“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” Doc Holliday was a gambler, gunfighter, and a outlaw. He was born on August 14, 1851 in Griffin,Georgia and died on November 8, 1887 in Glenwood Springs,Co from Tuberculosis. At age 21, Holliday earned a degree in dentistry from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. He set his practice in Atlanta, Georgia, but he was soon diagnosed with tuberculosis, the same disease that had killed his mother when he was 15.
Many men of the period, as shown through Mr Utterson, were very concerned about the way that they appear to society, Mr Utterson for example ‘drinks gin’ ‘to mortify a taste for vintages’. However, Mr Hyde is primarily described by his actions rather than his physical appearance, the first encounter with Mr Hyde is when he ‘trample[s]’ a young girl, and it is only later that the reader discovers that he is ‘deformed’, by focusing on the actions Stevenson is forcing the reader to not judge a book by its cover, but rather by its deeds and morals -which is a key theme throughout the book. Mr Hyde clearly does not care about what other people think of him, and this really makes him an outsider to a society focused on facades and decorum. One could argue that by doing this Stevenson is saying that people shouldn’t care so much about keeping up appearances and this is what prevents us from being our true selves, but there is a problem in this conclusion, Hyde’s true self is evil and uncaring for the feelings of others which surely isn’t beneficial to anyone. However, Stevenson isn’t saying that we should all mince our words so as not to hurt anyone, he is offering the two extremes to the reader and showing that it is not possible to be one or the other, a Jekyll or a Hyde, we have to be ourselves and still try to have empathy for others because that is what makes us human.
Hyde 's shapes are also grotesque, as we can read during his first appears in the novel: he is a little man with clothes enormously too larges for him, is seen as deformed but with a deformity that nobody is able to say in what it consists. This primitive shape is only the first hand that a human is made up of; on the other hand there is the civilized, Dr Jekyll, the pure one moved by his mind and his strong sense of prudery. Another contrast between this two characters can be found in all the book: the struggle for existence. While at the beginning of the novel Hyde is represented as "little" and "thin", at the end he becomes to strong also for Dr Jekyll that couldn 't resist him anymore and so decided to commit suicide. While the "good" part, represented by Dr Jekyll, has been trained for all his life, his evil part, Mr Hyde, has been neglected for all the time, and now, after being evoked by Dr Jekyll 's potion, he wants to survive, to fight for his existence, to take this opportunity and to defeat Dr Jekyll becoming every day more
He always has everyone’s best interests at heart, and is “in any extremity inclined to help” (Stevenson 1). He is motivated to discover the truth about the connection between Jekyll and Hyde because of his strong code of morals. His integrity also makes him the standard from which to compare the actions of other characters. In contrast to Hyde, who is often associated with Satan by other characters, Utterson is described as being “eminently human” (Stevenson 1). Dr. Jekyll’s experiments investigate the dual nature of man and blur moral lines.
“The man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground” (3). Mr. Hyde ran over a young girl late into the night without feeling any guilt. Robert Louis Stevenson shows the archetypal theme of good and evil exists in all people in the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde. Good and evil exist in all people and we struggle with these two forces. This is shown through Jekyll because he is good with a little bad in him, this is also shown through Hyde, who is evil with some good, and it is lastly shown with the lab because it brings good and evil into Jekyll’s life.
Jekyll finds his dark side a burden and is determined to separate his good side from his corrupt side by undertaking experiments. Through those experiments, he creates Mr. Hyde finding a way to transform himself into another being so that he fully becomes his evil half. Mr. Edward Hyde is the alter evil ego of Henry Jekyll who is called “ugly and deformed” in the story many times, though no one can say why, he is an evil man who is repugnant and cruel. Hyde is created or comes to life through a potion Jekyll creates that
Dr. Jekyll is seemingly good, kind, and benevolent; while is not purely good he is a moral gentleman. He started his experiment so he could totally separate the bad and the good in himself into two separate beings. He did not succeed, however, for Dr. Jekyll is plagued by the feeling that he wants to become evil again, thus he wants to become Mr. Hyde. It is important to note that Mr. Hyde is completely evil; he has no goodness in him, in contrast to Dr. Jekyll who was a troubled mix. Mr. Hyde feels no remorse for any evil he has done and actually feels elated when he does commit a moral sin.
