...Evolution of a Jekyll and Hyde Personality 1886, was the birth of Jekyll and Hyde, published by Robert Louis Stevenson. Known to be one of Stevenson’s best novels, the novel is about a doctor named Henry Jekyll who struggles with the inner conflict of dual personalities with his hidden evil persona, Edward Hyde. Dr. Jekyll was a prominent doctor who is widely respected in his era. In addition, his friendly demeanor made him well connected and well liked. But despite being so well made, Dr Jekyll was seen spending a great deal of his time battling strong evil urges which he found repugnant for his stature. Believing that two entities were living inside his body, he tries to develop a serum in an attempt to repress such urges, but in doing so, Dr Jekyll unleashed an even more dreadful representation of the pure evil that resided within him, who is known as Mr Hyde. With no moral vindication, Hyde committed heinous acts of brutality and murder with often no remorse. As time went by, Hyde became a larger entity in his body as Jekyll was slowly succumbing to the thrills and immoral freedom that Hyde gave in his rampage. The aforementioned novel was written as a fiction in the Victorian age of the 1800s, but dual personalities are still apparent and very real in today’s context. This behavior is scientifically known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), or better known for its previous appellant, Multiple personality Disorder (MPD). Much like Jekyll and Hyde’s dual personality...
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...Two Minds. The novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson is a gothic mystery story based around addiction. By the title one would assume Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are two people, strangely this is not the case. Dr. Jekyll was a well-known doctor in London, England; Mr. Hyde was his evil alter ego. An anonymous narrator in a third person point of view tells the tale. Jekyll while in his laboratory creates a potion that is able to change him inside and out. This potion destroys his physical appearance and erases all sense of mental stability. As Jekyll, the man was a smart successful and popular doctor, as Hyde he was a murderer, criminal, and intolerable ugly man. Jekyll drinks the potion and is miraculously changed, but over time the transformations become uncontrollable. Stevenson shows the man’s life becoming more degrading as the addiction becomes more prominent and depended. This is a very problematic topic in the story. Robert Lewis Stevenson demonstrated in his novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that any form of addiction can have catastrophic results such as becoming addicted to power, running away from reality, and temptation. The novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a story that deals with a prominent and well-respected person that acts in two completely different ways. The main character, Dr. Jekyll, from the story was a gifted doctor and a brilliant scientist. Whereas the alter ego, Mr. Hyde was a dark person who was compared to a sinful...
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...Jekyll and Hyde Critique “Jekyll & Hyde” describes a story of how Doctor Henry Jekyll finds his dream and makes the dream come true. The dream, however, is horrible for others to accept. The story starts with Doctor Jekyll’s father suffering the illness, which makes Jekyll painful and decides to find out a drug can separate the evil and goodness within human beings. He wants to do the surgery on mental patient, but distinguished governors deny his assumption. His fiancée, Emma, support him no matter what the path he planned for his dream. Jekyll meets a girl called Lucy who is abused by her boss and Jekyll rescues comfort her when he goes to the bar with his friend Utterson. Jekyll decides to operate on himself and turns into a bad guy named Hyde. Hyde kills several distinguished governors for revenge and Hyde’s personality represents evil which opposite with Jekyll’s. Emma worries about Jekyll and enters into Jekyll’s office. After reading the dialogs of Jekyll, Emma knows everything about operation. Jekyll finally cannot control himself since Hyde always take charge of his body, so he asks Utterson to find another drug to separate himself and Hyde. Hyde is jealous about Jekyll since Lucy likes Jekyll and always thinks about him. After he killed Lucy, he goes to fight with Jekyll in his office. Jekyll survives and is going to get married with Emma. However, Hyde comes out on wedding, kills one guest and threats to kill Emma. Emma talks to Jekyll inside Hyde, hoping to Jekyll...
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...In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll conducts a scientific experiment in which he creates a mixture that he consumes and transforms into an ugly, repulsive creature (Mr. Hyde), representing the pure evil that exists within him. The human nature is comprised of a variety of natures, but Stevenson splits Jekyll into two contrasting ones: good and bad. Hyde is the embodiment of all evil in Jekyll Representing a conflict between good and evil. swlf absorbedIn order to illustrate the theme of moral corruption, the author incorporates many literary devices including imagery, characterization, and symbolism. Mr. Hyde was first introduced in the beginning of the novel where Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield were taking a leisurely stroll through london. Enfield had witnessed a short, deformed man trample a girl, and instead of calling the police, Enfield forces the man to pay the girl’s family money. However, the check was signed by Jekyll, a respectable doctor and friend of Utterson. A year later, Hyde murders Sir Danvers Carew. Afterwards, we learn that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person, but Hyde is pure evil. Hyde is described by many as hideous and disfigured, yet people cannot pinpoint the reason why he looks so ugly. In addition, Stevenson uses imagery show the appearances of Jekyll and Hyde. They contrast each other; Jekyll is an elderly friendly man of good fortune and good nature but hyde is a young, cruel and violent person with...
