Examples Of Evil In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

In the story Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, it shows two characters, who represent good vs. evil. Good decisions in life can result in gaining people's trust and making lots of friends. Bad decisions in life can result in severe consequences, like long periods of jail time, or loss of friends, sometimes it also can lead to death. One can choose to be good or evil because every human is born with a conscience which helps them decide whether they want to make good decisions or bad decisions. To start off, Jekyll is choosing to become more evil than good. As an example, Jekyll chooses to isolated himself from the world and hid away in his house, instead of asking Mr. Utterson to help him stay away from Hyde. “Between these two, I now felt I had to choose. My two natures had memory in common, but all other faculties were most unequally shared between them.” This shows that choosing between good and evil is not an easy choice, and can come with consequences. In addition, Hyde chooses to carry a weapon and kill the senator. The cane Hyde was carrying appeared to be Dr. Jekyll's cane that Hyde choose to steal and use as a weapon to kill the senator. “Mr. Hyde broke out of all bound and …show more content…
Utterson choose to help Dr. Jekyll escape from Mr. Hyde, when he is not even a detective. For example, when Mr. Utterson is convinced that Hyde has injured Dr. Jekyll, he quickly breaks down the door to the laboratory in order to help his friend, without calling the police. “Poole,” replied the lawyer, if you say that, it will become my duty to make certain. Much as I desire to spare your master’s feelings, much as I am puzzled by this note which seems to prove him to be still alive, I shall consider it my duty to break in that door.” This shows how Mr. Utterson is very disturbed by the idea that there is someone else through those doors and that this person could possibly be the murderer of Dr.