Research Paper On Hyde's Face

The first person to encounter Mr. Hyde was Mr. Enfield, who thought Mr. Hyde was ugly. As Mr. Enfield sees Mr. Hyde raping the little girl, Hyde is forced to pay for all the damage. Hyde has to make Enfield a check and go to the little girl’s family to tell them what he did. This is the first time Enfield sees Hyde. “He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running.” (Stevenson 4) Hyde’s characteristic are reflecting by Enfield saying that Mr. Hyde is so ugly that he looked fine until he looked at Enfield. Upon looking at him he was sweating so bad, which made him, look like he went on a run. “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 scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong

Utterson meets Hyde when Hyde is trying to go through the door where the novel started. After talking very briefly with Hyde, Mr. Utterson gets the impression that Hyde prefers the solitude as he quickly unlocks the door to enter. This time the reader gets an accurate account of how Hyde looks like. “Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish” (Page 23) is the initial line to the description. This could create the sense that Hyde is malnourished and still not fully formed yet. “He gave an impression of deformity without any namable malformation” (Page 23) reinforces the idea that Hyde had a deformity that couldn’t be described. Even though Utterson just met Hyde, he is indescribable which creates the notion that Hyde looks different from

Hyde is perceived as a character who stands out in the Victorian society. Surprisingly, he pays off the attempt of blackmailing. Hyde makes himself what the society thinks of him. His ability to submerge into the societal expectations depicts the Jekyll in him. Although a monster, Hyde is conscious of his reputation in the Victorian society. As revelation between Hyde and the society deepens, the difference between his monstrous activities, historic moments, and the environments becomes less. Through the characters, the monster hood is an isolation to the historic times, which is the deepest human existential dimension.

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

Eventually due to the inaccuracy of his ‘unscientific balderdash’ (as spoken by Lanyon) something goes wrong and his changes from Jekyll to Hyde become more irrepressible, ‘My blood was changed into something exquisitely thin and icy. Yes I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde.’ He lacks the power or strength to stop these changes. Hyde seems to perform the metamorphosis without warning or consent. I believe this to be significant to the fact that Hyde is becoming stronger and less willing to do as dictated, and because he, the inner demon, has been exercised at such a severe extent he had become a bigger part of Jekyll and so containing the inner beast becomes harder. Stevenson writes ‘the powers of Hyde seemed to grow with the sickliness of Jekyll.’ I do not think he wrote this meaning a literal sickness but was instead talking about the mental deterioration of Jekyll. The distinction of the unplanned and unwelcome changes between Jekyll and Hyde is symbolic to the fact that as the lines forming the distinction of the personality of Hyde and Jekyll began to merge thus so did the transition.

Mr. Hyde shows that people regarded him to be The Devil or to be at

Hyde clearly represents the beast in a man, and is portrayed using several animalistic images. When initially confronted by Utterson he is depicted as "hissing" like a cornered snake, he is described by Poole as screaming "like a rat", his movements are likened to that of a monkey, and his shrieks of "mere animal terror". Jekyll describes his altar ego as "the animal within me, licking the chops of memory", and discovers hair growing upon the back of his hand after his first involuntary Hyde transformation.

Hyde’s appearance suggests, his behavior is also vicious. One night he tramples over a child’s body leaving her screaming and a sight “hellish to see” (Stevenson 3). Another night he breaks out in rage and beats a man to death with his cane for no apparent reason. As opposed to Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde has no conscience; he feels no remorse in his actions. Mr. Hyde is the embodiment of pure evil, which is why no one could recognize that this man is actually the other half of Dr. Jekyll.

Stevenson makes Hyde seem a monster/animal/supernatural evil in the way that he is described. Hyde clearly represents “the beast in man” and is described in a number of animalistic images. When Utterson confronts him, he is described as “hissing” like a cornered snake; Poole describes him as a “thing” which cries out “like a rat”; he moves “like a monkey” and screams in “mere animal terror.” He is described as “A Juggernaut”, “Like Satan”, “Deformed”, “Dwarfish”, “Hardly human”,

This gives the impression that Hyde is a monster than comes out only when it is dark and nobody can see him. Whatever he is, he cannot be called human. In Victorian England, if a person looked ugly, criminal-like or ‘giving an impression of deformity’ they were considered to be ugly and criminal-like inside to. If you imagine a person reading this story when that was what was thought, the description of Mr Hyde would instantly label him as the bad character.

The book portrays Hyde in like an animal; short, hairy, and like a troll with gnarled hands and a horrific face. In contrast, Jekyll is described in the most gentlemanly terms; tall, refined, polite and honorable, with long

Many would claim that it depends on how nice you are, but it is all honesty. First, everyone that has described Hyde has said he is deformed. The book notes that Utterson and Enfield described him as deformed and unpleasant. Hyde was a very unpleasant man by killing and mauling people. His looks transfer to his behavior and Utterson's perception of Hyde was from his looks. Next, Enfield’s description of Hyde is very comparable to others. The text writes, “Something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way.” This description clearly describes Hyde’s actions and character. Because of his appearance, Hyde is known as the bad guy. Third, Jekyll’s appearance changes people's perceptions about him. The text hints, that Jekyll is good looking and pleasing to be around. This is because Jekyll is a handsome, nice man with a swell appearance and people think he is a great guy. Finally, the physical characteristics of Jekyll and Hyde describes the theme of

In the book Mr.Utterson goes to Mr.Hyde's house and asks him if he would be so kind as to do him a favor, Mr.Hyde says, “with pleasure.”(Stevenson 18) Therefor he not only compiles but he also does so with a respectful manner. Mr.Hyde could have declined and slammed the door in his face but he chose to be good and do the favor for Mr.Utterson. Moreover Mr.Utterson give a description of Hyde that gives off the impression of evil. He claims that Hyde gives off a murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and has the feel of deformity even though none is spotted (Stevenson

To further represent evil as Mr. Hyde, Stevenson., created the physical appearance of Hyde to appear as ugly in the mind of his readers. He first describes Mr. Hyde’s appearance through the words of Mr. Enfield as “…something displeasing, something down-right detestable” (Story of the door). In the chapter “Search for Mr. Hyde,” his face according to Mr. Utterson, looks like one “without bowel of mercy” and that which had “…Satan’s signature…” written on it. In addition, the maid mentioned earlier said that he was “…particularly wicked-looking” (The Carew Murder Case). The reader can understand that the author really wanted Hyde to represent that which is evil, and that is why Stevenson, uses words that denotes badness to describe him.

Dr. Jekyll being an eminent doctor, with a powerful social and educational background, has an extremely sophisticated and refined appearance “a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty” (44). As the quote suggests Dr. Jekyll has a majestic and renowned persona. The charity he does for the society, and his living Standards are all visible through the appearance he manifests. On the other hand, Hyde being Dr. Jekyll’s contrivance, to carry out evil purposes has an unattractive appearance and a repellent demeanor. “There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable” (35). As per the quote Hyde looks very ugly. His deeds are uglier and compliances suitably to his physical self. Dr. Jekyll is