The battle of good versus evil isn't always black and white, what one feels internally doesn't always reflect their actions. What represents good and evil, it's arbitrary, it's based on customs, culture, and legends. Evil can be custom made just as much as Good can. In “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis, the esteemed Dr. Jekyll battles with his darker self, this reflects humanity's struggle between selfish desires and the desire to do good by others. London, know for its humdrum weather, morally restricted people, poshness, and its ancient streets that have seen far too much sin. There's a subtle feel of restricted chaos, the buildings hold secrets as much as the people within Victoria London do. Its no wonder that
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Though that isn't the only irony here, Dr. Jekylls appearance doesn't match the inner turmoil. Outwardly, Dr. Jekyll looks like a healthy man but inwardly he feels tired and old, he knows that he has aged and gone through life without freeing himself. On the other hand, Mr. Hyde outwardly is viewed as deformed and evil, he´s compared to animal or a not so fully developed human being. Inwardly however, Mr. Hyde is free as a bird, his bones don't creak with age and his energy is rivaled to that of a child's. There is also the style choice between Jekyll and Hyde, Dr. Jekyll is a minimalist with his simple attire and house, opposite Mr. Hyde has lavish furniture and dark clothing. Their personalities oppose each other much like Good and Bad, with the Light and Dark. Unfortunately this was not Dr. Jekyll's plan of creation, he yearned to make one wholly Good and one wholly Bad person. Instead, Dr. Jekyll imprisoned his separate dark and light personalities within one body. Ironically, “The arrow itself is stable; arrows are arrows. The uses to which arrows can be put and the meanings we attach to them, however, are not so stable.” (256, How to Read Literature Like A Professor) the substance that Dr. Jekyll had used is much like the arrow, it had the intent but couldn't hit the
Though that isn't the only irony here, Dr. Jekylls appearance doesn't match the inner turmoil. Outwardly, Dr. Jekyll looks like a healthy man but inwardly he feels tired and old, he knows that he has aged and gone through life without freeing himself. On the other hand, Mr. Hyde outwardly is viewed as deformed and evil, he´s compared to animal or a not so fully developed human being. Inwardly however, Mr. Hyde is free as a bird, his bones don't creak with age and his energy is rivaled to that of a child's. There is also the style choice between Jekyll and Hyde, Dr. Jekyll is a minimalist with his simple attire and house, opposite Mr. Hyde has lavish furniture and dark clothing. Their personalities oppose each other much like Good and Bad, with the Light and Dark. Unfortunately this was not Dr. Jekyll's plan of creation, he yearned to make one wholly Good and one wholly Bad person. Instead, Dr. Jekyll imprisoned his separate dark and light personalities within one body. Ironically, “The arrow itself is stable; arrows are arrows. The uses to which arrows can be put and the meanings we attach to them, however, are not so stable.” (256, How to Read Literature Like A Professor) the substance that Dr. Jekyll had used is much like the arrow, it had the intent but couldn't hit the