Jekyll's Experiments
“It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it… (page 37)”. In Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the main purpose of Jekyll’s experiments are to liberate himself, or in other words, to free himself from the evil part within him. He succeeds in many ways, which include the outcome of Jekyll taking the potion he created, and successfully releases his evil side through Mr. Hyde. He fails in many ways as well, including Hyde losing control and Jekyll desperately needing a purer potion. Jekyll succeeds in liberating himself in a few different ways. In the novel it states “There was something strange in my sensations, something indescribably new and, from its very novelty, incredibly sweet.
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For example on page 62, reading “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case,” it says “I lingered but a moment at the mirror; the second and conclusive experiment had yet to be attempted; it yet remained to be seen if I had lost my identity beyond redemption and must flee before daylight from a house that was no longer mine; and hurrying back to my cabinet, I once more prepared and drank the cup, once more suffered the pangs of dissolution, and came to myself once more with the character, the stature, and the face of Henry Jekyll.” This illustrates that although Jekyll was able to depart from his dark side with the potion, the longer he took it, the purer and more urgent he needed it. Jekyll fails to create the antidote to prevent Hyde from losing control, therefore, he ends up getting out of hand. This is shown in the text whenever Hyde tramples the little girl, and murders Carew. Through writing this novel, the reader can infer that Stevenson has a broad understanding that concerns the essence of human nature. Stevenson shows that even the people you may least suspect can have an evil or dark part of themselves. Some may hide it very well, but no one is completely trustworthy. Stevenson does a miraculous job portraying this idea through Jekyll and Hyde when the reader sees how much Jekyll’s friends trusted him. Once Jekyll’s friends find out the true identity and the story behind Jekyll and Hyde, the reader now understands that not everyone is truthful or
For example on page 62, reading “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case,” it says “I lingered but a moment at the mirror; the second and conclusive experiment had yet to be attempted; it yet remained to be seen if I had lost my identity beyond redemption and must flee before daylight from a house that was no longer mine; and hurrying back to my cabinet, I once more prepared and drank the cup, once more suffered the pangs of dissolution, and came to myself once more with the character, the stature, and the face of Henry Jekyll.” This illustrates that although Jekyll was able to depart from his dark side with the potion, the longer he took it, the purer and more urgent he needed it. Jekyll fails to create the antidote to prevent Hyde from losing control, therefore, he ends up getting out of hand. This is shown in the text whenever Hyde tramples the little girl, and murders Carew. Through writing this novel, the reader can infer that Stevenson has a broad understanding that concerns the essence of human nature. Stevenson shows that even the people you may least suspect can have an evil or dark part of themselves. Some may hide it very well, but no one is completely trustworthy. Stevenson does a miraculous job portraying this idea through Jekyll and Hyde when the reader sees how much Jekyll’s friends trusted him. Once Jekyll’s friends find out the true identity and the story behind Jekyll and Hyde, the reader now understands that not everyone is truthful or