Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Mary Rielly

These two different books Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, and Mary Rielly were written in the years 1886 and 1890. They both tell a story about a man that is more or less two people. The biggest difference is the perspective in which it is told. These two books also written by two different authors. It was cool to be able to read Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde in a perspective of a friend, and then read Mary Rielly in the perspective of a maid. The Books Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde and Mary Rielly can be very similar at times but can also be very different in other aspects.
In these two books the plot follows pretty well the same time sequence of events. For instance the part where Dr.jekyll quits having people over then has people over again after a while happens in both of the books. For example in Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde,”He came out of his seclusion, renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer”(stevens 22). This quote goes to show that he had secluded himself and then at this point

he comes back out of his shell and has people over again. The same thing happens with Dr.jekyll in Mary Reilly for example when Dr.Jekyll says,”I fear I shall spend a few days gazing at my footboard”,(Martin 104). This is when Dr.Jekyll secludes himself from the rest of them.
In both the book Dr.jekyll gets deathly ill. In the book Mary Reilly you hear more of it though. For example in Mary Reilly Mary reilly says,”Dr.jekyll is so weak sounding and he can not even pick his head off of his pillow”,(Martin 106). In Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde He also gets very sick and stays in bed for a few days. This is shown when mr. utterson says,”Jekyll is ill...Have you seen him”,(stevenson 23). They go many days without seeing their friend.
In both book sir.Danvers carew is murdered by Mr.Hyde. Mr.Hyde in both books is a shady character in both books as well. This is shown in Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde when the maid from the window. For example,”Mr.Hyde broke out of all bounds, and clubbed him to the earth”,(Stevens 15). This was from the maid watching this happen in the street. In Mary Reilly the murder of Sir.Danvers carew is shown by when Dr.Jekyll said that Mr.Hyde was gone for good he fled the country. Although in Mary Reilly It is very brief of this event it does happen in both books.
There are many more differences between these two books than there are similarities. One of them happens to be that Mary Reilly is written in first person whereas Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde is in third person. In Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde mary reilly does not even exist. In Mary Reilly you get to know mary as an individual.”I was up before dawn and dressed by candlelight in our room”, (Martin 172). This just shows how dedicated mary is to her works when she is up before everyone else in the house and usually the last one to bed at night.
In Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde the description of Mr.Hyde is very brief for example he is,”particularly small and particularly wicked”,(Stevens 15). In mary reilly the descriptions of Mr.Hyde as a character and his appearance are much more descriptive.As mary was entering thre library she witnessed Mr.Hyde and reconised,”He was well dressed, though plainly, and, as cook has said, he has a deal of dark, unruly hair which is in a longer fashion.”(Martin 145). This just goes to show how the book Mary Reilly is more descriptive than Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde.
In Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde you hear a lot about the murder of Sir.Danvers carew.

Where as in Mary Reilly you do hear briefly about the murder of Sir.Danvers carew, But you also hear about the murder of a prostitute. In Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde you do not hear of the murder of the prostitute. In Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde,”The 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”, (Stevens 15). This is talking about the murder of Sir.Danvers carew in Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. In Mary Reilly,”I took this in without noting it, for all I saw was the twisted sheets and blankets on the bed, which was all soaked in blood, and the stains down the wall as of fingers dragged along, which had turned almost black on the dark on the paper but was surely blood”,(Martin 127). This is when mary goes to see Mrs.Farraday, and see’s the room where Mr.Hyde killed the

prostitute.
In conclusion there are some similarities in this book, but there are many more differences. These books are both good books that tell a similar story, but from a different point of view. Dr.jekyll in both the books acts pretty similar. The fact of hearing it in the different point of views is pretty nice to get to know more about the characters. Having the two books being a little bit different makes it nice, so it's not so boring.