The dictionary defines addiction as a strong and harmful need …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde included love which does not exist in the original story. Which is a key component that changes and makes the story very different. In the TV series Jekyll, Hyde finds out that Tom has a beautiful wife, Claire, and two children. Also another key difference is that the doctor relies heavily on his assistant, psychiatric nurse Katherine Reimer, to help him keep Hyde under control. Which differs from the original, Dr. Jekyll doesn’t have that kind help. The similarities would be how Dr. Tom Jackman uses a modern technology in an attempt to constrain his other half: Mr. Hyde, his ruthless alter ego. Although they time-share the same body, Mr. Hyde is much stronger and faster than Tom - and his strength grows just like The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. With that being said, this BBC series did quite well and mad a modern twist to the plot line that interested the modern audience a little …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Two personalities—opposite and antagonistic. Jekyll can be seen as the superego that attempts to stop the id from taking control. But somehow, when the id is repressed rather than integrated into a functioning psyche, will become erratic. Many people argue that there was an addiction Dr. Jekyll developed of the felling from Mr. Hyde. Shown throughout the book the narrator speaks of Hyde with the behavior of a raving addict. I strongly believe that this story persisted into present day because The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was the first of its kind. Any time the first comes of anything comes out replicas will follow, someone will try to put their spin on something or possibly make it better. The key element that modern versions introduce to this plot is love represented through a committed relationship. But was needed to modernize the plot for today’s