Edward Hyde is a main character in the novella, The Strange Case is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson. While, Cruella De Vil, is the main character of the movie 101 Dalmatians. When people saw both Cruella and Edward they quailed because they were so scared of them.Edward Hyde and Cruella de Vil are both very immoral characters who act on their impulses. Despite the fact that Edward Hyde and Cruella De Vil are completely different people, their personalities are very similar. They are both considered “villains” because they both act on their impulses and do what is best for them without regarding others feelings. Cruella DeVil and Edward Hyde are both considered villains because of the things they do. Cruella de Vil …show more content…
is a very selfish and cruel individual, hence the name. Cruella and Hyde were odious individuals who shwe She is a very unhappy and lonely woman that wanted good for herself. Cruella stole 99 puppies with the intention of skinning the puppies and using their skin as fur coats. Cruella wanted a fur coat and nothing was getting in her way of that, “I live for fur, I worship fur. After all, is there a woman in all this wretched world who doesn't?” (101 Dalmatians.Stephen Herek, Glenn Close. 1996). Cruella’s justification for wanting the dogs for their fur is that every women in this awful world wants a fur jacket, but she, Cruella De Vil, is obsessed with fur, she glorifies fur, basically worshipping it. She will do everything to get her hands on anything fur. On the contrary, Edward Hyde is not obsessed with fur like Cruella, but he is obsessed with being corrupt. Hyde can not help himself, being a ‘villain’ is something that he feels he has to be, “ Instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged. With a transport of glee, I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow” (Stevenson 49). Mr. Hyde finds immense satisfaction in doing extremely vicious acts. Hyde’s impulses are irrepressible. Not only are Edward Hyde and Cruella De Vil villians, but they are also both quick to act upon impulses, disregarding others feelings while doing so.
When Anita, Cruella De Vil’s employee, told Cruella she could not have her dalmations, Cruella snapped. Not getting her way triggered Cruella’s impulse to want to steal the puppies, “All right. Keep the little beasts. Do what you like with them. Drown them, for all I care. You're a *fool*, Anita! I have no use for fools. You're fired, you're finished, you'll never work in fashion again! I'm through with all of you! I'll get even! Just wait. You'll be sorry. You fools! You IDIOTS! (101 Dalmatians.Stephen Herek,Glenn Close. 1996).” It is very blatant that Cruella was used to getting her way, so now that she can not get what she wants, she is set on getting revenge. In comparison, Hyde also acts upon his impulses, “...And at that Mr.Hyde broke out of all bounds, and clubbed him to the earth. And the next moment, 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(Stevenson 15).” Edward Hyde can not contain his outburst of evil. Edward Hyde is eminently unpredictably and excessively violent. His violence is constantly compared to animalistic viciousness. He was callous and disregarded others feels so that he could act upon his own
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In both The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the 1941 movie adaptation, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a strong representation of evil is present. Both the film and the novel are surrounded with sense of immorality and sin. The text and the film have economical and historical characteristics that help define evil. While the film alone has a strong representation of evil surrounding gender and relationships.
Robert Louis Stevenson shows a marvelous ability to portray. He depicts the surroundings, architectural details of the dwellings, the inside of the houses, the instruments and each part of the environment in detail. He even specifies that the laboratory door is “covered with red baize” (p.24). Not only does he offer a precise picture of the setting, but also he draws accurately the characters. About 200 words are used in order to describe Mr. Utterson the lawyer (p.5). Dr.Lanyon, the gentleman who befriends Mr. Utterson and Dr. Jekyll, is described as “a healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with a shock of hair prematurely white.” (p.12). Each of the characters are described according to their importance in the novella. Each of them except
Texts are a representation of their context and this is evident in Robert Stevenson’s novella: “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”, where many values of late nineteenth century Victorian England values were reflected through the themes of the novel using language and structural features. These values included: technological advances, reputation and masculinity and are demonstrated in the text through literary and structure devices as well as the characterisation of the main character.
