Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Compare And Contrast Essay

In the story "The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" the characters are very different but yet very the same. Dr. Jekyll for instance is described as a “smooth faced man of fifty, with something of a slyest cast perhaps, but with every mark of capacity and kindness. On the other hand, Mr. Hyde was described as very scary. His face was no different then any other normal man but the looks he would give would have people scared out of their mind. In the beginning of the story, their morals were totally different from each other. Near the end, you can pretty much say that now both their morals were now the same, evil morals.

To start off with Jekyll, as stated before he is described as “A large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but mark of capacity and kindness.” It also describes his personality as kind by saying “But every mark of capacity and kindness, you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr. Utterson a sincere and warm affection.” We are also told he has a large, handsome face, that only grows pale when somebody mentions Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll knows he
Early in the book Enfield and Utterson are discussing and event that happened with a man and a young woman. The man trampled over a young woman so calmly and without care and left her on the ground screaming. We later find out that Hyde was the man who did this to the women. As the story progresses we hear stories of how people felt when they saw Hyde and his evil look he would give them. “It wasn’t a man, it was like some damned Juggernaut. He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running.” Enfield also refers to him as Satan. Hyde’s morals are much different then Jekyll’s in the beginning. His morals are all about evil, and there is not one good moral in Hyde’s