Good and evil is not a new concept. It has been a basic theme since the beginning. In Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis stevenson’s mystery novela, Physical descriptions are used to reflect good and evil.
Jekyll is portrayed as the antagonist in the novela. Dr. Jekyll was although a wealthy man but kind. “A large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty...but every mark of capacity and kindness’’(Stevenson,15). Jekyll has a description of tall, well-made, and kind. He is portrayed as good.
On the other hand Hyde is the protagonist in this novela. Although we dont know its him at the time, the first encounter we have of Hyde is him trampling a child.” There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing downright detestable…
Jekyll is portrayed as the antagonist in the novela. Dr. Jekyll was although a wealthy man but kind. “A large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty...but every mark of capacity and kindness’’(Stevenson,15). Jekyll has a description of tall, well-made, and kind. He is portrayed as good.
On the other hand Hyde is the protagonist in this novela. Although we dont know its him at the time, the first encounter we have of Hyde is him trampling a child.” There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing downright detestable…