Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Essay
“We all have good and bad inside of us. It’s what side we choose to follow that defines who we really are by –J.k Rowling. That quote represents this novella really well by explaining that you could be whatever you want, its what you choose that makes you who you are. In the novella it shows clearly that there is a struggle between good and evil and we really don’t know what side to pick until something dangerous happens. In the novella the strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson shows that the human race is not good without bad and not bad without good and you cannot function without the other one being present in some point in time.
The yin yang is present throughout the story. The yin is the passive, negative force, and yang the active, positive force. It represents that humans cannot live without good or bad in their lives and we cannot function without the other. Dr. Jekyll goes on to say “ Man is not truly one but, truly two. (Chapter 10).” Hyde is pure evil, but Jekyll is a combination of both good and evil. The story is all about balance and one side can always take over the other without knowing. The biggest question is which is superior. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde it’s all about the struggle with both sides and the battle between good in bad on both sides. Since Jekyll is not is not pure good he …show more content…
devil. This shows up a lot in this story. This is like your consciousness and how sometimes you want to be on the devil's side and do wrong and the other time how you want to do right and be on the angel’s side. “Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end. (Chapter 10).” A theory as to why Dr. Jekyll made Mr. Hyde was to ensure him that he could do worse and not get into any trouble at all. When Jekyll made Hyde he really didn’t expect him to get out of hand, but he did and he didn’t know how to handle it, the only way out was to kill
The yin yang is present throughout the story. The yin is the passive, negative force, and yang the active, positive force. It represents that humans cannot live without good or bad in their lives and we cannot function without the other. Dr. Jekyll goes on to say “ Man is not truly one but, truly two. (Chapter 10).” Hyde is pure evil, but Jekyll is a combination of both good and evil. The story is all about balance and one side can always take over the other without knowing. The biggest question is which is superior. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde it’s all about the struggle with both sides and the battle between good in bad on both sides. Since Jekyll is not is not pure good he …show more content…
devil. This shows up a lot in this story. This is like your consciousness and how sometimes you want to be on the devil's side and do wrong and the other time how you want to do right and be on the angel’s side. “Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end. (Chapter 10).” A theory as to why Dr. Jekyll made Mr. Hyde was to ensure him that he could do worse and not get into any trouble at all. When Jekyll made Hyde he really didn’t expect him to get out of hand, but he did and he didn’t know how to handle it, the only way out was to kill