Comparing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Jekyll Living in the 21st century is very exciting. Science and technology has advanced like never before. We have seen new medical vaccines to cure such horrific ailments as Polio, Small Pox, and further progression in the fight on AIDS. Medical procedures have advanced also, incorporating the use of science and technology to perform difficult surgical procedures, and other complicated calculations. Power can be an enormous thing. If used right it can have an overwhelming positive influence. Used incorrectly it can have disastrous effects. Advancements like these in science and technology have to begin somewhere. Wielding this kind of power in the 21st century begins with a certain type of individual. A person like this probably has some characteristics of the fictional characters being studied in the 19th century. Power can be more than just form of knowledge, and control; it can be a way of life. Characters such as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Henry Jekyll are proof of this. Two individuals, who would seem so different, are more alike then one might think. The similarities between the two are undeniable. Both Characters are from England and from roughly the same period. The two characters may live differently but require the same fulfillment. First you have Dr. Jekyll whose a pillar of his community, a well-regarded man of wealth and proper upbringing, the host of many social functions, competitive, and is described as " a large, well made, smooth faced man of fifty, with something of a stylish cast" (12). Still with all of his financial, business, and social successes Dr. Jekyll is alone, and hides behind his only true power, knowledge. Then there is Sherlock Holmes, whom seems to be fairly similar Dr. Jekyll. From a parallel perspective Holmes follows the same approach to life that Dr. Jekyll has. His extreme intuition has made him popular in his own community. His ability to be approachable, and a cut above the rest as a detective have made him well regarded. He is competitive like Dr. Jekyll, and has the same type of social activity, but like Dr. Jekyll he is also alone. Holmes uses his only true power in the same fashion as Dr. Jekyll, for knowledge. Fundamentally both men require power for survival. Each wields their power in the same way, to increase their self worth. With the noticeable absence of family outside of close friends in the lives of Jekyll/Holmes it is obvious that each has a void to fill. For Jekyll it is the need to separate him from what's desirable and what's not. For Jekyll to survive he must have the ability to remove all that is unwanted to increase his own self worth. Holmes need for an increased self worth is much more obvious than Jekyll. Holmes needs the company of friends to defuse his issues with women. He adds more insight into his feeling regarding the opposite sex, in a statement to Watson, Holmes says, " I would not tell them to much" continuing " women are never to be entirely trusted- not the best of them" (203). In his particular case his apparent abuse of knowledge fumes from his every statement. In every possible chance Holmes gets, he applies what he has deducted in almost a vain manner. In the first encounter with Dr. Watson, Holmes comments on his uniquely dark tan as saying " you have been to Afghanistan, I perceive" Watson replies, " how on earth did you know that?" Holmes responds " Never mind" (13). The most obvious point between the two books regarding Jekyll/Holmes obsession for power is the need for mind-altering chemicals to help each reach their intended goals. In the introduction we learn that Holmes is a "first-class chemist" (11). On the beginning first page of text, Holmes removes a bottle from his mantle and takes out his hypodermic syringe from its case. Watson adds that, " three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance" he continues in regards to the injection " which is it to-day, morphine or cocaine?" (135). Holmes responds, " it is cocaine, a seven percent solution" (136). It seems that Holmes knowledge of chemistry allows him the ability to alter his perceptions on a regular basis. The daily injection might help Holmes in his day-to-day confrontations with people. Which in turn might give him enough alteration to perform his job flawlessly in the eyes of his peers. This form of power is needed for Holmes to function at the professional level that is expected of him. Similarly Jekyll who is already a known chemist uses chemicals to alter his whole being in his search for perfection. The chemical alteration is needed for Jekyll to reach the ultimate power he is seeking. In Jekyll's full statement he says, " 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" (44). In the case of Jekyll the chemicals themselves represent power. He cannot function in the world he has created without them. As Jekyll continues this obvious chemical abuse his social status, and financial power established in the world around him is about to crumble because of his need for perfection by separating his good versus evil in the form of Hyde. Causing this need of abuse for these two characters is their confusion and dissatisfaction with their lives. Both simply are not happy as human beings. Jekyll's need to try and reinvent himself backfires as he points out, " The evil side of my nature, to which I had now transferred the stamping efficacy, was less robust and less developed than the good which I had just deposed" (44). The success in his community, wither it is financial or social is simply not enough. Jekyll feels the need to put his well being at risk in search of recognition from the medical community. To perfect a new procedure that is as advanced and god-like in nature would secure him a place in history. If the procedure was successful, Jekyll could have been happy as a human being. Holmes needs is very similar to Jekyll. Instead of true separation like Jekyll, Holmes displays his unquestionable knowledge to fulfill his dissatisfaction with his life. He likes to outsmart others instead of working in conjunction, like the Police detectives. Holmes finds pleasure in reminding individuals of their inability to compete at his level. He reminds Watson of this in a conversation regarding the launch saying, " I then put myself in the place of Small and looked at as a man of his capacity would" (215). It seems to suggested that Jekyll and Holmes are looking for ways to extend their power over those they encounter. Because of this they seek to find pleasing forms of immortality. For Jekyll it is the ability to extend his life by using the special powder. Following this measure Jekyll hopes to take advantage of living the life he always knew he could never have. Regarding his feelings of his life as a young man he says, " many a man would have even blazoned such irregularities as I was guilty of; but from the high views that I had set before me I regarded and hid them with an almost morbid sense of shame" (42). Holmes condition regarding immortality is different than Dr. Jekyll. Since he cannot extend himself in the same physical alteration as Jekyll, he hopes to do it in a lasting remembrance. Holmes presents himself as a renaissance man. His wide interests outside of academics include boxing. In a conversation with a former boxing champion Holmes states, " I