Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Analysis

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson in a classic story whose influences are continually seen in today’s pop culture. Individuals perform the same two-faced actions as Dr.Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, though contemporary characters do not often do so under the effects of a potion. Wrestling with good versus evil has been a theme in literature and life in general since far before this story was written. Towards the end of the story, Jekyll begins to resent becoming Mr. Hyde. He once found it pleasurable to act out his evil urges, but now he sees the transformations as horrifying. During “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, the part of the text written as if it were Jekyll’s journal, the doctor talks about his transmogrification in full detail. Toward the middle of this segment, he states that he thought he could be safe from Hyde’s action. He brags about his transformation in a sense by recalling how simple it was to shed off his clothes and be
The story was set and written in the Victorian era. During such a time, one had to adhere to strict values in order to be seen as a productive member of society. Thus, Jekyll demonstrates a binary way of thinking. He does not believe that he, or anybody else, can be both good and bad. The involuntary fluctuations from Jekyll to Hyde is a literal morphing of virtue and vice, which is not what the doctor wanted to happen. He wanted to uphold the same principles he did before he created the potion and remain a trustworthy character to himself, his acquaintances, and his community. The rigidity of Jekyll’s ethics cause him to deny that Hyde is related to the same man the scientist was before he drank the magic concoction. If he performed the same evil tasks as Jekyll as he did as Hyde, he would be cast out of a life he had grown comfortable to. The fear of the unknown has roots in other’s