“A psychopath can enter a community saying ‘I believe the same things you do,’ but of course what we have is really a cat pretending to be a mouse” (Chivers). They are like chameleons; they blend into their surroundings by establishing relationships and living half-lives in the public eye. Similarly, Jekyll drinking the serum and undergoing the gruesome transformation into Hyde is simply his donning the armor all psychopaths are forced to present to the world. Hyde never truly existed as a separate entity; the serum Jekyll took merely changed his appearance so that he could carry out his dark desires in secret. Jekyll turns into Hyde; he couldn’t have physically separated his evil and good sides because he had to ‘transform’, persay, into …show more content…
The cupcake portion could travel in someone’s lunchbox to their work or school day, condensating in the plastic zip-up bag it is contained in while the icing is smeared on the floor and the inside of the trashcan (for some reason this person does not enjoy frosting), being licked up eagerly by their sweet pitbull and a few fruit flies who found their way in through the back window that has been cracked for months from a stray basketball shot. Similarly, if Jekyll had succeeded in his quest to draw out his evil innard self and remove it from his body, Hyde could have lived in his own house, been unleashed at all hours of the day, and Jekyll could have done the same. Hyde could move to Scotland and Jekyll would still wake up in his own plush bed, situated in the Cy Fair of London. This does not occur. Jekyll goes through agonizing transformations instead, “A grinding tore at my bones, I …show more content…
Later, after Jekyll commits suicide, “Only one body is found” (mwestwood), and it was that of Edward Hyde wearing Jekyll’s ill-fitting suit. Jekyll is never seen again, and is assumed to be buried under the floorboards of his laboratory, presumably murdered by Hyde. It is not until Jekyll’s account of the case, which was written in a frenzy while Hyde’s body was released, is read that the truth is discovered: Jekyll died, and his disguise remained faithful to him - even in death. Mr. Utterson is the narrator, though most of the main characters - Mr. Enfield, the maid, Dr. Lanyon and Jekyll himself - receive a narrative point of view within the story to supplement it; Hyde does not have this opportunity. Throughout the book there
The previous chapter before the two confessions is reasonably remarkable. Poole, Dr. Jekyll’s butler, provides another portrayal. He offers many comparisons between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. (“My master (…) is a tall, fine build of a man, and this was more of a dwarf.” (p.38)). The affirmations of the poor butler are all correct except perhaps the most important: This “thing” that is in the cabinet is in fact Dr. Jekyll.
As Jekyll reached adult hood, he found himself living a dual life. He had become more curious in discovering his other side. Jekyll insists, “Man is not truly one, but truly two” (125). This eventually led Jekyll into the scientific interests of separating his good and evil side, and he finds a chemical concoction that transforms him into a more wicked man, Edward Hyde. At first, Hyde was of pure impulse, but in the end, he became dominate and took control over Jekyll. Jekyll had never intended to hurt anyone, but he was aware that something could potentially go wrong. Jekyll presumes, “I knew well that I risked death, for any drug that so potently shook the very fortress of identity… utterly blot that immaterial tabernacle which I looked to it to change” (127-129). One could say this makes Jekyll equally as menacing as Hyde. Jekyll couldn’t control the imbalance between the two natures. Jekyll foolishly allowed his evil side to flourish and become stronger. This is shown when Jekyll has awoken to find that he has turned into Hyde without taking the solution. Jekyll says, “But the hand in which I now saw, clearly enough in the yellow light of a mid- London morning…It was the hand of Edward Hyde” (139).
For this reason I’ll be explaining Jekyll’s mental health. Jekyll has as what we now call Multiple Personality Disorder; “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 be rightly said to be either, it was only because I was radically both,” Stevenson 57.) The disease was first discovered by Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot. He would ask patients symptoms that he found common in MPD. Many patients know about their alternate personality but refuse to acknowledge it’s existence. In some cases they may even refer to it as a separate person entirely. In this case Jekyll is very much aware of his alternate personality, going as to so far as to willingly change into him. However despite this he also categorizes Hyde into a separate being. For example when Hyde does something unappealing or distasteful he blames it on a separate person. Consciously though he is aware that he is Hyde and Hyde is him. (MD, Arnold Lieber. "Multiple Personality Disorder / Dissociative Identity Disorder." PsyCom.net - Mental Health Treatment Resource Since 1986. Vertical Health LLC, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2016).