don't think you could have forgotten me. Don't you remember that amateur who fought three rounds with you at Alison's room on the night of your benefit four years back?" The champion responds, " If instead o' standin' there so quite you had just stepped up and given me that cross-hit of your under the jaw, I'd ha' known you without a question" (165). Holmes is certainly not void of the chemical influence in his search for immortality. When Watson asks Holmes about any other professional inquires he may wish to investigate Holmes responds, " None. Hence the cocaine. I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for?" (142). It would seem that although chemical alteration is apart of Holmes life, maybe this chemical dependence is needed for Holmes to complete his professional work in a certain type of manner, and might just help him in reaching his ultimate goal of immortality. It seems clear that Holmes and Jekyll do not reach their goals in power. Obviously these examples have disastrous effects on Dr. Jekyll. As for Holmes his chemical dependence may be his undoing. Perhaps his chemical alteration affects his judgment in future investigations, causing his death. British literature is reflective of the times. The British culture that is portrayed in the books reflects a different concept for success. In the books examined, both main characters use their knowledge as a form of power to preserve themselves. For Jekyll, it's a physical preservation. However for Holmes it is being remembered as a great critical thinker, an athlete, and an individual who can always be counted on, or otherwise a renaissance man. Both of these characters are disturbed; they represent some of the attributes that make our science and technology possible today. Both of their attributes include a solid and diverse knowledge, a curiosity of the unexplained, overconfidence towards their work, and the reliance on chemicals to help attain their goals. There does not seem to be a clear-cut answer as to whose power is more monstrous. In the 21st century an individual wielding his knowledge in an unknown substance and chemicals to physically and mentally alter one's self might be considered more monstrous than a know-it-all detective with a cocaine habit.
When Mr. Utterson and Dr. Jekyll are first together in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson describes Dr. Jekyll as, "-a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast, perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness-- (12)." We are also told that Dr. Jekyll has a handsome face (13). Through the text, we learn that Dr. Jekyll was a hardworking, likable gentleman with a deep interest in science.
On page 39, it describes the moment in which bullies from his school force him to go face to face with a skeleton in a doctor’s office. Such a terrible experience truly could have scarred Holmes, but at the same time his comfortability with an representation of death could have prompted his killer roots. Also, the “accidental” death of Holmes’s childhood friend, at an event that Holmes was present, was another red flag in terms of potentially becoming a psychopath. We learn more of Holmes’s younger upbringing through the text in which it states,"He drifted through childhood as a small, odd, and exceptionally bright boy....in the cruel imaginations of his peers, he became prey" (Larson, 38) Holmes was essentially an outcast, a person who has been rejected by society or a social group. He was the target of many because of his oddness and rather unique characteristics. With no solid upbringing, and a probable fascination with death, Holmes was bound to be the infamous serial killer he became in his future.
Essentially, the two men are complete opposites. Reputable and successful, Dr Jekyll was outlined “… [possessed] every mark of capacity and kindness” (Stevenson, 1978 pg. 14) . Paradoxically, Stevenson gave a man that hides from people the name Mr. Hyde. A couple examples of crimes which reflect his evil disposition include an incidence where he “trampled calmly over [a] child’s body and left her screaming on the ground,” (Stevenson, 1978 pg. 5) and his attack on Sir Danvers where “…with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway.” I did not, however, outline the severity of criminal events in which Mr Hyde (or in case Dr Jekyll) had triggered, as it would be too unbefitting to include in the
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.
...(43). The reader is draw to the wishes of Dr. Jekyll, each person wants to better themselves and each person finds themselves straying from the correct path in life. In trying to better mankind, Jekyll destroyed the decent man he was before.
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“Man is not truly one, but two.” (Chapter 10 page 125) Stevenson tells his prospective to the world through Jekyll. In his everyday life he saw a continuous struggle. He saw two natures fighting for control, and the winning nature determining his or her place in the dichotomous Victorian society. In the Victorian London society you were either the virtuous upper class that did no wrong or you were the scum of the earth. Jekyll did not only show his prospective, but many of the upper class in this particular society. Jekyll wanted keep the success and reputation that he had, but he also wanted to be able to enjoy his pleasures without being criticized by society. He felt as though society restricted him, and he hungered for freedom. He wanted...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde both suffer; however, one from illness and the other from insanity. Mr. Hyde is a sociopath, and lives in it to the full extent as well as Jekyll being a psychopath. However, Hyde was created the way he was to portray a sinful side of Jekyll, while Jekyll was himself throughout, good and bad, to manipulate and gain in the harm of
To begin with, Stevenson shows duality of human nature through society. During the Victorian era, there were two classes, trashy and wealthy. Dr. Jekyll comes from a wealthy family, so he is expected to be a proper gentleman. He wants to be taken seriously as a scientist, but also indulge in his darker passions.“...I learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality/ of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in/ the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said/ to be either, it was only because I was radically both..."(125).
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In fact, Dr. Jekyll at first appearance seems to be a good person, he gives to charity, he is a doctor and he seems to be very religious, but he only does this because of the guilt he feels. The truth is that he longs to be evil and to do this he makes himself a different persona, named Mr. Hyde. As Mr. Hyde, he commits crimes such murdering Sir Danvers Carew and trampling a young girl. Stevenson’s tone throughout the novel is shocking and even melodramatic at parts, but it serves to show the reader a sense of disapproval at what is occurring. It is very hard to understand how such a nice person could do such bad things, but it makes the most sense in the end. His conscience makes him feel so bad that he wants to try to make up for his mistakes, but in the end he is still too tempted by the bad to abandon his altern...
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