Henry Jekyll opens his statement of the case with a reflection on his life up until the time where he begins attempting to prise apart the two qualities that he believes man is made up of. Jekyll explains he had a better start in life than most other people, “born…to a large fortune [and of] excellent parts”, his family was quite well off in terms of finance and he was born with the foreseeable stature of an honourable gentleman.
For the majority of his later life, Henry Jekyll found both his life of pleasure and his professional life to be clashing, though he deeply enjoyed his work as a reputable doctor, he also wanted to live his life to the fullest, however if he followed through with these desires, he is faced with the likely prospect …show more content…
He guesses that there are only two, but then realises that man could be divided into many more identities, and fantasises about ‘multifarious… and independent denizens’, self-governing individuals populating most of the community. It is shortly discovered by Jekyll that he actually wants to split the two, and states that he was ‘radically both’, he profoundly showed both qualities and enjoyed both if they were individual and not related to the other, and knew this from a very young age. The possibility of not having to worry about his public reputation, while still being able to take part in pleasures, excited Dr Jekyll, and he was able to be ‘relieved of all that was unbearable’. And believes that each persona has no relation to the other.
When Dr Jekyll starts putting is theory into practice, and manufacturing the drug which would supposedly enable him to change between each personalities, he conceals his research and doesn’t include a summary or explanation in his statement of the case, claiming he has learned that ‘[The] burden of our life is bound forever on man’s shoulders’, it is our responsibility of our mistakes and what happens to us. Jekyll had finally managed to manufacture a certain medicine which could let him take on the body and persona of Edward
For the majority of his later life, Henry Jekyll found both his life of pleasure and his professional life to be clashing, though he deeply enjoyed his work as a reputable doctor, he also wanted to live his life to the fullest, however if he followed through with these desires, he is faced with the likely prospect …show more content…
He guesses that there are only two, but then realises that man could be divided into many more identities, and fantasises about ‘multifarious… and independent denizens’, self-governing individuals populating most of the community. It is shortly discovered by Jekyll that he actually wants to split the two, and states that he was ‘radically both’, he profoundly showed both qualities and enjoyed both if they were individual and not related to the other, and knew this from a very young age. The possibility of not having to worry about his public reputation, while still being able to take part in pleasures, excited Dr Jekyll, and he was able to be ‘relieved of all that was unbearable’. And believes that each persona has no relation to the other.
When Dr Jekyll starts putting is theory into practice, and manufacturing the drug which would supposedly enable him to change between each personalities, he conceals his research and doesn’t include a summary or explanation in his statement of the case, claiming he has learned that ‘[The] burden of our life is bound forever on man’s shoulders’, it is our responsibility of our mistakes and what happens to us. Jekyll had finally managed to manufacture a certain medicine which could let him take on the body and persona of Edward