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...Representation of Victorian Values in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a well-renown novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1808. Stevenson was always fascinated with the idea of a split personality, so he includes this concept into the heart of his story. But despite the novel focusing on the de facto detective case of Mr. Hyde’s whereabouts and his connection with his polar opposite, Mr. Jekyll, the context presented in the plot and characters of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde criticizes the morality and respectability of Victorian values in the late nineteenth century. The book approaches this through its recurring themes of the upholding of one’s reputation, regression of thoughts and ideas beyond logic, and conflicting nature of duality. In the novel, both the main and supporting characters prioritize more in defending the reputation of themselves and their peers than taking the right course of action. This act confines with the principles of Victorian respectability in which preserving order, etiquette, and appearance was vital. An appropriate example of this sort of mentality is with Dr. Jekyll, one of the prominent characters of the book. The doctor holds a prestigious reputation and is well-respected by his friends and colleagues. When Jekyll throws a dinner party at random, background characters who live in the dark, fictitious setting of London attend in large numbers. However, when his reputation is put on...
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...Hyde does not die with Jekyll in the revised version, though. This allows for an allowance of interesting development of his character. He loses the power Jekyll’s reputation and funds afforded him, but he regains control over himself. This feat would never have been accomplished if Hyde had not escaped Jekyll’s influence and gotten a job in a factory. “It was work that brought me back to myself. No thought was required, none of the fancy words I had learned while hanging about with the upper crust… just a steady hand and muscles that could endure a full day of shoveling coal into a giant, blasting furnace.” (Eprile 1425) Manual labor gave him the funds and the time to think that Hyde needed to collect himself. Once he was a man of his own free will again and not a brutish puppet, he was able to take back the power Jekyll had stolen from him....
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...Strange Cases of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Born November 13 1850 in Edinburgh Scotland. Robert Louis Stevenson started to have breathing problems at a young age and later it developed into tuberculosis. His father Thomas Stevenson was in the business of lighthouse design, so Robert enrolled at the age of 17 to the University of Edinburgh. The lighthouse design business wasn’t what Robert wanted to do but he wanted to help his family. After a short time in the lighthouse design program he decided to go into law school as a compromise with his father. He entered what was called the Scottish bar, which was an organization for lawyers. Around this time in his life he traveled a lot to places like France, Europe, and England all so he could be around young artists while he was still finishing law school. Robert graduated from law school in 1875, he never really put his law degree to use. Stevenson had a good eye for fashion. He adopted a wide brimmed hat, a cravat, and a boy’s coat, which got him the nickname of Velvet...
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...There is an evil and good inside of everyone. The author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert louis Stevenson and the author of A Separate Peace, John Knowles use juxtaposition to show the good and evil of Jekyll and Hyde and Leper. How could Jekyll be so good but Hyde be so evil and demented. An example of Hyde showing his ugliness is when he tramples over the girl on the road. He leaves her their without even helping. “For the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground” This quote shows the hideous Hyde. Jekyll was a little mysterious but he was a popular scientist In London who was very nice yet odd. An odd act of Jekyll is when he gave his possessions to Hyde. “All his possessions were...
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...Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde As we grow older and learn more about the world and ourselves, there is something inside us that has not fully understood the sole purpose of its creation. Something so very common, yet, so misunderstood--identity. In Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, we see that not only is an older man struggling with his identity, but that it was also decades ago when this story was written, suggesting that an identity crises is nothing new and that we all go through it at some point in life. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” ― Oscar Wilde. I found this quote relevant to this particular story and that the two go hand...
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...represented in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a man can be the character in anguish. This unique book was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. The iconic plot, inspired by the fears of the Victorian era, has served as a template for modern books and films. The novel is about a man, Dr. Jekyll, who becomes addicted to transforming into a new persona, Mr. Hyde, and...
