Hyde

sophisticated makeup and Hyde's animalistic appearance is significant in interpreting the meaning behind the Jekyll and Hyde character. Those who argue that Hyde represents a devolved version of humanity use Hyde's appearance to justify their stance. Author and professor Anne Stiles points out that Stevenson uses words such as 'ape-like', ''troglodytic', and 'hardly human' to describe Hyde. A troglodyte, from the Greek word meaning 'cave dweller' is used to describe a person who is reclusive, hermit-like

Another theme in Stevenson’s novella is how he describes Mr Hyde as detestable without any prominent features. Those who encounter Hyde notice he projects a different type of appearance, and while they cannot verbalise it, they feel that something is wrong. When Mr Enfield describes Hyde’s appearance to Mr Utterson, he says, He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I

is Jekyll’s experiment where he develops a potion to separate the good and the bad portions of one’s soul. After testing the potion on himself, the disgusting, sneaky, and sly Mr. Edward Hyde is born, or rather separated from Jekyll. By using characterization and symbolism in his novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson explores dualism in human nature, explaining how good and evil can coexist in a single being. By looking at Dr. Jekyll, one may think that he is pure and innocent;

new identity, Jekyll’s persona is gradually replaced by the evil persona of Hyde. Some psychoanalytic critics “see Jekyll and Hyde not as equal personalities, but Hyde as a suppressed version of Jekyll, undercutting Jekyll's idea that separation of the two personalities may be achieved” (Brackett). At the outset, the relationship between Jekyll’s immorality and integrity is lopsided in favor of the latter, but as Hyde commits worser crimes, Jekyll’s spirit deteriorates.

Robert Louis Stevenson the author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a very unorthodox man; he was renowned for his dark and psychologically twisted writing. Stevenson was a curious man who indulged in certain psychotropics, such as alcohol, cannabis and opium (Singh, 1), in which he later reveals that the story of Jekyll and Hyde emerged in his dreams. Interestingly, Stevenson was raised Catholic a religion that promotes goodness and fear evilness, which is symbolized by the light

of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, describes a monster created by science. Dr. Jekyll concocts a potion in attempt to isolate the good and evil sides of human nature. When he drinks the concoction, he is transformed into a human with a beastly nature. He becomes all that we can imagine as evil and physically appears just as misshapen. In the narrative we find the ghastly appearance a symbol for something more. This creature referred to as Mr. Hyde acts in ways that others

Mr. Hyde, and Christopher Nolan, director of The Prestige, through their respective mediums, explore the idea that leading a double life is destructive for both oneself and others. Using a variety of linguistic and conceptual techniques such as obsession, simile, pathetic fallacy, and pronouns, both respective authors are able to convey the detrimental physical and emotional effects of leading a double life. Stevenson showcases this with Jekyll’s obsession that leads to the creation of Hyde, a vicious

Both the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde support the duality of human personality. However, Stevenson argues that one has no choice but to follow their evil desires, where as Wilde argues that society and influence cause people to follow their desires. Corruption of man exists in both novels, in The Picture of Dorian Gray society makes one corrupt, but in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde society controls evil desires that may otherwise take over one's personality. The duality

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

Dr. Henry Jekyll in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) seems to be an enthusiastic scientist just as Shelley describes Victor Frankenstein. Though Victor Frankenstein reports his own story to Captain Walton, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is narrated by different points of view, mainly from lawyer Utterson, a close friend of Jekyll and in charge of executing Jekyll’s last will. Thus, no background of Jekyll is provided. It is only mentioned that he lives in a splendid home in