Corruption In Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

Power and Corruption

Power. As long as humans were created, power has existed. Power is the center point of countless key moments throughout history from the Russian Revolution, World War two, or the American Civil War. Two books that highlight this are Animal Farm by George Orwell, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Stevenson. They both draw pictures of power, corruption, and good against evil.

Both Animal Farm and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have scenes of a character, or a group, rising to power. First, in the novel Animal Farm, we start out on a farm, owned by farmer Jones, in the rural, English countryside. Farmer Jones is depicted as tyrannical. As said by farm-pig Old Major, ‘Bit and spur shall rust forever, Cruel whips no more shall

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In Animal Farm, a pig named Squealer hosts a coup on their newly-formed government. ‘Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions’ was the text of the situation. With other animals, Squealer was able to overthrow and seize power after years of unruly discipline. For Mr. Hyde from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, when Dr. Jekyll drinks his concoction, he transforms into Mr. Hyde and starts acting devilish immediately. On page 6, Mr. Hyde tramples a little girl, ” for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground.” Mr. Hyde did this the night he took his potion. In both books, the characters turn out to be corrupted, but the time it takes

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have good against evil. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, we witness Mr. Utterson, the main character, confront the abominable Mr. Hyde, “Now that that evil influence had been withdrawn, a new life began for Dr. Jekyll.” Signifying the good putting an end to the evil. The other side, in Animal Farm, it’s the animals against farmer Jones, Snowball against Napoleon. Napoleon is a farm pig antagonist, and Snowball is our pig protagonist. “At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws.” Here, we read about Napoleon’s attack on Snowball. The difference between the two excerpts is evil from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is made from science, driven by the polarized evil, of the dualism of man. But Napoleon seeks to control. Napoleon wants control over others by any means necessary. Napoleon acts as a dictator who is willing to kill countless others for their