Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

The novels Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Stevenson share a parallel theme, which emphasizes the fine line between good and evil, which is inside all of us, and needs to be controlled. Dr. Jekyll and Frankenstein not only hold the same profession as scientists, but also both use their knowledge to create alter-ego’s, the dark side of them that begins to live out their hidden desires. Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll begin their journeys with over ambition, believing that they can be rid of their destructive pleasure whenever they please, but only when he wakes up as his counterpart, and Jekyll feels Hyde corrupting his soul into the opposite of society and after chasing his good side all over the world leading …show more content…
With the monster, Dr. Frankenstein had room to make whatever good or bad he wanted to, but his own dark side was what he projected on to him. Frankenstein is virtually a reflection of whatever was placed on him. Frankenstein deserted his creation and removed himself from all responsibility for who the monster became. The monster attempted to find happiness with more people, who disappointed him again. The last straw came when he only desired another monster to share his life with, and was denied of his only salvation. Although considered the essence of evil, the monster, like Mr. Hyde did not conform to society. After facing countless heartbreaks and disappointments, which changed the monster from his blank slate to the villainous creature, the monster believed the only way for him to gain vengeance was to kill his creator, leading him to chase him through the world. Landing in Antarctica, the monster was successful in causing the death of Dr. Frankenstein, but he realized that due to his outward appearance and lack of societal adaptation, he knew he could no live on explaining, “Once I falsely hoped to meet with my beings, who, pardoned by my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of bringing forth. I was nourished with high thoughts of honor and devotion. But now vice has degraded me beneath the meanest animal. No crime, no mischief, no malignity, no misery, can be comparable to mine, When I call over my frightful catalogue of my deeds, I cannot believe that I am he whose thoughts were once filled with sublime and transcendent visions of beauty of goodness. But it is even so; the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil” (Shelley,