Complex Themes In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Could one half live without the other? Could you choose good or evil and stick with it? These are all questions Robert Luis Stevenson’s “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” forces readers to ask. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a classic novel that explores and challenges the duality of human nature. The book handles complex themes of self-control, bias, and stark black-and-white thinking.

In “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” the author presents several themes that challenge readers and force them to question their own beliefs about morality and human nature. One of the themes I noticed many times was the theme of self-control. The consequence of indulging or repressing your darker desires. In this essay, I’m going to explore

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. He wrote romance and adventure fiction, only to turn to the darker realism books we know him for today. He grew up in Edinburgh, and suffered from bronchial illness much of his life, but continued to write despite his poor health. He wrote “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” after having a nightmare induced by some fever. Writing the book in a quick six weeks, but it was not published until a year later because his wife was shocked by the manuscript, insisting he burn it and start

Intrigue over this “other side” grasped him. Hyde not being the embodiment of pure evil, but rather, the manifestation of all Jekyll’s repressed desires. All the things Jekyll thrust away from his moral, philanthropic image. Though it is Jekyll on both sides, the difference between them is visible, almost tangible.

Whatever they were in the beginning, Jekyll’s experiments with the potion are a freeing gateway that allows him to feel things he’s never permitted himself. He desired the exploration of this darker side of himself without harming others, but he and Hyde are so different he underestimates how much he can control him. Still, he becomes increasingly addicted to that great drug, freedom. Jekyll loses control over when and how he transforms. In a horrible series of events, he is unable to return to his own self and has walked the path down to his destruction.

Utterson, the main perspective and the narrator is the perfect example of the moral Victorian we hold Jekyll to be. It’s so easy to believe everything Utterson says. He’s such a careful, objective narrator. The book never contradicts or doubts him, and through all his endeavors it seems that his conclusions are drawn correctly and he is never an inch out of line. In the final chapter, everything upends and we see that Utterson’s conclusions about everything were usually wrong, yet we always believed