Themes In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

There are many different interpretations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as a whole, as well as many interpretations of Dr. Jekyll’s evil inner persona, Mr. Hyde, in the story alone. Some interpretations of the novel have debated whether Hyde is a monster or simply just a human’s dark side. Hyde proves to be the uncontrollable dark side of Jekyll that every human has in them, whether it is known or not. Hyde proves this throughout the novel because Jekyll becomes addicted to his drug and becoming Hyde, stays morally sane while Hyde does not, and tries to stop the evil.

Jekyll talks about the years before the creation of the potion that transforms him into Hyde. He summarises his finding of the dual nature, human beings are half good and half evil. Jekyll’s goal in his experiments is to separate two opposite elements, creating a person with only good characteristics and a being of only evil. He does this because he wants to free his good side from dark urges. He fails this experiment, in fact he only manages to create a whole evil person ‘Mr Hyde’. In the letter, Jekyll says ‘I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man . . . if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both.’ The events of the novel inform the reader that the dark side (Hyde) is much stronger than the rest of Jekyll, this is why Hyde is able to take over Jekyll. This letter is really important for the reader so that the whole novel is understood. A lot of horror is created and it is all quiet in the reader's mind. The reader feels horrified by the way in which Jekyll seems to love and care for Hyde. Jekyll’s words make the reader angry that a man who was so good could enjoy becoming so

The story of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde is a prime example of good versus evil as a man struggles with an experience that goes bad. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a man of science and he develops a potions that causes him to have two separate and distinct personalities. As time passes, Dr. Jekyll discovers that he is losing his ability to control the sinister side of his personality, Mr. Hyde. The effects of this scientific experiments will dramatically change his life and the lives of his friends.

The bond between good and evil is a very prominent theme in Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” The two characters are united into one human being, but contrast each other enormously. Although Dr. Jekyll represents the good, and Mr. Hyde represents the evil, both characters prove to have the other characteristics as well. Dr. Jekyll wants more than anything to separate the bond between good and evil, and performs experiments to obtain this goal. This results in the character Mr. Hyde who is filled with evil intentions. The narrator shows the evil of Dr. Hyde, “All human beings, as we meet them, commingled out of good and evil:

Throughout the course of the novel, Robert Louis Stevenson uses elaborate diction as well as a variety of syntax in order to convey the ominous and fearful tones in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll’s change into Mr. Hyde every night is a complete mystery to the other characters which causes suspicion while also demonstrating how Jekyll is retreating into isolation. Towards the end, when all is revealed, it shows that everyone has a dark side in them that wants to come out and play.

     Jekyll is tempted to do bad things and he uses Hyde to overcome his temptations. Jekyll gets his satisfaction of doing bad deeds by becoming Hyde. Jekyll says “If each, I told myself, could be housed in separate identities, life would be relieved of all that was unbearable; the unjust might go his way” (Page 105). He states that he wants to do bad things but knowing he cant and still live the life he has, he uses Hyde as an escape from his temptations. Once Jekyll is able to control his temptations but still do bad as Mr. Hyde he says “I felt younger, lighter, happier in the body” (Page 106) Mr. Hyde is Jekyll’s way of escaping his sophisticated lifestyle and entering a totally separate way of life. Jekyll then didn’t feel any guilt for Hyde’s actions.

Dr. Jekyll wants to live two lives, so he creates a potion to create Hyde, a purely evil, dwarfish, ugly, devilish form of himself that allows him to run around and create chaos without getting caught and ruining his real reputation. Dr. Jekyll has been using Hyde to do things he never could in his own skin, but when Jekyll starts taking advantage of his his new self, Hyde starts to take over. “this incoherency of [Jekyll's] life was daily growing more unwelcome. It was on this side that [his] new power tempted [him] until [he]

Jekyll has struggled with these split personalities he has created. It is that said that Dr. Jekyll is the side of him that is a respectable, educated, gentleman, and Mr. Hyde is the side of him that is his evil. Though he claims these two men are different, they are still the same person. Dr. Jekyll claims that some days, he would go to sleep Jekyll, and wake up Hyde. He also claims that it has been recently very difficult to revert back to Dr. Jekyll from being Mr. Hyde. Even if that were so, he is still the same person with the same body committing crimes. Therefore, Jekyll is well aware that he has these split personalities that he engages in, but he is still the same person aware of what he is

Jekyll seems to be in control of his desires and temptations but as Hyde he can fulfil them and not feel guilty. Stevenson is stating that everybody has evil inside of the, wanting to get out and that everyone gets a thrill of letting it out sometimes.

Dr. Jekyll was a respected man of science who experimenting on the sides of human nature, who one day figures out the formula to split his personalities of good and evil into two. The evil side that Jekyll releases are represented by the personality of Mr. Hyde. He is malformed

Jekyll faces physical, mental, and social outcomes that in the end lead to his failure. The physical transformation between Jekyll and Hyde illustrates the birth of a new persona, with Hyde embodying a smaller, lighter, and younger form compared to Jekyll. Jekyll's letter detailing Hyde's pure malevolence underscores the mental battle to suppress one's darker inclinations. Jekyll's conflicted emotions towards Hyde, initially welcoming the novelty but later experiencing isolation and rejection, underscore the social consequences of his dual existence. Hyde's role in Jekyll's demise exemplifies Stevenson's exploration of duality and the moral implications of harboring darker tendencies, highlighting the perennial struggle between good and evil inherent in human nature.

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

In the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde it is regarded that these identities are two different persons but this is not the case, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are one in the same. There is much confusion when reading this literary work by Robert Louis Stevenson; this piece is regarded as horrific and disturbing in many ways. But the biggest twist is when it is reveled to the reader that these two people are the same and that below the surface of Dr.Jekyll is an evil man who enjoys committing evil acts. Mainly that Dr. Jekyll believes he has no choice but to commit these horrid acts because he has no control over is evil side. I don’t believe this is the case, Hyde isn’t a real person and doesn’t exist, nor is he someone who commits

One of the most vital concepts incorporated into The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the representation and depiction of the duality of mankind. Jekyll works to find a solution which will separate him into his reckless, immoral persona and his respectable, Victorian self. After consumption, this potion causes him to completely transform into a man who is known as Hyde. As Hyde, he can express himself in immoral, evil ways. This not only includes moral and immoral wants but rational and irrational wants. Not only does this transformation enable him to keep his good reputation even while he does horrid, unacceptable things, but it allows him to do things which he most likely would not even

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