The first thing in terms of duality is the title of the book “ The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde” - two people’s names with two concepts and double meanings . It seems like Mr Hyde - the name that suggests about something is being hidden from view - has been hidden in the body of Dr Jekyll for so many years . Whereas Jekyll in some ways wants to kill Mr Hyde and his animal nature - Jekyll means “ I kill” - Je is I in French .
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.
In ‘Macbeth’, Shakespeare shows the gradual change in the protagonist Macbeth by displaying how he goes from a hero to a tyrant. Similarly, in ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, Stevenson includes the downfall of his protagonist in his story by showing him as a prestigious gentleman at the start of the play, but near the end he is shown as the villainous Mr Hyde. In ‘Macbeth’ the protagonists downfall is somewhat caused by the Witches and Lady Macbeth whereas in ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ the protagonists downfall is due to his addiction to his potion. At the start of the play, Macbeth is shown as kind and brave due to his acts in the war. King Duncan says, “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won”.
In Robert Stevenson’s book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde duality is a reoccurring theme. Stevenson shows his duality through the plot, setting, and character’s dialogue throughout the novel. William Shakespeare shares the theme of duality in his play Romeo and Juliet. The duality of society and the duality of good and evil are a couple of the dualities revealed. Robert Stevenson’s
Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde are very different people in many ways. Such as being mentally, physically, and morally different people. I will be explaining these differences from my point of view throughout this essay. Mentally Dr.Jekyll is a much more sane, and regular person than Mr.Hyde in the way he acts. He didn 't shut himself off from the world unlike Mr.Hyde.
In the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll is a well respected doctor and is known by many people. He is friends with Lanyon, a fellow physician and Utterson, a lawyer. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde may seem like they are the same person but in reality they are two different people in one body. During the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are in fact a single character that is until the end of the novel when the two personas seem nothing alike.
“Sometimes we refuse to see how bad something is until it completely destroys us.” This quotation by Dr. Anne Brown elucidates the blinding lights of over-ambition and innovation. Although society has pride in how innovative its citizens are, there are multiple consequences with enforcing such expectations. It is common for individuals with significant ambition to exploit their environment and its people for the aim of scientific recognition. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stevenson’s
Sometimes there are two sides to every person in life most of the time the good wins out. The novel Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde exports the theme of duality. The author of the classic illustrated Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde used. Framing conveys the theme of significant moments In the graphic novel to readers.
In Robert Stevenson’s novella ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, Dr Jekyll transforms from the handsome “well-made” scientist into the devilish, sinful and villainous Mr Hyde. Similarly, in William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Macbeth’, Macbeth transforms from a patriotic hero into a malevolent tyrant. By comparing the thoughts, intentions and actions within the protagonists’ behaviour, it is clear that both Stevenson and Shakespeare present the theme of change from good to evil within their stories. At the start of ‘Macbeth’, Macbeth is presented as a valiant, noble character, but Shakespeare uses varied language to foreshadow his downfall.
Firstly Stevenson presents Mr Hyde as a Frightening outsider through the portrayal of an impulsive unevolved person. This creates a sense of a frightening outsider as Hyde’s attitude was unfit for his society. Hyde is often described through animalistic imagery to emphasise how he is unfit in the society and how unevolved he is and to create the image of a troglodyte a word by which he is described in in the Carew murder case.
There are a number of differences and few similarities between the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The differences between the two men are mental, physical and moral. They are two separate personalities. Dr. Jekyll is an extremely intelligent and sane man with many good friends, known for his kindness and affectionate nature. On the other hand, Mr. Hyde is less educated, detestable and a loner.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are two completely different people. They are different, not just in physical appearance, but also in behaviors. Differences in characters are important especially if there are two main characters or two characters that are mentioned as much as these two are. So, this is not a surprise that these two characters are different in almost everyway. To start, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are different in physical appearance.
So, perhaps Jekyll’s experiment reduces his being to its most basic form, in which evil runs freely without his reputation as Jekyll being tarnished at all. Jekyll and Hyde are not the only examples of duality in this novel. The city of London is also portrayed in contrasting terms as both a foggy, dreary and ‘nightmarish’ place, and a well kept, bustling center of commerce. Indeed, just as men have both positive and negative qualities, so does society.
The first time I read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde I was horrified. My mother had handed me an old dog-eared novel to entertain myself while she did some work. Looking curiously at the fairly read book, I had wondered what could possibly have happened between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I settled down on my bed and began to read the pages earnestly. The story had me gripped until the last page and I could not stop thinking about what I had just learnt: Dr. Jekyll was indeed Mr. Hyde.
The Monster shows humbleness until he is turned on by his creator and his negative environment. The good side of Dr Jekyll is abolished by the powerful evil inside him. Each novel possess a powerful moral and contradicts ideas as well as relating
