Throughout huge movements within the entertainment industry, there have been many adaptations and editions for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I have heard about the premise of the novel, but I have not personally read the story for myself. I took this chance to finally have the opportunity to analyze and appreciate this story that talked about the issues developing within the relationship Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Reading the novel was extremely pleasing and entertaining for me especially the Victorian diction that Robert Stevenson had used within the novel which was quite interesting. There were many questions that I had while reading the novel which was how the social class that defined each of the characters played any hand
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Jekyll and Mr. Hyde go on to articulate the theme of duality seen within the novel. They begin stating that the existence of dualistic of how “the universe comprises good and evil, or light and darkness, but also that though these are eternally opposed they are coeternal, coexistent, and equipotent”. This underlines the idea that the existence and relationship of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one that must coexist. Although Dr. Jekyll attempts to separate himself apart from Mr. Hyde, their existence is bound by death and with death comes with the end to both of them. This is related to the existence of how the presence of good is always accompanied with evil similar to the light and dark. As Dr. Jekyll experiments to control the good and evil within himself, he opens the opportunity for Mr. Hyde to completely overtake him against his will which strikes danger and fear to Dr. Jekyll. Singh and Chakrabarti point out the conclusion Dr. Jekyll comes to with his experimentation gone wrong: “Dr. Jekyll in the last phases of his lucidity recognizes the danger that Mr. Hyde poses to society and altruistically decides to do away with himself”. Thus, it can be seen how Dr. Jekyll reasons that his death is a necessary one—for the sake of
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde go on to articulate the theme of duality seen within the novel. They begin stating that the existence of dualistic of how “the universe comprises good and evil, or light and darkness, but also that though these are eternally opposed they are coeternal, coexistent, and equipotent”. This underlines the idea that the existence and relationship of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one that must coexist. Although Dr. Jekyll attempts to separate himself apart from Mr. Hyde, their existence is bound by death and with death comes with the end to both of them. This is related to the existence of how the presence of good is always accompanied with evil similar to the light and dark. As Dr. Jekyll experiments to control the good and evil within himself, he opens the opportunity for Mr. Hyde to completely overtake him against his will which strikes danger and fear to Dr. Jekyll. Singh and Chakrabarti point out the conclusion Dr. Jekyll comes to with his experimentation gone wrong: “Dr. Jekyll in the last phases of his lucidity recognizes the danger that Mr. Hyde poses to society and altruistically decides to do away with himself”. Thus, it can be seen how Dr. Jekyll reasons that his death is a necessary one—for the sake of