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...The Multiple Personalities of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde “It's almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side, is what fascinates me” (Lee). In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, an old doctor named Dr. Henry Jekyll who is known for being a decent man creates a potion that is able to separate the good and bad of a person into two different personalities. Dr. Jekyll soon realizes that his very appearance changes along with the transformation into this other form and gives this form the name of Edward Hyde. At the beginning of these experiments, Dr. Jekyll is satisfied with the results, he feels more youthful and more energetic than ever before, however his alter ego, Mr. Hyde, enjoys indulging in acts of evil and malevolence and grows stronger with each passing moment until Jekyll is not able to suppress him any longer. Soon the conscious of Dr. Jekyll and conscious of Mr. Hyde fight for control of the body that they share. Stevenson uses characters Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, to symbolize two core parts of human nature, good and evil, to depict the conflict that is experienced by an individual in everyday life. Character is a very prominent element throughout the story and is often used to depict the good and innocence of Dr. Jekyll or the evil and cruelty of Mr. Hyde. At one point, Dr. Jekyll is recounting the effects of the transformation potion and the fact that it has given him “two characters as well as two appearances, one was wholly evil and...
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...everyone eventually. In this novel, it catches up to two people in particular, Dr. Jekyll, and Dr. Lanyon. Jekyll, unleashed Hyde upon the world and is directly responsible for the murder of Sir Danvers Carew. Jekyll’s consequences come from his devolvement and decision to kill himself. Jekyll writes a confession to explain what happened and confess his guilt and then he kills himself, removing the evil that he brought into the world when he created Hyde and allowed him to act on buried desires. However, the reason he has to confess does not come from a genuine desire to heal or repent, but because he has lost control of the shift and has no more of the potion to turn himself from Hyde to Jekyll....
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...come to mr. Hydes door again, and they both thinks that they never will see Hyde again. Enfield also knows that Mr. Hydes house has a back exit, which leads right into dr. Jekylls house. They got into the home and look out of a window, where thet see Dr. Jekyll looking out of one of his windows as well. The persons begins a casual conversation when suddenly Jekyll gets a horrified expression on his face and is suddenly thrown back from the window, which is ”instantly thrust down”. Utterson and Enfield are in chok. Chapter 8 The scene begins with Poole, Jekyll’s butler, making a surprise visit to the home of Mr. Utterson. Poole proceeds to explain that he thinks "foul play" has occurred in the laboratory of Dr. Jekyll, in which he has kept himself isolated for the last two weeks. Poole tells Utterson that he thinks Hyde is involved, because the voice of the doctor has changed.Quickly Utterson and Poole return to the doctor’s house, explaining to the rest of the servants that they plan to break into the laboratory and find out what has happened to Dr. Jekyll. After knocking and being told to go away, Utterson and Poole force the door down, and witness the dead body of Mr. Hyde lying on the floor. Thinking that Hyde killed Jekyll and then killed himself, the two men frantically search the laboratory for the remains of Jekyll. Yet "nowhere was there any trace of Henry Jekyll, dead or alive."After searching the entire room, Utterson looks on the desk of Jekyll and sees several...
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...that affect people every day in modern society. Alexander Solzhenitsyn writes, “Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society, that does not warn in time against threatening moral and social dangers-such literature does not deserve the name of literature; it is only a façade.” The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, reflects Solzhenitsyn’s quote by warning the individual of the evils found in the duplicity of human nature and the threat this may pose to society as a whole. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reflects Solzhenitsyn’s belief that literature must inform readers about issues that society faces, or otherwise it is merely a superficial illusion. The story reflects this statement, by exploring the duplicity of human nature, showing how this duplicity can corrupt an individual’s mind, and revealing why humans have this dual nature. The duplicity of human nature is revealed in the book through various aspects of behavior displayed by the characters. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reveals the dual nature of humans in the form of an uncontrollable mental disorder. However, Stevenson is not necessarily giving a literal interpretation of this chemically...
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...The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the greatest examples in literature showing the faults of humankind. Many of Dr. Jekyll’s colleagues and other scientists warned against him pursuing the path of unknown science, however, he was careless and ignored all of them. Both Jekyll and Hyde suffered addiction and were too weak-willed to overcome their temptations. The two sides of one person, Jekyll and Hyde, representing the battle between good and evil. The body below shall prove the three faults of humankind that can be found in the novel. The first point shows that there were much carelessness and ignorance in the novel. In the novel, Jekyll explains how the science community advised against going through...
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