Jekyll plays man as a whole, good and bad, he was “wild” and also “smooth-faced” at the same time. Both characters lack vital emotional outputs that make humans socially, even though the psychopath is more cunning than the sociopath. “…lack of conscience, remorse or guilt for hurtful actions to others….There may be an intellectual understanding of appropriate social behavior but no emotional response to the actions of others” (“Psychopath vs. Sociopath” -- http://www.diffen.com/difference/Psychopath_vs_Sociopath). Both are social defaces, and cannot be helped; however to the naked eye, these two characters are savage. Both victims of anti-social disorder are lacking factors that make humans acceptably sociable, one lacking empathy while the other lacks sensibility. Diffen, a website, tells us, “Psychopaths…lack of empathy; no conscience…sociopaths…high impulsivity” (“Sociopathy versus Psychopathy” -- http://www.diffen.com/difference/Sociopathy_versus_Psychopathy). Dr. Jekyll shows no empathy by using and manipulating people close to him, and Mr. Hyde, as intended, has no sensibility to act with caution resulting himself in trouble for barbaric actions. This, in turn shows the comparison and contrast of the psychopathic creator and his sociopathic creation which in reality are two halves to a whole.
...himself changed into Hyde without drinking the serum. After this, Dr. Jekyll decided to stay himself and for two months and he was a good man. But then Hyde took control. One night he struck at Sir Danders Carew until his cane broke. Realizing that he would soon be caught, Hyde went to his apartment in Soho and burned all of his papers and fled.
This, too, was myself. It seemed natural and human” (Stevenson 88). This statement is rather heart breaking as Jekyll simply sought a means to end his misery. When Dr. Jekyll cannot reverse his “cure” on cue to the good, law-abiding man, he commits an act of “self-destruction by drinking a poisonous phial to avoid capture and the following legal and social condemnation” (Sanna 35-35). In terms of Jekyll and Hyde’s dissociation, no matter the cause, the theory of dualism comes up numerous times.
Jekyll hid away due to his fear of being found out. When Jekyll “was seized again with those indescribable sensation that heralded then change”, he went to “shelter” in his “cabinet” before he was “raging and freezing with the passions of Hyde” (64). For he was scared for the punishment he would receive if he was found out. Such as blackmail, losing standing in his community, while also receiving life imprisonment or death from the state. With this going on and his good friend Mr. Utterson trying to find out why he was gone, Jekyll was always stressed. When Utterson and Poole barged through the door, Jekyll couldn’t be seen for what he was. He hid his true authentic self to the very end. For when Utterson called Jekyll a “‘self-destroyer’ Utterson concludes, not only because he has killed himself, but because it is self-destructive to violate the sexual codes of one’s society”(Showalter 113). For the main reason, Jekyll ended his life was because he went against what was societal norms during the time. He was gay and that was illegal. Which is why he had a double life as Hyde. Which finally led him to become a self-destroyer,
Jekyll himself. Dr. Jekyll is a symbol of both the good and the bad in mankind, while Mr. Hyde represents pure evil. For instance, when Dr. Jekyll is himself, he is seen as a respectable man who is adored by his colleagues: “he became once more their familiar quest and entertainer; and whilst he had always been known for his charities, he was now no less distinguished for religion” (Stevenson 29). However, when Dr. Jekyll transforms to Mr. Hyde his morals are quickly disregarded. An example of this occurs when Mr. Hyde murders Sir Danvers, shortly after Dr. Jekyll submits to the temptation of changing to Mr. Hyde: “instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me…with a transport of glee, I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow” (Stevenson 56). Even though the carnal side of Dr. Jekyll enjoys the incident, this event also illustrates the conscience side of Dr. Jekyll because in the mist of this brutal murder, he begins to feel guilty for committing the crime. This guilt drives him to have “clasped hands to God…tears and prayers to smother down the crowd of hideous images and sounds that his memory swarmed against him” (Stevenson 57). As a whole, the text demonstrates that Dr. Jekyll’s alter ego, Mr. Hyde, is the mastermind of pure malevolence who participates in activities that Dr. Jekyll cannot
