills people, steps on little girls, and other things. Hyde is the fleshy, manifestation of Dr. Jekyll's personality, he is guilty of killing people. Hyde also creates terror, the servants are extremely frightened of him. When they think he is around the house, the servants are so scared of him. Since Hyde represents the evil or perverse side of Jekyll, and since Jekyll enjoys the degradations which Hyde commits, Hyde gradually begins to take over the good Dr. Jekyll. When Jekyll commits suicide in order to get rid of Hyde, this allows Hyde to become the dominant evil figure and the dying Jekyll becomes Hyde in the final death.

In the beginning u could be live that these two are two different people with two different personalities. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are very different but there is one thing that makes them alike in a way. Mr. Hyde is just always a jerk all the time, but Dr. Jekyll has a dark side to him it its very had to get to but it will come out if he pushed to his limits.

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.

In Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the two main characters, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde are depicted as contrasting and opposing in personality. In the opening chapters of the novella, Mr. Hyde is portrayed as the epitome of evil, while Henry Jekyll is seen to be genial and kind. Throughout the novella, each character develops and changes; Hyde is perceived to become more evil, while Jekyll to become weaker, distancing himself from his once close friends. In the final chapter of the novella, Jekyll’s personal testimony, when Dr. Jekyll is on his deathbed, he reveals his connection to Mr. Hyde. As the characters change throughout the novella, Stevenson slowly reveals their personalities to the unsuspecting Victorian reader.

Mr. Hyde expresses the fact that he has all of the evil impulses. Jekyll always had and regretted, but the difference is Hyde acted on them where Jekyll did not. Like when Hyde tramples on the little girl on purpose. Jekyll tries be good and refrains from his evil impulses. This is expressed in the quote “I let my brother go to the devil in his own way” said by Dr. Jekyll.

Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde are in fact a single character. Until the end of the book, the two personalities alike, the well liked, respectable doctor and the hideous, bad Hyde are almost opposite in type and personalty. The author uses this marked thoughts to make his point. every one in the world contains opposite forces within him or her, an alter ego that hides behind them. Neither has a very interesting personality, it is the nature of their interrelation that makes the novel great.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were technically one person but very different personality wise. They had different color hair, different color eyes and lived in different homes. You could almost consider them to different people. one was the others alter ego. Out of the two personalities one of the personalities of Dr. Jekyll the good personality and the other personality of Mr. Hyde which is the evil. The character struggles with his personalities. The one personality Mr. Hyde is a mean, cruel and a murderer and the other Dr. Jekyll is a well respective person. M r. Jekyll made Mr. Hyde the beneficiary (this is like a will) if anything had happen to him. which shows he is smart and is aware of the second personality. Dr. Jekyll tries for a while

I realized that this story is much more psychological therefore much scarier. In the novel Dr. Jekyll looks at Mr. Hyde as his means of freedom and enjoys the evil that it says is in himself. The story is told in chapters that are follow Mr. Utterson knowledge of his old friend Dr. Jekyll. The story only give us a piece of the puzzle and we are left with what Mr. Utterson expresses. At the end of the novel is Dr. Jekyll full story.

his double, Mr Hyde. Dr Jekyll is a caring person. Mr Hyde is evil. It

Hyde. In this way, Jekyll becomes monstrous himself as he wishes to pass on his evil parts into another person. Jekyll’s concoction is a threat to cultural morals and values as it enables someone to set evil free. Consequently, there is no obligation and interest in adhering to any moral standards. In the end, he is a split person, one-half is represented by Jekyll and the other one by Hyde. Stevenson used the different standpoints in the story to create the feeling that Jekyll and Hyde are two different individuals: “‘The Master Hyde, if he were studied,’ thought he [Utterson],’must have secrets of his own; black secrets, by the look of him; secrets compared to which poor Jekyll’s worst would be like sunshine.” (Stevenson 22). Thus, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a story where the line blurs. As Hyde and Jekyll are one and the same person, the reader realises that they together are both moral and immoral and both good and