Theme Of Good And Evil In Jekyll And Hyde

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Robert Louis Stevenson is a famous author of the 19th century. One of his most famous literature works is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,good vs. evil is evident as Jekyll vs Hyde, Jekyll vs Society, and Jekyll vs Utterson. One way good vs evil is evident is through the actions of Jekyll vs Hyde. Jekyll is a man who struggles with himself. He really is a good man that does lots of good things for others. Dr. Jekyll is good with others because he is a doctor, and Jekyll is an outgoing person (Sanderson). Jekyll gave Hyde everything including his money, the house and more. Hyde was in a buggy and horse going somewhere. Hyde was not paying attention to where he was going and ran over a little girl. Hyde didn’t really want to stop …show more content…

Jekyll is a great person to be around and easy to get along with. Society treats Dr. Jekyll goods because Dr. Jekyll has friends who watch out for Jekyll ( Kirn). Utterson and Lanyon are friends with Jekyll. Utterson and Jekyll go on walks, drink some hot tea and have dinner together. On the other hand Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Utterson are best friends. Utterson is the jealous type of person if he sees anybody talking at Jekyll or even hanging out with him he gets jealous (Kirn). Jekyll don’t care about Utterson’s jealousness over him. Mr. Hyde is Jekyll’s best friend out of all of them. Nobody else has ever heard of Edward Hyde before. Dr. Jekyll has warm feelings for Mr. Utterson. Dr. Jekyll trust Mr. Utterson but not like Mr. Hyde. Dr. Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll argue over science. Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Utterson have a very strong friendship while Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have a strong friendship (Kirn). Hyde controls their friendship and utterson and Lanyon are equal. Out of Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Utterson, Dr. Jekyll is the friendliness. For a while Jekyll was not noticeable it was Hyde that was and he was evil. Dr. Jekyll is isolated from reality by Mr. Hyde. Hyde is out more and Jekyll stays in his laboratory. Jekyll likes to experiment with different drugs and liquids that make you have a backbone (Kollyson). Hyde likes to get out and find something to get in trouble with. Jekyll …show more content…

Jekyll is a good person and stays to himself. Utterson is sometimes good and likes to be in everyone’s business. Utterson goes home and looks at Dr. Jekyll’s will and notice what his will said. When Jekyll dies everything goes to Edward Hyde. Utterson had not heard of Edward Hyde and has been Dr. Jekyll’s friends for a long time (Stevenson pg. 1-8). When Utterson finally met him he had heard negative things about Mr. Edward Hyde. Utterson knows that Hyde has controls over Jekyll and he don’t like that. He gave everything to him and he treats him like that. Dr. Lanyon is friends with Dr. Jekyll and has never heard of Mr. Edward Hyde. Hyde is the darker side of Jekyll ( Stevenson pg. 1-8). Utterson thinks that Hyde will take everything for granted and is suspicious ofMr.Hyde. Utterson and Enfielddon’t want him to get anything that Jekyll wrote down in his will. Hyde does all that just to get everything in his will (Stevenson pg. 1-8). Hyde made Jekyll disappears so he could get the money and laboratory. Utterson asked Poole abut Jekyll being gone and does he know where he went to (Stevenson pg. 1-8). Utterson keeps Dr. Jekyll’s will in a safe in Utterson’s house. Poole and Utterson hear a voice and it don’t sound like Jekyll. Poole wonders why the killer would be in the laboratory or why he would go back there. Enfield seen Hyde in the laboratory. Hyde is trying to make something to turn him

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