The story illustrates this in the two characters of Dr Jekyll. and Mr. Hyde. Mr Hyde is on the evil side of Dr Jekyll, but he is restrained from being. wholly evil by Victorian society. Looking closely at Dr Jekyll.
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.
In Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll, in grave danger, writes a letter to his good friend Lanyon. With Jekyll’s fate in Lanyon’s hands, he requests the completion of a task, laying out specific directions for Lanyon to address the urgency of the matter. In desperation, Jekyll reveals the possible consequences of not completing this task through the use of emotional appeals, drawing from his longtime friendship with Lanyon, to the fear and guilt he might feel if he fails at succeeding at this task. Through Jekyll’s serious and urgent tone, it is revealed that his situation is a matter of life and death in which only Lanyon can determine the outcome.
The definition of a hero is subjective. Accordingly, Robert Ray believes the hero is able to be divided into three categories: the outlaw, official and composite hero. In most cases, a hero can be categorized into one of these categories. Through the examination of Jekyll and Hyde, the Batman movie from 1943, and film of Batman in 1989, qualities of the hero will be depicted as a function of time.
Addiction is a behavior that leads to actions that not only hurt others but is ultimately a path to one’s own self-destruction. From the beginning of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, it is clear that Dr. Jekyll never had complete control over the drug or Mr. Hyde; however, once Hyde commits suicide in order to dodge punishment, we know how awful Jekyll’s addiction to Hyde had been. Jekyll was so far out of control of Hyde that Mr. Hyde had the ability to end both of their lives simply because Hyde did not wish to be punished.
What is human nature? In almost every century someone has asked this question to try and find the answer. Each individual had a specific way of debating the matter. One specific author, Robert Louis Stevenson, described the duality of human nature in his book, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Social norms rule, well, society. They rule how people act and look when they are in the face of public. One of these norms is to be polite and well-mannered. Some people manage to keep up their facade a lot easier than others. This is where that saying comes in, “don’t judge a book by its cover.” When people first glance at me, I’m sure they either see my Jekyll side or my Hyde side. People either read my body language, and see Hyde, or they judge me on appearance, taking in the Jekyll side. Every person in this world has the inner conflict between good and bad. Even me, an innocent, tiny, adorable girl.
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
At a brief 70 pages and 10 chapters, Jekyll and Hyde is a quick read. The novel opens up with two men, Utterson and Einfeld, walking through London, discussing a recent incident that numerous people in the neighborhood witnessed. A small girl and a peculiar, dwarfish man rounded a corner at the same time, but instead of stopping or stepping aside to avoid colliding with the girl, the man proceeded to brutally trample the girl. It is revealed that this callous man is named Edward Hyde. This sets Utterson ill at ease because he is the lawyer for a reputable doctor, Henry Jekyll, and in his will, Jekyll has recently made this same Hyde his sole heir.
In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the author Robert Louis Stevenson uses Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to show the human duality. Everyone has a split personality, good and evil. Stevenson presents Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as two separate characters, instead of just one. Dr. Jekyll symbolizes the human composite of a person while Mr. Hyde symbolizes the absolute evil. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who are indeed the same person, present good and evil throughout the novel.
The novel ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in the Victorian era, which had a very different culture from today. The book was first published in 1886 in England and it brought success to the author. The Victorians had strict moral codes to live under as middle class people and had to be well respected to be considered as a good person. The character’s reputation emerges throughout the novel as an essential tool to success in the society of the era. Another Victorian value expected of them was to live a life without any sin and to obey the Bible as literalists. However, this only prompted people to keep certain thoughts secluded, behind closed doors instead of eliminating them.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde can be read in a number of ways through any number of different lenses, which makes for a versatile novella, and an interesting read for just about anyone. It also makes for a great novel with which to learn literary analysis. Using The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde one can see how Freudian psychoanalysis, though it had not been so developed at the time of the novel can intersect with homosexual undertones, and how the manifestations of the repressed can come to light when the subject of homosexuality is not properly addressed.