The word evil can have many different meanings, such as morally bad, causing ruin, pain, or an evil force, power or personification. Both novels “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” and “Lord of the Flies” deal with the struggle of man to control his inner evil. In J&H, Stevenson presents a man controlling his inner evilness as the character of Dr. Jekyll by creating a new identity for his evil attributed. Simultaneously, in LOTF William Golding explores the corruption of English children in the isolated island. Despite the differences in plot in the two novels, both authors present evil through the use of setting, characterization and plot, which this essay will explore.
The setting in LOTF is one in which the theme of good versus evil is set up. The …show more content…
The only survivors of the crash are children. The story takes place during an atomic war, which is where the outside of world of adults lies. The quote ‘Didn’t you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They’re all dead’, shows that the story takes place during an atomic war. This shows that the island is a very isolated place with no contact with the outside world. In the first chapters of LOTF Golding expresses isolated island as pure wilderness island. On page 4, ‘the irregular arc of coral lagoon was still as a mountain lake – blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple.’ suggests the peaceful atmosphere and the beauty the island holds. The reader can infer that this idyllic island has been unspoilt by humans until the boys arrive. However, the quote ‘all round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’ …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is perhaps the classical example of English literature of the use of the double conventions to represent the duality ( or maybe use ‘ambivalence’ here instead duality. Only a suggestion. I personally feel more comfortable with ambivalence) of human nature. That Dr. Jekyll represents the conventional and socially acceptable personality and Mr. Hyde the uninhibited and criminal self is the most obvious aspect of Stevenson’s story. The final chapter, which deals with Jekyll’s full statement of the case, makes this theme explicit. In this chapter, although not using Freudian terminology, Jekyll explains that he has achieved in splitting the id and the superego Dr.Jekyll is respected doctor and friend of both Lanyon and Utterson, a lawyer. He is an ostensibly wealthy doctor, and known for his good manners and accommodating works. The quote ‘a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a ishish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness’ EXPAND / EXPLAIN suggests that he is a polite and is a famed doctor in London. Since his youth, however, he has secretly engaged in the undetermined indulgent behavior. Jekyll finds this dark side with anxiety and commences experiments as to separate his good and evil ego from each other. Through these experiments, he brings Mr. Hyde and finds a way to convert himself in such a way that he fully becomes his evilness side. Mr.Hyde is a strange, repugnant man who looks
The setting in LOTF is one in which the theme of good versus evil is set up. The …show more content…
The only survivors of the crash are children. The story takes place during an atomic war, which is where the outside of world of adults lies. The quote ‘Didn’t you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They’re all dead’, shows that the story takes place during an atomic war. This shows that the island is a very isolated place with no contact with the outside world. In the first chapters of LOTF Golding expresses isolated island as pure wilderness island. On page 4, ‘the irregular arc of coral lagoon was still as a mountain lake – blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple.’ suggests the peaceful atmosphere and the beauty the island holds. The reader can infer that this idyllic island has been unspoilt by humans until the boys arrive. However, the quote ‘all round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’ …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is perhaps the classical example of English literature of the use of the double conventions to represent the duality ( or maybe use ‘ambivalence’ here instead duality. Only a suggestion. I personally feel more comfortable with ambivalence) of human nature. That Dr. Jekyll represents the conventional and socially acceptable personality and Mr. Hyde the uninhibited and criminal self is the most obvious aspect of Stevenson’s story. The final chapter, which deals with Jekyll’s full statement of the case, makes this theme explicit. In this chapter, although not using Freudian terminology, Jekyll explains that he has achieved in splitting the id and the superego Dr.Jekyll is respected doctor and friend of both Lanyon and Utterson, a lawyer. He is an ostensibly wealthy doctor, and known for his good manners and accommodating works. The quote ‘a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a ishish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness’ EXPAND / EXPLAIN suggests that he is a polite and is a famed doctor in London. Since his youth, however, he has secretly engaged in the undetermined indulgent behavior. Jekyll finds this dark side with anxiety and commences experiments as to separate his good and evil ego from each other. Through these experiments, he brings Mr. Hyde and finds a way to convert himself in such a way that he fully becomes his evilness side. Mr.Hyde is a strange, repugnant man who looks