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
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”
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