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Addiction In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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Jekyll vs. Hyde

Addiction can be seen as a point of obsession where one believes they cannot live without. A person that I know that has been through something like this is an old family friend. As he began high school, he was really shy and just wanted to fit in. Because he was so shy, he felt like he had to act a certain way in order to be friends with the rest of the kids in his grade. He would go to parties and drink and take so many pictures with all of his so called new friends. He did this every weekend now and once decided to share these pictures on Facebook just to show everyone how much fun he has with all of his classmates. Once senior year came rolling around, he became eligible for a full ride scholarship for baseball to his dream school since the seventh grade. However, it was all taken away from him in a blink of an eye because of one picture with him and his best friends holding a couple of beer bottles. Small things like this can harm a person at any moment, which is further described in one of Robert Louis Stevenson's many short stories. As …show more content…

Today, people all over the world feel like they have to act like someone they are not in order for them to be accepted by their peers. We all are guilty of repressing certain parts of ourselves because we are too afraid of how society will react and judge us for being our own person. As Stevenson has shown throughout his story, Dr Jekyll had been living this way his entire life. He repeatedly experiences all of these wants and desires but decides not act on them because of his worries of how he will be perceived by the community. Therefore, Stevenson conveys the message that it's easy for people to get into the bad habit of not being their selves to the extent where they could turn into an entirely different person that they will never be able to

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Interests in math and science. Mr Hyde had developed a potion that allowed him to turn into Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll found a way to separate his good side from his darker side, by transforming himself into a monster free of consciences. But he later found that he was turning into more and more into Mr Hyde. He started turning into Mr. Hyde in random places, the transformations got worse and worse.

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Dr. Jeckyll chose by himself to create the more “wicked” and “disordered” version of him. This version of himself longs to be free of the facade he puts on when he is seen as the organized and friendly doctor, this covers up ultimately contributes to his overwhelming need for a less obligated life. By extending the exposure of the real reasoning behind Hydes behavior Stevenson is able to create a horrific feeling inside the character's

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Stevenson employs the narrative to explore the physical, psychological, and social effects of addiction, as well as the social response. The story, then, serves as an attempt to humanize and understand addiction. Though the word ‘addiction’ itself does not appear in Stevenson’s novel, his description of Jekyll and his dealings with Hyde,

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He does this to establish a black and white contrast between one who has the ability to withstand his desires and one who dwells on the possibilities of diving good and evil. In the beginning of the novella, he shows Utterson to be “austere with himself” (1) and substituted gin to subdue his taste for alcohol. Utterson, being much older than Jekyll is gifted with his ability to retain self-control, whereas Jekyll is more imaginative and dreams of the impossible. Essentially, Stevenson contrasts Utterson and Jekyll’s vulnerability to desires to demonstrate what others do in order to control their

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Jekyll is seen performing scientific practice, attempting to achieve a goal which can be argued to exceed his mental capacity. Dr. Jekyll wished to remove his dark side, tampering with the duality of man. He expressed hatred towards is his darker side. It shows this in the quote “many a man would have even blazoned such irregularities as i was guilty of;... I regarded and hid them with an almost morbid sense of shame.”

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Temptation Ramifications In Stevenson's novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jekyll gives Lanyon, his distant friend, a critical choice: he can take the potion Lanyon had helped him obtain or he can leave without any explanation. He says “will you be wise? Will you be guided?...or has the greed of curiosity too much commanded you...as you decide you shall be left …. neither richer nor wiser.”

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He relishes in his freedom from rules. Although Dr. Jekyll 's personality traits or basic humanistic qualities were split into very different people, he never lost that touch of Mr. Hyde when he was Dr. Jekyll. Rather, he had Mr. Hyde in him his whole life, it would seem, and just succeeded in annexing out Dr. Jekyll when he became Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde never considered how his actions were hurting people. Nevertheless, as Dr. Jekyll, he experienced guilt for what was considered moral shortcomings.

