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Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are one in the same person, but with two very different personas. While it is true that Jekyll largely appears as a moral and decent man, engaging in charity work, and is a medical doctor, he never fully embodies virtue in the way that his alter ego embodies evil. Jekyll succeeds in liberating his darker side, but as Jekyll he never frees himself from this darkness. If he had entered the experiment with pure motives, an angelic being would have emerged. As time goes on Hyde begins to become the dominate personality. Jekyll takes Hyde’s shape more often than his own. While Dr. Jekyll is more human and Mr. Hyde is a more monstrous. The doctor must figure out a way to control the beast within. Dr. Jekyll is the

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