Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are both one person with two separate personalities. In the novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Dr. Jekyll's wish is to split himself into two completely different natures. These natures consist of Good and evil. Mr. Hyde represents the embodiment of all that is evil in Dr. Jekyll.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde obviously have mental, physical, and moral differences. Dr. Jekyll, who isn't exactly a "perfect" human being, was still a bright person. Everyone loved him and had said positive things about him. Dr. Jekyll's faithful butler, Richard Poole had described him as a handsome gentleman. Dr. Jekyll was an example of the good nature.

Mr. Hyde was the evil, malicious nature of Dr. Jekyll. The potion had created Dr. Jekyll into an entirely different person. It was practically to the point where you could not recognize that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were the same person. Mr. Hyde was a small deformed, disgusting man younger than Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Hyde is apparently devoid of a profession. Everyone who had ever seen Mr. Hyde, which was very little, had described him as pure evil and that he had something awful about him. He had killed a highly respected and prominent member of English society named Sir Danvers Carew. Carew had silver hair and was gentle and had been seemingly asking for directions as described by the house maiden who had witnessed the murder. Mr. Hyde had exploded with anger and rage and clubbed Sir Danvers Carew to death.

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Jekyll was a middle-aged doctor described as both tall and handsome. He was extremely wealthy with a fortune. All that had known him described him as respected and proper. As the novel progresses the reader witnesses his hypocritical behavior. Dr. Jekyll believed that within each human being there exist forces of good and evil leads to his experiments that try to separate the

two.

Dr. Jekyll however loses control of Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde basically takes over Dr. Jekyll, both mentally and physically. He hides and shuts himself away from society. Physically you wouldn't be able to separate Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, so they are technically one person, because they have one body. Mentally however they were entirely opposite. They were prime examples of the natures good and evil.