Good v Evil →
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the perfect example of good versus evil. Mr. Hyde -who is dark, twisted, and a little creepy- serves as a counterpart to Dr. Jekyll in ways beyond his mental state of mind. Even considering Mr. Hyde’s appearance demonstrates how he is negatively viewed; he is described as “more of a dwarf,” a “masked thing,” and “doubled up” (Stevenson ). Although Dr. Jekyll attempts to suppress Mr. Hyde’s personality for a long time, we see how the battle between good and evil doesn’t always have a happy ending.
Secrecy →
There are many secrets in the story that are always on the surface of revealing. Whether it is the secrets between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Utterson or the secrecy of Mr. Pool’s incidents with