Who or what is Edward Hyde?
Due to the Victorian background of this book we are led to believe
Edward Hyde is a completely different character to Henry Jekyll but we
soon start to find out that they are actually one person, but with
just a slight physical and mental change.
Some readers in Victorian times would have interpreted the story as a
struggle between good and evil, with Jekyll being the 'hardworking,
normal guy' and Hyde being the 'twisted, evil person'. This was
emphasised by the Christian belief of humans having a divided soul. If
your soul had been good, on judgement day you would be saved into
heaven where as if it was bad you would be damned to hell. During 1859
Darwin was showing his ideas of humans descending from apes or simpler
forms of life this confused and scared many Victorians, they were know
longer unique they were part of one species among many.
Stevenson's own experiences may also help us to tell who or what
Edward Hyde is. Stevenson grew up in Edinburgh, which in itself had
two faces. There was the up and coming 'new town' which was the
re-generated modern part of town and the 'old city', which was covered
with disease and poverty. Stevenson also lived a double life by day he
would be studying in the 'new town', but by night he would go out to
the 'old town' until late at night. This could be interpreted as the
character Jekyll in the story actually being like Stevenson. Jekyll
would work in his lab by day but at night he would go out to the towns
of Soho.
There are many connections between Jekyll and Hyde. On first
appearance we learn that Hyde is a short, ugly and not like any other
ordinary man, he also seems strong and unstoppable. People reacted to
Hyde with a stro...
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...feel any slight bit of emotion. Also
'audibly shattered' implies the shear force of Mr Hyde and even though
he is able to hear the shattering of the bones inside the body it
still doesn't make him stop, he continues with the beating just so he
is able to get his 'kick' out of seeing someone in pain.
Having understood the need for scientific experimentation, do we
assume all experiments are necessary? In the case of Jekyll I think he
needed to find out the unknown, so he could be satisfied by his evil
side, which he had locked up for years. If the experiments had been
more closely controlled in the beginning this could have been a better
ending. I think that taking potions (drugs) to dabble with mans dual
nature is never a recommended path. The best method of release is
always the natural way, let the inner good and evil show itself when
it is necessary.
board and sleeping in the loft of the railroad station. In his spare time, he
...ved and worked in the Big House because he was new and not human like everyone else who lived there.
Then, he gets to Ithaca after 20 long years of not getting home. But before he was back to Ithaca
...coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket—safe, dark, motionless, airless—it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, and irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell. (6)
indulged in filth on Earth, then they shall wallow in filth for all eternity in
Within the text of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson portrays a complex power struggle between Dr. Jekyll, a respected individual within Victorian London society, and Mr. Hyde a villainous man tempted with criminal urges, fighting to take total control of their shared body. While Dr. Jekyll is shown to be well-liked by his colleagues, Mr. Hyde is openly disliked by the grand majority of those who encounter him, terrified of his frightful nature and cruel actions. Throughout Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson portrays the wealthy side of London, including Mr. Utterson and Dr. Jekyll, as respected and well-liked, while showing the impoverish side as either non-existent or cruel.
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