In the end, Hyde was so in control of him Jekyll had to vow never to change into Hyde again. The only problem with vowing not to change back to Hyde was he didn’t change his will and he didn’t get rid of the potion. He didn’t take the responsibility of throwing Hyde’s clothes away and getting rid of anything that had to do with him. He kept them just in case. The reason he was so obsessed with Hyde was his society allowed each individual to only be one thing good or evil. He created Hyde to be free which got the best of him. His lack of responsibility and control led to Hyde becoming a monster. All things are not born evil. Frankenstein lacked responsibility by not taking care of his creation. He let the impression of looks cover the inside. “Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, I shut my eyes involuntarily” (15.26). He runs away when he should stay. He should nurture him like a father or thought of what the monster would be like once it awoke and how he would deal with it. Instead he hide, scared that the monster was going to kill him. He needed to talk to the creature, put him in a place where he felt safe, and make sure he didn’t get away from him. The creature was neglected and faced the world on his own. He was
In the first chapter, a very rich and respectable man names Dr.Jekyll, will in some way turn into a pure evil monster when he spawns a secret potion that turns him into a man or basically a monster he named "Hyde". Every time he drinks this potion, he turns into Hyde, a hideous, pure evil monster who does terrible crimes "The large handsome face of Dr.Jekyll grew pale to the very lips; and there came a blackness about his eyes. (Stevenson 14). Whenever Hyde commits crimes, Jekyll never feels apologetic for what Hyde does, even though they are the same person, because he uses the excuse that he is not really conscious when he does evil things. Jekyll starts to get addicted to becoming Jekyll because he is tired of having to hide his unacceptable imperfections that are not accepted in society, and becoming Hyde is like a solution for letting go of his dark side.
The books states, he would even make haste to undo the evil done by Hyde. And thus his conscience slumbered (Stevenson 71). This demonstrates that, when he turns back into Jekyll he feels guilty about what Hyde has done, for example like when he mercilessly murdered Sir Danvers Carew. Just like the book the poem states, and you can bear to hear the truth you’ve
Once Jekyll had became weak enough, he had no choice but to drink the potion once more and transform. He had let evil win him over once again, and the aftermath of Jekyll transforming into Hyde was the murder of Sir Danvers. All the urges and anger that had been pushed down by the fight of Jekyll exploded once he became Hyde again. This time around evil is more dominant than good, which is not a good sign for Jekyll. After this another incident happened, whilst thinking about doing good things Jekyll transforms into Hyde uncontrollably (Stevenson, 58).
He resisted Hyde, as if he was a drug, but the adrenaline that comes from being Hyde lead him to continue as “Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires” (James 1:15). Jekyll began “to be tortured with throes and longings, as of Hyde struggling for freedom” and hearing his voice inside of his head begging fro be let free just once more, which Jekyll eventually gave into as he began to crave the rush of evil as well (56). Going back and forth from Hyde to Jekyll and switching lives had “at every hour of weakness, and in the confidence of slumber, prevailed against him, and deposed him out of life,” and being drained from this routine of villainous deeds he was lead to the only thing that seemed reasonable, killing himself
Hyde is not other than Jekyll; he is Jekyll” (Wright). Wright claims that Jekyll’s addiction to his potion, or Hyde, is the only reason that Hyde exists in the first place. Hyde is much like a high that someone would achieve when taking a drug. Jekyll, in turn, becomes
The other characters in the novella contribute to this by validating Jekyll’s strangeness and making him feel responsible for the terror that has been created by Mr. Hyde. By being blamed and accused for not being himself, it’s easy for him to not feel accepted by others and this frustration is expressed through the personality of Mr. Hyde and his actions. Once Mr. Hyde overpowers Dr. Jekyll completely, it is completely overwhelming, and he cannot go back to his normal self. “This is my true hour of death, and what is to follow concerns another than myself. Here then, ...