Compare And Contrast Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Comic books became popular around the late 1930s, in a time where people were struggling to get by. They gave people a chance to escape reality and pretend to be someone other than themselves. Superheroes give people someone to look up to in a time of need. This might be why many people are drawn to these characters that are larger than life and often posses dual identities. Wonder Woman is a character that many women look up to. She is an Amazonian goddess who has the powers of many mythological beings. Comparing her to almost any Greek god is a piece of cake. Diana Prince is her alias, much like Dr. Jekyll is an alias of Mr. Hyde in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. She tries to live a normal life among humans, but trouble always arises. Analyzing Wonder Woman will always
Wonder Woman’s alias is Diana (Finch 1). The only difference between her and Wonder Woman is that Diana dresses in modern day clothing. Dr. Jekyll also has an alias, Mr. Hyde. “Hence, although I had now two characters as well as two appearances, one was wholly evil, and the other was still the old Henry Jekyll, that incongruous compound of whose reformation and improvement I had already learned to despair” (Wilde 45). Unlike Wonder Woman, Dr. Jekyll’s alias has a different appearance as well as a different personality. Diana retains many of the same morals and personality traits as Wonder Woman. She is a very independent woman who believes in woman’s rights to their bodies and fights to protect women (Finch 4). Mr. Hyde is a complete opposite of Dr. Jekyll as he is a very evil being who commits horrible crimes (Wilde 45). Wonder Woman also kept part of her given name, Princess Diana of Themyscira (Wonder Woman). Dr. Jekyll created a completely new name with no relation to him, most likely to make him untraceable to the horrible things that Mr. Hyde did. Both characters use these aliases to live among the population as normal people and not be