Essay on Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

In conclusion, Stevenson demonstrates through the physical appearances, the setting and the actions of his characters how the evil part of our mind is smaller and weaker than the good one. By showing how Hyde is much smaller than Jekyll and by showing that the places and the frequentations he has are less respectable than those of Jekyll, he demonstrates the superiority of Jekyll and therefore, th...

By using a strong setting, Stevenson has created a unique opportunity for suspense, contrast, pathetic falsely and foreshadowing which helps enhance and emphasize the dark undertones of horror this book is known for. Perhaps without desensitization, the current generations would be as equally terrified with this book as the original audience in the late 1800’s due to Stevenson’s strong descrip...

In conclusion I definitely think Stevenson engages the reader’s interest in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde because the themes in themselves are exciting and the characters’ actions make you ask questions and to find answers, you have to read on. The book is definitely a thriller, with crimes being committed and Hyde trampling on people. Also the setting and language used is very effective and relates t...

Now even though Mr. Hyde, as well as Joe, took total control, the story did not end well for either of them. Mr. Hyde ended his life while Joe continued to live the rest of his life in an insane asylum. It seems that neither of the characters could have proceed on living without the other side of their persona present. The thought that a single moment in time can dictate the nature of history and ...

The two major theories, utilitarianism and evangelicalism help show the difference between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The double brain theory shows that humans are all different in many ways, whether the brain is more dominate on the right or left side. Many scientist thought that the double brain theory could be cured, and it turns out that they were completely wrong. Also, Dr. Jekyll shows that no...

By doing so they attempted to become more divine, but God should be the one who creates life not humans. Humans don't have the right to give or take life, because if we did this world would be in chaos. Also both authors show two different ways of how these characters are affected. Shelly uses external forces that provoke the internal feelings of the monster. While Stevenson shows how every person...

The duality within himself forced the suppression of the evil but when it became unbearable his pleasures verged towards more than just the 'undignified' but the 'monstrous'; for example the brutal murder of Sir Danvers Carew which one cannot help but feel disgusted and contempt for Hyde, who it is revealed, is Jekyll. Jekyll's subconscious evil intent meant that he procured evil and despite the c...

He awoke one morning after a night as Mr Hyde, but rather than waking up as Dr Jekyll he woke up as Mr Hyde this is when he decided to stop using the potion. He tried to resist temptation and "swallowed the transforming draught" this released Mr Hyde who had been suppressed and Mr Hyde "came out roaring". Dr Jekyll is the greatest hypocrite in the novel as he admits that he enjoys the wicked part ...

For instance, Dr Jekyll's laboratory is at the back of his houses "which showed no window". This suggests that Dr Jekyll does not want people to know what he does in his own time because the simple reason that Victorian society was too highly moralistic. This kind of secrecy carries on through the novella with other characters as well. For example, Mr Utterson receives a package from Dr Lanyon whi...

Another opposite that R.L Stevenson puts in the book is in the chapter 'The Carew murder case'. At the beginning of the chapter the setting is peaceful. 'The details were few and startling' this portrays that it was a very still, open night with only beautiful features. It describes a maid looking out of her window into the pretty night. Her views on the night we're very optimistic and loving. ' S...

Some may say that as humans, we wear masks. Not real masks, but masks that cover up our true personality showing our good side around our friends and our bad side around our family. These are great examples of man's fight in duality; our good side is always competing against our evil side, resulting in our duality, our fight over good verses evil. In this story, Doctor Jekyll is a regular scientis...

Stevenson tries to create an atmosphere which is based on (emphasise) tension between order and disorder-duality. He finds the truth. However, even Utterson seems to have a double life, and in his quest he examines his own conscience "and the lawyer, scared by the thought, brooded a while in his own past, groping in all the corners of memory, lest by chance some Jack-in-the-Box of an old iniquity ...

Overall I think that this novella is very complex, but has an excellent understanding to it. I think Stevenson put the theme of "duality" init in an interesting way and related it very well to the Victorian society at the time. Stevenson also comments on the constant war and balance between the two characters. "There comes an end to all things; the most capacious measure is filled at last; and thi...

I believe that Stevenson succeeds in getting his belief of dual nature in humans, across to the readers throughout the novel as the overall message of the book is that the human personality can be split into several parts. There is no one person who is all pure, or all evil, each and every one of us has different personalities and people living within ourselves. At one point in life, all humans wi...

Everybody has a good and a bad side and there is always one dominant. As you see in Jekyll the 'good' is first dominant and the 'bad' becomes dominant and takes his first nature over later on in the story. Not only are Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde different in nature but also in appearance. Stevenson describes Hyde as short monster with animal while Jekyll is described as the most polite, respectable, ta...