Analysis of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Essay

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…

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are.” Dr. Jekyll and Courtney Davidson both went through this struggle. Both of them would agree with Sirius on this that everyone has light and dark and you can act on either. Dr. Jekyll would agree with this because all of his work was on this subject. What Dr. Jekyll wanted to do was to make an all-good being. Through trying to make this all-good being, he ended up making an all-bad being. He had to continuously choose whether to be Hyde or Jekyll, good or evil. Even though Jekyll was…

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, though they seem to have different natures, are essentially the same person. Jekyll explains that good and evil are twins trapped in one body, and they are in a constant struggle against each other (Stevenson 64). Although these twins are always battling each other for control, both are crucial elements of a person. Therefore, the presence of both good and evil are necessary to create the personality of a human being. Patricia Ferrer-Medina emphasises that their personal…

The truest side in Dr jekyll is Mr Hyde . Ironically , when dr.jekyll was younger he wasn’t such a good person , this may have caused him to have another personality which is hyde . “ my mind misgives me he is deep waters! He was wild when he was young ; a long while ago to be sure ; but in the law of god , there is no statute of limitations . Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin , the cancer of some concealed disgrace : punishment coming.”(Stevenson pg#17) Jekyll was wild and evil…

“The Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson are two Victorian Era mystery stories with two completely different plots. Despite having two completely different plots and two completely different main messages, they both explore the similar theme of good and evil. Both of these stories express this theme through different cases and perceptions. One of the hopefully blatantly obvious evils in both stories is murder. Both…

Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; therefore, it is probable that Stevenson's novella gave Myers the idea and that the author influences a major psychological breakthrough (Stiles 883).…

Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ explores the nature of mankind, the inner psychology of man’s mind and the perversions that drives their behaviour through his protagonist, Dr Jekyll, a man who is hiding a darker side of him, Mr Hyde. Gothic literature, especially Stevensons’s novella also examines the dichotomy of society and the social construct within it, through the context of Victorian London. Dr Jekyll is a man who embodies man’s dichotomy and…

Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll’s alter ego, Mr. Hyde is a complete opposite of Jekyll, yet at the same time a close companion of him. Their relationship is a complex one that is ever-changing as the book progresses. Jekyll uses his counterpart of Hyde as a temporary escape to absolve himself of temptations and desires but Jekyll himself becomes a permanent disguise for Hyde. The potion that transforms Jekyll causes him to rely more and control less of Hyde…