Who Is Responsible For Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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The greatest battle of all time - good or evil - which will win? In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, a thrilling mystery, is a great example of this battle, which ended in a death. In this fight, it is both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde who are responsible for the death of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll was responsible for the murder and death of Dr. Hyde because he was still “there” enough take the poison and sacrifice himself to end it all. The text shows that Jekyll kept trying to fix what he had done, and felt very ashamed of Hyde’s actions. This proves that Dr. Jekyll is responsible for the death of Mr. Hyde, because if he hadn’t still been “there,” while being in the form of Hyde, he would not have remembered the evil acts of Hyde. He also tried to fix his mistakes, but still didn’t stop when he had …show more content…

Hyde is also responsible, but less, for the death of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, because he caused Jekyll to be so ashamed and feel that the only way out was to take the poison and sacrifice himself. The text states that in Jekyll’s confession, it says that he, (Jekyll), kept trying to keep Jekyll there and was so ashamed of Hyde, who caused it. This evidence proves that Hyde influenced Jekyll to feel this way, because he made Jekyll feel so bad that he took the poison to kill Hyde after all his evil acts. Furthermore, the text shows that Hyde’s characteristic of boldness and risk-taking shows that he didn’t commit suicide to avoid being caught, that Jekyll killed him and sacrificed himself. This evidence proves that Hyde was partially responsible for his own and Jekyll’s death because in order to stop all that he and Hyde had done, Jekyll killed him. On the other hand, Jekyll created Hyde, so Hyde couldn’t have been even partially responsible. However, Hyde eventually overpowered Jekyll’s decisions, which caused Jekyll to be very ashamed and to feel that he need to sacrifice himself to stop all that Hyde was

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