“Man is not truly one, but truly two” this quote stated from Dr. Jekyll in the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson shows how man can have good and evil personalities that can make a person split into two. This classic novel can provide readers with an abundance of themes just as Good vs evil, Friendship, and science. Many arguments have erupted on which theme is the correct one.On one side of the spectrum, people says the theme is about friendships because of the different bonds of people that were presented throughout the book. Although this theme could be found in the book, it is not the dominant theme because the entire book was not based around friendships.The main theme of the novel The Strange Case
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Evil is the primary theme is because mid sections on the book it shows how the evil within Jekyll grows to be more controlling and overpowering over the good personality. Some could argue that there was no proof in the text of evil overpowering Jekyll's soul. Although no literal text said that, doing a bit of reading between the lines, it's obvious that as more incidents occurred with Hyde, Jekyll got more lonile and gloomy. Leading off, in the story it says “The doctor was confine to the house, Poole said, and saw no one”. (P.32) Once Hyde which is the evil starts to come in more, the more Jekyll gets confine and depressed. You can see how the evil starts to be more dominant. Following, Jekyll quotes “ The pleasures which I have made haste to seek in my disguise were, as I have said, undignified.” (66) It is obvious by the words of Dr. Jekyll that he, like anyone else would be addicted to tobacco, was addicted to the pleasure of being Hyde. He knew they were wrong but the couldn't handle the temptation. After, The Novel claims about Jekyll towards the middle of the story “The rosey man had grown pale;his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older” (32) This is proof from the text that Hyde continues to overpower the good in Jekyll and no longer can he stay sane. The more Hyde come out, the less control Jekyll has. It has now gotten to a point where Jekyll can no longer control when Hyde comes. And so, Through all this text
Evil is the primary theme is because mid sections on the book it shows how the evil within Jekyll grows to be more controlling and overpowering over the good personality. Some could argue that there was no proof in the text of evil overpowering Jekyll's soul. Although no literal text said that, doing a bit of reading between the lines, it's obvious that as more incidents occurred with Hyde, Jekyll got more lonile and gloomy. Leading off, in the story it says “The doctor was confine to the house, Poole said, and saw no one”. (P.32) Once Hyde which is the evil starts to come in more, the more Jekyll gets confine and depressed. You can see how the evil starts to be more dominant. Following, Jekyll quotes “ The pleasures which I have made haste to seek in my disguise were, as I have said, undignified.” (66) It is obvious by the words of Dr. Jekyll that he, like anyone else would be addicted to tobacco, was addicted to the pleasure of being Hyde. He knew they were wrong but the couldn't handle the temptation. After, The Novel claims about Jekyll towards the middle of the story “The rosey man had grown pale;his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older” (32) This is proof from the text that Hyde continues to overpower the good in Jekyll and no longer can he stay sane. The more Hyde come out, the less control Jekyll has. It has now gotten to a point where Jekyll can no longer control when Hyde comes. And so, Through all this text