Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a major theme in the story is the duality of good versus evil. In the novel, a character by the name of Dr. Jekyll believes in the dual nature of human beings, for he states, “ With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to that truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.”. Dr. Jekyll was a well respected and well mannered man and eventually gets the urge to set free his “wild side” from his more friendly state that people knew. This is proven when he states, “I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my

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

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

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In comparison these two men could not have personalities further from opposite, yet somehow are linked to each other. It is a mystery throughout this novel as to how two men with such different personalities could possibly be connected to each other, until it is discovered that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are in fact the same person. Mr. Hyde was created to be an outlet of Dr. Jekyll’s rage that he could not express freely as himself due to the pressure Dr. Jekyll faced in the Victorian Era. Throughout the novel as Dr. Jekyll’s addiction to the potion and the effects that it has on his identity increase he fully succumbs to the destructive urges he has had all along and the old Dr. Jekyll is gone. All people are inherently dual natured, but it is up to each individual to chose to surrender to either their superior, acceptable tendencies or surrendering to their disagreeable, unpleasant

Dr. Jekyll is an upstanding citizen and as a doctor, helps out those who need him. He even wants to help out the heartless Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll tells Mr. Utterson, “I do sincerely take a great, a very great interest in that young man” (bbc.co.uk). By the end of the story the reader knows that Dr. Jekyll wants to help Mr. Hyde because they are the same person. Dr. Jekyll is the yin - the good, while Mr. Hyde is the yang - the evil. Mr. Hyde, the other main character, is a very unsightly being. In the novella his description is, “Mr. Hyde was pale dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation” (Stevenson, 1684). When Mr. Utterson looked upon Mr. Hyde, he was filled with disgust and loathing, and fear that was inexplicable. Mr. Gabriel Utterson, who is a secondary character, is described as a “rational, respectable, calm, and curious man” (bbc.co.uk). Naturally he would want to understand what kind of man would trample all over a child and just leave him or her there on the ground, in the middle of the night, no apology, and without sending for her parents. He is also persistent in dealing with trying to find where Mr. Hyde is located. “ ‘If he be Mr. Hyde,’ he had thought, ‘I shall be Mr. Seek’ “ (Stevenson, 1683). This was something that he couldn’t let go of, and he needed to find out who Mr. Hyde was. Mr. Utterson is also caring; he cares about Dr. Henry Jekyll, who also happens to be his

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.

Jekyll used brought out the evil side of him, it didn’t create his evil side. That is something that has been resting deep within him. The potion merely acted as a catalyst for bringing his suppressed emotions out into view. If Dr. Jekyll let his emotions out more frequently in his life he wouldn’t need the potion to bring out his dark side. There would be no Mr. Hyde, only a complete version of Dr. Jekyll that is truly himself.

One feature of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is its theme of dual personality, good versus evil. We see in the story that Dr. Jekyll struggles to keep the balance between both sides of his

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have two separate personalities, but they both in a way share the same body. Jekyll is a tall man who is really friendly and has many friends. As he transforms into Mr. Hyde he loses his posture and becomes very mysterious and violent.

Dr. Jekyll is a popular scientist in London. Jekyll is a large, handsome man of perhaps fifty. where Mr. Hyde is smaller, younger, more energetic, and just basically a malevolent, villainous guy.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are very different in multiple ways. They have nothing in common, whether its about mental, physical and moral. They are nothing alike.

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

While reading '' The Strange Case Of Dr.Jekyll And Mr. Hyde'' I have noticed that they are total opposite's in the novel. They both don't add up to be the same person. Yet at the end of the novel you learn that they are the same person, there one person added up to two 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