Compare And Contrast Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Dr. Jekyll is benevolent and pleasant in his social interactions. He attempts to cover up his darker self by creating a courteous public persona. Everyone has a different persona when they are outside in the eyes of the public and when they are inside. Through Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll reveals his destructive side. Transforming into Mr. Hyde gives Dr. Jekyll a freedom to act and behave without caring about the public’s opinion or about the consequences of his actions. Dr. Jekyll is captured and locked up deep inside, he appears reasonably appropriate on the exterior but his inner reflections drives him towards immorality. As Dr. Jekyll privately turns into Mr. Hyde, not only is his appearance transformed, but also his behavior. This can be a similar caparison on people in today’s society. People with high status or popularity are always being watched with every move they make. If they make one small mistake, then that will look bad on

When in the presence of Dr. Jekyll there is a comfort and peace that exist, however, Mr. Hyde instills fear and a feeling of discomfort. Dr. Jekyll's physical appearance in pleasing, he appears to be about fifty, stylish attire and smooth faced. Mr. Hyde's physical appearance is rather ugly and deformed and his attire is unkept and sloppy. When Mr. Utterson described Mr. Hyde he stated that he did not look like a man, but some damned Juggernaut.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde seem to be the same person with different personalities. A human personality can have many sides such as good and evil. Mr. Hyde represents all that is evil in Dr. Jekyll. Therefore, obvious differences, both mental and physical have to exist between the two characters.

Dr Henry Jekyll, the protagonist, is a reputable middle class gentleman born into wealth, with many male friends and a respectable profession. He is described as “a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with…every mark of capacity and kindness.” Whereas, Mr Hyde, the antagonist, is first described, he is represented by Enfield as “a little man who was stumping along”. This is when the idea that

Completing Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, it is clear there is an odd and unusual relationship between the two main characters, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The two characters can be seen as one person but with drastically different personalities. Dr. Jekyll is an older, well liked, respectable doctor. While, Mr. Hyde is younger, hideous, evil, and dwarf like. The different personalities represent that every man/woman have two personalities inside them.

Although most of the story is spent describing Mr. Hyde it is clear that Dr. Jekyll is educated and refined. He has a warm and inviting house that is well decorated and organized. The following is an example of how the author sets the mood for how things are when Dr. Jekyll is with his friends, “ the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine” (Stevenson, Chapter 3). In contrast to the warm and inviting house of Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde’s house is described in the following manner, “It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of

In the novel “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde” there is a theme of good vs evil. Good being Dr. Jekyll and evil Mr Hyde they have the inner fight between themselves, because they are the same person.Robert louis Stevenson uses Diction,imagery,and details to contrast the character of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde

In the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he is one person with two personalities, one good side and one evil side. Dr. Jekyll believes there is good and bad in everyone and made a potion to get rid of the bad personality. Unfortunately it got out of control and he was unable to controls the evil side.

Physically, Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde were total opposites when it came to stature. Dr.Jekyll was a very fragile man. He was not looked upon as an imposing force. In the story the author Stevenson mentioned, “he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice.” This exhibits that Mr.Hyde on the other hand is very striking. He is a short, sturdy, and wide man. Dr.Jekyll did not compare to Mr.Hyde in build.

Jekyll is an educated doctor who gives money to charities and is a good friend to others but also at the same time wants to know what it’s like to do bad things. When he turns into Mr. Hyde he commits those crimes. An example is when Mr. Enfield witnessed Hyde trampling over a young girl. When the crowd that had gathered demanded he make amends, Hyde bought off the crowd with one hundred pounds using a check with Dr. Jekyll’s name on it. This shows that Mr. Hyde had no remorse or

There are many examples of how Dr. Jekyll’s (and Mr. Hyde’s) personality changed quickly and suddenly in this story; however, one of the most obvious and notable examples is found in chapter 7 when Dr. Jekyll seems to be having a mostly pleasant conversation with Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield from his window before “the smile was struck out of his face” and replaced with an expression of “abject terror and despair”...safe to say that Dr. Jekyll disappeared from the window promptly before the other two men could question anything

Dr. Jekyll is described as “sincere and warm,” an “entertainer,” and “a tall, fine build of a man” (The Norton Anthology, pg. 1). 776, 783, 789) and 783, 783. These descriptors give the reader a sense of who Jekyll is to those who know him. According to these descriptions, it can be assumed that the doctor is viewed as a respectable man and a good person in the community. In contrast to this, Hyde’s descriptions unnerve both the reader and the characters.

Jekyll is more respectful and kind, but Hyde doesn't care and is rude. Jekyll is trying his hardest to control his two personalities so that he won't be discovered. In conclusion, the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shows the idea of the “ duality of a man “ by showing Dr. Jekyll’s two personalities his nice side and evil side. Dr Jekyll was afraid that Utterson might have discovered Hyde, so Jekyll said that he no longer wanted to hear what Utterson had to say. Jekyll was very kind to his friends, but Hyde was the opposite.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are not alike. Mr. Hyde is violent while Dr. Jekyll is calm, cool and collected. Dr. Jekyll is a man in his fifties, Mr. Hyde is much younger: “…Edward Hyde was so much smaller, slighter and younger than Henry Jekyll The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, pg. 107)”. Dr. Jekyll is handsome; however, Mr. Hyde is ugly. Dr. Jekyll is good and Mr. Hyde is in Dr. Jekyll’s words, “pure evil” (pg. 108). Dr. Jekyll is a kind person who, if he bumped into someone and knocked them down, would apologize and help them up. When Mr. Hyde bumped into the little girl, he did not care and walked all over her: “…[Mr. Hyde] left her screaming on the ground (pg. 40)”. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are not alike, yet they are the

This highlights Jekyll’s nature of being a cheerful and social man, who tries to avoid conflict when possible. However, Mr Hyde’s behaviour strikingly differs from Dr Jekyll’s. The first impression we get of Hyde’s behaviour is his violent nature towards others. Impatient at all times, once Hyde’s anger broke loose, there was no stopping the man, who would often commit atrocious crimes during these violent spells. Stevenson describes Hyde during his murder of Sir Danver Carew as an “ape-like fury”.