Are we born inherently good or evil? There are many points of view on this controversial topic, and even today people argue if human beings are born good or evil. People’s past actions influence their actions in the present. An example of this is in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll’s actions in his past eventually influenced his future actions in the book. Dr. Jekyll was a well known physician and his actions caused guilt, leading to the uprising of Mr. Hyde. Everyone in Jekyll’s past knew he was, “...wild when he was young” (26) which might have influenced Dr. Jekyll’s evil side later on in his life. Stevenson forces us to realize that Dr. Jekyll’s actions when he was younger brought about Mr.
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Hyde such a diabolical character throughout the book. When Mr. Hyde’s personality was created, it never did anything atrocious to become evil. Mr. Hyde starts his uprising of evil when he, “...trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground.” (3) This first turning point Stevenson describes is sick yet crucial to the events that occur later in the book, like the killing of Sir Danvers Carew.The killing of Sir Danvers Carew, a member of the Parliament, was a major turning point that caused Jekyll to realize his mistake of creating the personality of Hyde. Hyde barges in the house of Carew that night and with a, “...ill contained impatience…” (14) , and, “...broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And the next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows.” (15) Stevenson reveals that this turning point is important because Hyde becomes more dominant than Jekyll, causing Jekyll to turn into Hyde more often. After the killing of Sir Danvers Carew, suspicions rose upon Hyde. Jekyll knew that, “...the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world, and that the victim was a man high in public estimation,” (50) which caused him to conceal Hyde to the
Hyde such a diabolical character throughout the book. When Mr. Hyde’s personality was created, it never did anything atrocious to become evil. Mr. Hyde starts his uprising of evil when he, “...trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground.” (3) This first turning point Stevenson describes is sick yet crucial to the events that occur later in the book, like the killing of Sir Danvers Carew.The killing of Sir Danvers Carew, a member of the Parliament, was a major turning point that caused Jekyll to realize his mistake of creating the personality of Hyde. Hyde barges in the house of Carew that night and with a, “...ill contained impatience…” (14) , and, “...broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And the next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows.” (15) Stevenson reveals that this turning point is important because Hyde becomes more dominant than Jekyll, causing Jekyll to turn into Hyde more often. After the killing of Sir Danvers Carew, suspicions rose upon Hyde. Jekyll knew that, “...the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world, and that the victim was a man high in public estimation,” (50) which caused him to conceal Hyde to the