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Have you ever felt trapped unable to escape a certain situation, as if stuck in a room with no doors? It is easy to get lost in this feeling living in this type of world. Living in a world full of endless possibilities people tend to get trapped in their own vice. A professor of psychology by the name of Dr. Stone once said “We are not trapped by our thoughts. What we generally do, however, is create thoughts that trap us” (Stone 162).

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He finds it exceedingly difficult to “reconcile” with his “imperious desire to carry” his “head high… before the public” while hiding his darkness “with an almost morbid sense of shame” (Stevenson ch. 10). Naturally, Jekyll’s inner turmoil starts from an early age; albeit, it took him “years of reflection” before he actually realizes the duality of man (Stevenson ch. 10). However, despite his awareness, he is never satisfied. Because society pressures Jekyll to present himself as a respectable man, he is placed on a pedestal. Terrified to show his imperfect side, Jekyll’s shameful impulse simmer and intensifies as the years go by until they can no longer be suppressed.

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Stevenson, whether intentionally or unintentionally, created a novel that provided insight of a mentally disordered person. I believe that the creation of Hyde is just an excuse for Jekyll, to rationalize and justify his own evil thoughts and aggressive impulses. While Hyde freely commits assaults and murder, Jekyll does not have to feel guilt nor risk endangering his reputation. It is not Hyde who is hiding but Jekyll, Jekyll is Hyde. In today’s society, Jekyll’s characteristics can be analysed within psychopathology

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Eder Perez Mrs. Moore English II ECHS A5 23 February 2024 DJMH Literary Analysis Choosing between good and bad can be a struggle for anyone every day. In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this struggle is shown through the actions of a kind man named Dr. Jekyll who hides an evil identity within him. Dr. Jekyll lets evil dominate him, causing him to harm many people, including himself. This only continues until he is convinced things won’t end well for him, however, he decides to get rid of this evil forever by taking himself down with it. Stevenson portrays the struggle between the duality of man when choosing between good and evil becomes a problem in man's lifestyle.

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The novella Jekyll and Hyde tells the tragic story of a battle between good and evil, a battle for total control over the mind and soul. The clash between the pure and impure sides of man: a fight to the finish. It explores the aspect of a person’s good and bad side; holy and unholy, the one who bathes himself in God’s light and the one whom plays with The Devil’s fire. The battle between the good-willed Dr. Jekyll, and his evil persona: the murderous Mr. Hyde. The author, Stevenson, presents this in numerous ways and describes the two conflicting sides well.

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With addiction comes many negatives such as withdrawal, shame, and guilt, to name a few. Robinson never truly made it known that there was any type of addiction going on until the very last chapter of the story where Jekyll confessed his wrongdoings with “creating” Mr. Hyde. Jekyll even goes on to explain how he was hesitant to try this new drug, but his desire for science and learning got the best of him: “I hesitated long before I put this theory to the test of practice. I knew well that I risked death; for any drug that so potently controlled and shook the very fortress of identity, might, by the least scruple of an overdose or at the least inopportunity in the moment of exhibition, utterly blot out that immaterial tabernacle which I looked to it to change. But the temptation of a discovery so singular and profound at last overcame the suggestions of alarm” (pg 51).

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In the novel, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson explores the complexity of human nature. He uses characters and events in the novel to present his stance on the major theme: “man is not truly one, but truly two” (125). Branching from this major theme are many more specific views on the idea that human nature is divided into good and evil. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are two very different people who occupy the same body. Human beings struggle with good and evil and Stevenson goes to the extreme to to show this relationship.

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Stevenson also warns readers of the all-consuming nature of evil. This is indisputably epitomised in the character os Dr. Jekyll as he succumbs to his “other self”, Hyde, and is unable to escape from the insidious nature of Hyde. Only death was able to relieve Dr. Jekyll of his immoral and “wicked” side (Stevenson 1689). Therefore, the text could be viewed as a 19th century social novel that allegorises the evils and immoral vices of

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