Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Character Analysis
Garrett Harting
3/12/14
Junior British Literature
Characterization in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A novel’s characters may be described in multitudes of ways. Keeping this thought in mind, the three main characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Utterson are highlighted by Stevenson. He developed each character individually through their actions and by comparing them in a comprehensive manner with which a reader can understand and ultimately, relate with. In this way Stevenson shows the reader who the characters really through their actions that he portrays throughout the story. Stevenson portrays Dr. Jekyll as a good man with a passion to delineate the line between good and evil, this is the main reason for the potion and becoming Mr. Hyde. Throughout the story, it is clear that he actually enjoys being Mr. Hyde. However, he eventually loses control of his own creation and is no longer able to control it. Jekyll is also a very prideful man and eventually that becomes a trait that will cost him his life. At …show more content…
Utterson. He is loyal to everyone he knows, as he takes daily walks with his relative, Enfield (1). He is also a very determined man, once finding out about the fiendish Hyde, he resolves that he will find him. As Utterson says in the book, “If he be Mr. Hyde, ‘he had thought, ‘then I shall be Mr. Seek” (13). Prior to their meeting, Utterson had stayed up late many nights before finally meeting the mysterious Hyde (14). His greatest trait however, is his trustworthiness. After his good friend Dr. Lanyon dies, Utterson receives a letter from Lanyon that contains another letter on whose envelope is written, “Not to be opened until the death or disappearance of Dr. Henry Jekyll” (37). He resists the urge to open the letter and proves his trustworthiness; instead he hides the letter in his home safe until the eventual death of Dr. Jekyll
3/12/14
Junior British Literature
Characterization in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A novel’s characters may be described in multitudes of ways. Keeping this thought in mind, the three main characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Utterson are highlighted by Stevenson. He developed each character individually through their actions and by comparing them in a comprehensive manner with which a reader can understand and ultimately, relate with. In this way Stevenson shows the reader who the characters really through their actions that he portrays throughout the story. Stevenson portrays Dr. Jekyll as a good man with a passion to delineate the line between good and evil, this is the main reason for the potion and becoming Mr. Hyde. Throughout the story, it is clear that he actually enjoys being Mr. Hyde. However, he eventually loses control of his own creation and is no longer able to control it. Jekyll is also a very prideful man and eventually that becomes a trait that will cost him his life. At …show more content…
Utterson. He is loyal to everyone he knows, as he takes daily walks with his relative, Enfield (1). He is also a very determined man, once finding out about the fiendish Hyde, he resolves that he will find him. As Utterson says in the book, “If he be Mr. Hyde, ‘he had thought, ‘then I shall be Mr. Seek” (13). Prior to their meeting, Utterson had stayed up late many nights before finally meeting the mysterious Hyde (14). His greatest trait however, is his trustworthiness. After his good friend Dr. Lanyon dies, Utterson receives a letter from Lanyon that contains another letter on whose envelope is written, “Not to be opened until the death or disappearance of Dr. Henry Jekyll” (37). He resists the urge to open the letter and proves his trustworthiness; instead he hides the letter in his home safe until the eventual death of Dr. Jekyll