Jekyll And Hyde Moral

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The human spirit is very diverse including different cultures, language, and people. Even though the people of Earth are common, to each have their own personality and characteristics. These subjects are looked upon with high regard, considering the fact that a person may look at another with relation to themselves. To this extent the said person, when among others, is changing to fit with the other people that are around him/her. These traits are the treasured welfare and the indescribable villainous evil. Robert L. Stevenson created the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and My. Hyde to teach the reader both the marvelous and inferior morality of an individual. The most common moral that people have in common is being good. Dr. …show more content…

Edward Hyde is what Robert Stevenson used to show the reader the dark side of a person. Hyde was the most known to Jekyll because he was the result of the experiments Jekyll was performing. Hyde, the evilness of his personality and subconscious, was the direct opposite of Jekyll. “This, commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil” (Stevenson, 45). These thoughts are a part of any personality, even the reader that has this novella. Bad morals are part of the human experience as a whole. All people have these thoughts, but suppress them by using the good, not the …show more content…

At the sight that met my eyes, my blood was changed into something exquisitely thin and icy. Yes, I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde (Stevenson, 42)
The situation of being two different persons are similar to having two morals that define who the person is. These two can come and go as they please, not letting the person acknowledge their presence. Every person experiences this wonder a lot during the course of their lives. The teachings of morality in this novella is exemplary. Each person has both good and bad inside themselves. The morality of a person is somewhat based on the environment they live in, but mostly by their personality. We all are moral and self-controlling. “Jekyll was now my city of refuge; let but Hyde peep out an instant, and the hands of all men could raised to take and slay him” (Stevenson, 50). The concept of morality is very complicated, but interesting. Because each person is different, we tend to socialize with the people that have common personalities. Therefore, crafting each culture with those certain persons. Cultures in all, we are still human beings. We are basically all the same in the sense that each one of us has a original

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