Rich Choi
Compare how the theme of evil is explored in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies and Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’.
“Man is the cruelest animal”, says Friedrich Nietzsche. He is trying to imply that humans are actually worse than any animal on the Earth. In other words, humans are destined not to get rid of their cruelty despite the fact that they believe that they are acting in a civilized way in a civilized society. LOTF (Lord of the Flies) by William Golding is about a group of schoolboys who are getting stranded on an island and becoming savages. In the other book J&H (The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde) by Louis Stevenson, the main character Dr.Jekyll drinks a potion and changes into Mr.Hyde who repeatedly …show more content…
It was Hyde, after all, and Hyde alone, that was guilty (Stevenson 10)” which shows that Mr. Hyde forcefully lets Dr.Jekyll lose the grasp of conscience leading the absence of guilt. Mr.Hyde is the one who is without any guilt and conscience. When Mr.Hyde cannot stop Dr.Jekyll from taking over, Dr.Jekyll regains his conscience back. In contrast, Jack always does not feel guilty. After Piggy’s death, Jack says, "See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone (Golding 11)". Jack is supposed to feel remorse when Piggy is killed. However, he claims that anyone who defies him will end up like Piggy without any guilt. In addition, Jack and Hyde can be distinguished from each other very clearly when it comes to their preference. Jack prefers acting as a leader in a group while Mr.Hyde prefers acting individually without other’s intervention. Whenever Jack needs to do something, he has to do it with his people, such as hunting and killing. In contrast, Mr.Hyde wants to act by himself so that he can have all the
Compare how the theme of evil is explored in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies and Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’.
“Man is the cruelest animal”, says Friedrich Nietzsche. He is trying to imply that humans are actually worse than any animal on the Earth. In other words, humans are destined not to get rid of their cruelty despite the fact that they believe that they are acting in a civilized way in a civilized society. LOTF (Lord of the Flies) by William Golding is about a group of schoolboys who are getting stranded on an island and becoming savages. In the other book J&H (The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde) by Louis Stevenson, the main character Dr.Jekyll drinks a potion and changes into Mr.Hyde who repeatedly …show more content…
It was Hyde, after all, and Hyde alone, that was guilty (Stevenson 10)” which shows that Mr. Hyde forcefully lets Dr.Jekyll lose the grasp of conscience leading the absence of guilt. Mr.Hyde is the one who is without any guilt and conscience. When Mr.Hyde cannot stop Dr.Jekyll from taking over, Dr.Jekyll regains his conscience back. In contrast, Jack always does not feel guilty. After Piggy’s death, Jack says, "See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone (Golding 11)". Jack is supposed to feel remorse when Piggy is killed. However, he claims that anyone who defies him will end up like Piggy without any guilt. In addition, Jack and Hyde can be distinguished from each other very clearly when it comes to their preference. Jack prefers acting as a leader in a group while Mr.Hyde prefers acting individually without other’s intervention. Whenever Jack needs to do something, he has to do it with his people, such as hunting and killing. In contrast, Mr.Hyde wants to act by himself so that he can have all the