Dr. Jekyll and Hyde analysis
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” Analysis
In the story “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Stevenson there an extremely prevalant examination of human characteristics throughout the story. Stevenson shows the duality of humans and their enviroments in the story. Now with Jekyll and Hyde being one in the same they are very similar to a chinese Ying-Yang, with a little good in all evil and a little evil in all good. When he is Jekyll elements of his Hyde personality come out and the same for when he is Hyde. “I will tell you one thing: the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde”(Dr. Jekyll 13). The only reason he would be acting like this, even though Jekyll is of a higher class, he wants to be associated with Hyde for a reason he does not want his friends to know. As if Jekyll was not acting odd enough already he defends Hyde no matter he does, Jekyll always attempts to justify Hyde’s actions. Also he has listed everything in his will to Mr. Hyde for unknown reasons at the time only raising more curiosity from the charcters in the book as well as the reader. Throughout known history London has been seen as a symbol of wealth and prosparity, but Stevenson shows the other side. “And if any time he dozed over, it was but to see it glide more stealthily, even to dizziness, through wider labyrinths of lamp-lighed city, and at every street corner”(Stevenson 8). The city of London is drastically different from peoples general idea of that city. Most people think of all the hisorical landmarks and areas, not
the poorer sections that Stevenson tends to focus on. He may be doing this to help sumbliminatley further the idea of the duality in people. Maybe trying to convince the people that if a city can be split in its personality so can the people of this world. Earlier the Ying-Yang was compared to Jekyll and Hyde and it was extremly well demonstraighted towards the end of this book when it is revealed to the reader that Jekyll revealed he wanted to be Hyde. “The power of
In the story “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Stevenson there an extremely prevalant examination of human characteristics throughout the story. Stevenson shows the duality of humans and their enviroments in the story. Now with Jekyll and Hyde being one in the same they are very similar to a chinese Ying-Yang, with a little good in all evil and a little evil in all good. When he is Jekyll elements of his Hyde personality come out and the same for when he is Hyde. “I will tell you one thing: the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde”(Dr. Jekyll 13). The only reason he would be acting like this, even though Jekyll is of a higher class, he wants to be associated with Hyde for a reason he does not want his friends to know. As if Jekyll was not acting odd enough already he defends Hyde no matter he does, Jekyll always attempts to justify Hyde’s actions. Also he has listed everything in his will to Mr. Hyde for unknown reasons at the time only raising more curiosity from the charcters in the book as well as the reader. Throughout known history London has been seen as a symbol of wealth and prosparity, but Stevenson shows the other side. “And if any time he dozed over, it was but to see it glide more stealthily, even to dizziness, through wider labyrinths of lamp-lighed city, and at every street corner”(Stevenson 8). The city of London is drastically different from peoples general idea of that city. Most people think of all the hisorical landmarks and areas, not
the poorer sections that Stevenson tends to focus on. He may be doing this to help sumbliminatley further the idea of the duality in people. Maybe trying to convince the people that if a city can be split in its personality so can the people of this world. Earlier the Ying-Yang was compared to Jekyll and Hyde and it was extremly well demonstraighted towards the end of this book when it is revealed to the reader that Jekyll revealed he wanted to be Hyde. “The power of