Dr. Jeckyl And Mr Hyde Analysis

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman, both represent how doubles are reflections of characters inner desires. Double’s are objects or people who contain attributes a person represses, and does not have. But put the two objects or characters together they are equivalent to a human. However, the acts the doubles do in both novels are hidden by the characters to protect their identity. Both protagonists from both narratives enjoy their acts of rebellion their double does or they do in their double world. However, when a protagonist indulges in their double live there will be consequences. The character hides their other self and who they or what they have done. In The Strange
Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde the protagonist disattaches himself and hides his true identity because when he “wore the sembelance of Edward Hyde, non could…(regonize) me” (The Strange 55). The protagonist does not want to be associated with his double because when the protagonist is his double he can act on his desires without being questioned or judged. The author Stevenson wrote the double of Dr. Jeckyll getting into trouble and had to “pay… in a cheque drawn, in the name, of Henry Jeckyll…(but he opened) an account at another bank (in a different name)” (The Strange 57). In “Coraline” the other mother hides her true intentions of having Coraline stay in the other world, by saying they “only want what’s best for (her)” (“Coraline” 44). However, her true desires is to keep Coraline as a dependent for her to consume her identity. As the other mother hides her true intentions she is able to get closer to her desires. Characters try to lock also repress their other self and other world. The protagonist Coraline tries to lock and repress her other world as she decides to stay in reality by, “(trying) to put the bunch of keys… on top of the door frame again” (“Coraline 47). In the other world Coraline enjoys the illusion of getting everything she wants but she goes back to reality and locks her desires, although her true intentions is to go back to the other world but she tries to hide her doubles desires. In both narratives the characters hide and reject their double’s in order to hide their desires from others. Characters enjoy living in their double lifes.
The protagonist Dr. Jeckyll enjoys living in his double life as he is “younger lighter happier in body” (The Strange 54). When the protagonist is in his double form he is able to become young and rebellious by partaking in activities ill-fitting for his true identity, it is his freedom. The protagonist as the author wrote is Dr. Jeckyll and his desires are separated from him. However, the protagonist enjoys his double life as he is “a transport of glee, (as he) mauledthe unresisting body” (The Strange 60-61). The character Dr. Jeckyll is depicted to enjoy living in his double life as he almost becomes one with his double. These acts the protagonist does are unusual when compared to the moral character Dr. Jeckyll. However his double represents his inner desires as indicating this moral character enjoys violence. The other world in Coraline is stated to be designed to fufill every want a character has. In the other world where Coralines other mother is depicted to have everything s character wants as it has the best of everything and, “the best chicken” (“Coraline” 27). The character Coraline desires to have the best mother, the best food and the best everything. In the other world her mother’s double fulfills all of her desires. In Coralines double world she begins to enjoy how no one has to want for anything and how the world is a direct opposite of the real world she lives in as it is, “much more interesting than at home”
(“Coraline” 43). In a double world the characters wishes and desires are answered without question or parent disagreement. Furthermore, this is what every shild wants, nonetheless Coraline begins to enjoy the other world as she cand be a dependent. Both novels have protagonist who enjoy becoming or staying in their double world as their inner desires are fulfilled. The further and longer a character stays in their double life, they begin to enjoy evil acts.
The protagonist is becoming distorted because the moral identity, Dr. Jeckyll is enjoying the “excursions…(and) plung into a kind of wonder at (his) vicarious depravity” ( The Strange 57). The protagonist has a double identitywhich fulfills the deep inner desires. However, the protagonist himself is wanting to fufill his desires and does not care about being moral, but he cares about satisfying his desires. Although this is concerning as Dr. Jeckyll is becoming Mr. Hyde. The protagonist’s double in The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde is becoming the true character. In “Coraline”, the main characters inner desires are fulfilled but there are consequences. In order for Coraline to live in the other world she must submit to the other mother and let her control her by sewing in, “two large black buttons” (“Coraline” 43). Furthermore, the black buttons mean Coraline is submitting to become a copy of someone, a doll controlled by someone other than herself. Both narratives indicate the consequences that result from indulging in inner desires. Therefore, a double as indicated in The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman, is defined as inner desires. The characters double and double world are hidden from others because the acts that are done should not be associated with characters. Although characters from both narractives
enjoy living their double live as their inner desires are fulfilled. Consequently this leads to consequences.