In Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, the theme of good versus evil is prominently demonstrated by different characters throughout the story. A longstanding, often debated question has surrounded the topic of dual mortality and the choice of becoming good or evil. The question is: Do you have the ability to choose between good and evil, or does one or the another choose your path for you? I believe that good and evil are rooted inside you from the moment you are born, but you have the ability to choose what you desire to become.
To begin, good and evil are inside of you, but what you become is to be determined by you. At story about a boy who was nervous about going into manhood often relates to the topic of dual mortality. …show more content…
For example, Mr. Utterson could have chosen to do leave the case of Jekyll and Hyde alone, but he chose to investigate out of his good heart. Also, For a short time, Dr. Jekyll tries to be rid of Mr. Hyde. “...and to put your good heart at rest, I will tell you one thing: “the moment I CHOOSE, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde”. Dr. Jekyll and Hyde are the same person, so technically not everything Hyde does is evil. It is purely on the evil impulse of Jekyll because he choose to become Mr. Hyde. In these examples, the characters are choosing to do good things and feeding the good side of …show more content…
Some may debate that Hyde is purely evil, but technically Hyde is only a fraction of a person(Jekyll), so he is not entirely evil. Jekyll has good intentions of being himself, but also evil intentions of becoming Hyde. He chose to continue perpetrating heinous crimes, which eventually gave him the desire to become Hyde permanently. Dr. Jekyll kept fighting the impulse to become Hyde, but Hyde then became him.Triumphed over by evil, Jekyll gave in. Transforming from Jekyll to Hyde was not a result of becoming evil from the beginning, but continuing to practice despicable deeds. Consequently, he transformed into a vicious and corrupt person. He still had the smallest fraction of good left inside him, and Hyde ultimately died, but with him came
To begin, good and evil are inside of you, but what you become is to be determined by you. At story about a boy who was nervous about going into manhood often relates to the topic of dual mortality. …show more content…
For example, Mr. Utterson could have chosen to do leave the case of Jekyll and Hyde alone, but he chose to investigate out of his good heart. Also, For a short time, Dr. Jekyll tries to be rid of Mr. Hyde. “...and to put your good heart at rest, I will tell you one thing: “the moment I CHOOSE, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde”. Dr. Jekyll and Hyde are the same person, so technically not everything Hyde does is evil. It is purely on the evil impulse of Jekyll because he choose to become Mr. Hyde. In these examples, the characters are choosing to do good things and feeding the good side of …show more content…
Some may debate that Hyde is purely evil, but technically Hyde is only a fraction of a person(Jekyll), so he is not entirely evil. Jekyll has good intentions of being himself, but also evil intentions of becoming Hyde. He chose to continue perpetrating heinous crimes, which eventually gave him the desire to become Hyde permanently. Dr. Jekyll kept fighting the impulse to become Hyde, but Hyde then became him.Triumphed over by evil, Jekyll gave in. Transforming from Jekyll to Hyde was not a result of becoming evil from the beginning, but continuing to practice despicable deeds. Consequently, he transformed into a vicious and corrupt person. He still had the smallest fraction of good left inside him, and Hyde ultimately died, but with him came