Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Mr 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 huge importance of the different physicality of Jekyll and Hyde is illustrative to the completely different characters and the way they are as humans. In Victorian society you could be judged as a rapist, murderer, crook or just plainly evil simply by the way you looked. Stevenson played on

Despite the seeming opposition between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, their relationship in fact involves a complicated duo. While it is true that Jekyll largely appears as moral

Hyde. He is a dark sinister personality. One that tramples a young child, seriously injuring her, and acts as if it was nothing. Mr. Hyde is totally opposite of Dr. Jekyll in both appearance and public status. Mr. Hyde has a deep desire to push the limits of public acceptance by indulging in activities that would bring negative attention to him and even public scorn and shame. He lack any sense of remorst and could careless if he is not accepted by others.

Sometimes do you feel you are two people in the same body? It may be quite possible if one minute you act sweet and nice to person and in the next minute you are angry and mean. Like someone may look at you different and think you are a crazy person. This was the case with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll was kind and in relationship with the love of his life. Mr. Hyde comes along, in the same body, after taking a secret potion and becomes this evil man. Once it was all said and done, Mr. Hyde destroyed Dr. Jekyll life and career.

Henry Jekyll, "The Evil", is mean, cold, and a murderer. He is much more bold and confident than Mr. Hyde. His first murder is of a little girl on the street who he calmly tramples over. He shows no remorse what so ever, and doesn't care at all because afterwards he continues down the street. "Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground."(page 337) Dr. Jekyll also wants to get rid of Mr. Hyde, as if he doesn't know they are the same. "I would trust you before any man alive, ay, before myself, if I could make the choice; but indeed t isn't what you fancy; it is not so bad as that; and just put your good heart at rest, I will tell you one thing: the moment I choose I can be rid of Mr. Hyde."(page 349) These words Jekyll says show that he doesn't understand Hyde and himself are the

Jekyll, and evil in Mr. Hyde are both trying to overpower each other. Both sides are fighting to dominate him, to become his only existing persona. Mr. Enfield describes to Mr. Utterson as to what he saw late one night: "Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground.” (3). The man Enfield talks of who trampled the innocent child was none other than Mr. Hyde. Consistently through the book, people of the town compare Hyde to “Satan” for his constant malicious wrongdoing against innocent people. The people he attacks are: a small young girl and a loved elderly man. These heinous acts could only be done by a completely cold hearted person. This shows how much his evil side attacks the good side of him. On the other hand, Dr. Jekyll tries hiding his evil Mr. Hyde side as well as he could. While reflecting back he states: “Many a man would have even blazoned such irregularities as I was guilty of; but from the high views that I had set before me, I regarded and hid them with an almost morbid sense of shame.” (42). Jekyll’s statement explains how he keeps his evil persona repressed. Instead of letting the darkness of Hyde consume him, Jekyll remains his status in society as a sophisticated

When culture changes in society, so do the monsters. King explains the variations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1931 and the variation of Jekyll and Hyde in 1990 share similar themes. In both variations of the original, Jekyll has a positive relationship with his fiancé. However, obstacles stand in Jekyll’s way such as the girl’s father. These two movies suggest Jekyll is tempted and eventually forced to become Hyde because of the pressures of external environmental stresses (King 10-11). Hyde, the monster inside Jekyll, isn’t what makes the story scary. Everyone has experienced the pressures of society that bring us close to the breaking point and make people desperate. Societal pressure is the monster in these versions of Jekyll and Hyde because they suggest that society is capable of breaking anyone, even a successful doctor. This reflects the ever-growing pressures of

Comparing and contrasting Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is pretty easy to do because it is one man with two different lives. Both are totally different, from what they do in public and in their private life, what they look like physically and how they both react mentally. Both personalities have different life motivations, one wants to be successful in his job and the other wants to murder. The contrast between the two personalities is polar opposite of one another which makes comparing and contrasting the two relatively easy.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were the same person so they essentially have the same conscience. Mr. Hyde did many of things that Dr. Jekyll did not approve of, he would also never do any of the things Mr. Hyde did. In the end Jekyll wanted to redeem himself, “I resolved in my future conduct to redeem the past; and I can say with honesty that my resolve was fruitful of some good. You know yourself how earnestly, in the last months of the last year, I laboured to relieve suffering; you know that much was done for others, and that the days passed quietly, almost happily for myself” (50). If Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were the same person then in the end why did Mr. Hyde overpower Dr. Jekyll. The response that could be given is since Jekyll was human and human enjoy evil more than going the extra mile and doing good.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", a group of friends have just come to witness a child being hurt by an older man who then evades them. The men later learn that the man is Mr. Hyde, a man who is described as being horrible and worthless to society. Dr. Jekyll later comes into the story as a strange but charming man who is friends with this group of men. Halfway through the story, a politician is killed and Mr. Hyde is never seen again. It is revealed at the very end of the story that Dr. Jekyll is Mr. Hyde, and he has lost all control of keeping in Hyde. Due to this, Dr. Jekyll now commits

The only thing that Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have in common is that they are the same person. But other than being the same person, they have nothing else in common. Henry Jekyll is a well established, distinguished, intelligent doctor, Hyde on the other hand is the complete opposite. He may be a little smart because he knows how to transform himself into Hyde and to transform himself back to Jekyll. This may

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same people in their physical state but in mental are very different. The smart Stunning doctor is polite and has lots of good traits. The other side of him is cruel and cynical even murderous.

Dr. Jekyll was appealing to the eye, tall, handsome, masculine, and an upstanding citizen. He was also a brilliant scientist and rich. With all of these wonderful qualities Dr. Jekyll was still not happy with himself. Mr. Hyde was the complete opposite of Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Hyde was small man, evil, deformed, and did not have a good standing with society. These were definitely two different personalities.

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