Compare And Contrast Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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Mr. Hyde immensely has a stronger personality than Dr. Jekyll due to after drinking the potion that will return him to his original appearance and character as Dr. Jekyll, each time he takes the potion to remove Edward Hyde, he worsens. Hence, Mr. Hyde has committed violate crimes before and after drinking the potion Dr. Jekyll had developed that did not gave him to have absolute to control his dark side. In the novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll has a struggle with handling his evil side, Mr. Hyde. On Chapter 4, The narrator stated, “the bones were audibly shattered” during the brutal nature at which Mr. Hyde attacks Sir Carew. It also shows the extent of Dr. Jekyll’s darker side, whereas Mr. Hyde has no apparent motive and with no concern for his own safety, manipulating Jekyll that violently murder of Sir Carew. Therefore, from Mr. Utterson investigation, the evidence seemed to link to Dr. Jekyll and not Mr. Hyde. Moreover, on Chapter 9, it finally makes reveal of the nature of Dr. Jekyll’s …show more content…
Henry Jekyll was running out of option. He was feeling guilt for switching persons of his darker side and from the actions that Mr. Hyde made him do. Jekyll analysis on his ongoing research and he found that adding a large quantity of salt may serve his purpose. Dr. Jekyll took the potion acknowledging that things may go south, but just having hope that it will work on taking out Mr. Hyde. He was experiencing robust and good health. He had become the shrunken, deformed Mr. Hyde. Turning himself into Mr. Hyde became a welcome for Jekyll. In his last, desperate hours, Mr. Hyde grew stronger as Dr. Jekyll grew weaker. Moreover, the salt necessary for the potion began to run out. Jekyll ordered the new potion to Utterson by letter. Using the last potion that he had, by the time his letter will be received, Dr. Jekyll will be Mr. Hyde permanently and will either kill himself or be arrested and

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