Within the novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, there stands a strange case of good versus evil. However, this story has no great villain or even a valiant hero, it has only a man fighting with his vices and dark urges and desires, which grow darker, more morbid and perverted at the novel goes on. Then, as a means to free himself of such darkness and “evil,” the man creates an antidote or rather cocktail of drugs to help him in such matter. Only problem being, the cocktail separates his psyche in two and with the two sides released from each other. The darkness the bad is allowed to grow and lash out unattended and unblocked.
The description Jekyll portrays upon taking the potion is illustrated to the reader as if he is being re-birthed but into a whole new perception of life. Physically, he is in such a pain because his bones are grinding, horrendous spirits are among him, and he is overcome with nausea. When it subsides, he is self-aware of his new mentality of wickedness (Stevenson 1710). Hyde sees himself in a mirror as the smaller, less robust side of Jekyll, and this is probable due to the facts of evolution because Jekyll, as a public figure, practiced more good in the world, as to Hyde, who is now getting to release his evil (Ferrer-Medina). Hyde, having an aggressive instinct, no moral or social standards, takes pleasure in violence ultimately leading to his own destruction (Singh).
Everything has a good side and a bad...including Science. The question is how can you truly define the two sides? When it comes to Science the line between good and evil becomes a little hazy. Take animal testing for example, we need to test products to ensure it's safe for humans but, what about the hazardous effects it could have on animals. Say something does go poorly, what responsibility does the scientist then have to correct their mistakes and fix the collateral damage that has been done?
Throughout the story one could compare Dr. Jekyll to a drug addict, through the way he transforms physically. Hyde is a dark and evil character with a dark aura around him. Mayo Clinic describes changes like puffy eyes, dry mouth, issues with the jaw and hygiene becomes a “lack of interest” as physical changes. Along with appearance, the setting and surroundings of Mr. Hyde give the vibe of a drug addict. Like the way we first meet him at night,how he spends most of his time in his lab or the darkness of his house.
On a cold October night, people gather to see the play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Originally written as a novel in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson, the book demonstrates the peaks and valleys of good versus evil. Adapted into a play by Jeffrey Hatcher Sullivan, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is an eerie production which sends chills down one’s spine. Catalina Foothills High School did a splendid job putting on this production just in time for this Halloween season.
He writes a letter to confess what evil he does when “he was Hyde.” Moreover, he does not want to talk about more about Hyde’s malignant behavior on the testament, it also explains as Jekyll he does not want to mention Hyde too much. However, actually Hyde is the other type of himself. As Jekyll, he is a nice person, he try to remedy Hyde’s mistake, but as the time goes on, Jekyll finds that he can not control Hyde anymore. It is one aspect to support both good and evil can reflect in one person.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" brings the double personality theme, but, the story itself is about the mystery behind Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's connection. The whole story goes around Mr. Utterson - a decent lawyer - trying to find out what is wrong with his dear friend, Henry Jekyll, and what is his relationship with the devilish man, also known as Mr. Hyde. On the end of the story, the reader finds out that Mr. Hyde is Jekyll's evil side: the doctor was fascinated by the duality of human nature and decided to do some experiments to separate his two sides, the good one and the evil one. Henry Jekyll wanted to do things that he couldn't because of his reputation and social morals, therefore, the best and only way of doing what he really wanted to was to have another side that no one knew. On the other hand, he didn't know how evil his other side could be: Mr. Hyde was purely evil and Dr. Jekyll wasn't purely good.
This distinct use of visual imagery creates a stark contrast between two seemingly different personas who will later be revealed to be different sides of Dr. Jekyll himself. The use of environment and setting also aids in distinguishing the two characters. When Mr. Utterson visits Hyde in his home, the surrounding environment is portrayed as a “dingy street” and “a gin palace” with “many ragged children huddled in the doorways” (Stevenson 1689). These images are symbolic of vice and poverty, all of which emphasise the perverse and deviant nature of Hyde as he commits several sins in the novel and is lacking in morals. On the other hand, Dr. Jekyll’s home is often depicted as “warmed by a bright, open fire”, “large”, and “comfortable” (Stevenson 1685), an embodiment of the Victorian outward respectability and “moral”