Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Analysis

Books create many senses to readers. They allow readers to obtain the same emotions as the characters as challenges are being faced. They also allow readers to mentally set themselves in the situation of a character. Not only can the text of a book be able to relate to the audience, but it can definitely relate to the author of the text. Some may argue that authors write stories for the fun of it; they do not wish for the public to invade their privacy. However, although they may make it secretive-like, authors are basically telling a part of their life or saying something that they have known to be true in their life. For example, people usually see fantasy novels as this different world that may never exist because the author just decided

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is about a character named Jekyll who has decided to give all of his property to a man by the name of Mr. Hyde if he ever disappears. As stated by the author and explained in Jekyll’s will, “...all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his ‘friend and benefactor Edward Hyde’, but that in the case of Dr. Jekyll’s ‘disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months’...” (Stevenson 11) Mr. Utterson, one of the main characters, was given this will to keep safe for Jekyll. After a night of hearing an unusual story about Hyde from one of his friends, Utterson looks into the will and wonders why Jekyll would give all of his property to such a cruel and vicious man. Throughout the entire novella, Utterson tries to find out the kind of connection that Jekyll and Hyde have with each other. It isn’t until the end when Utterson finds out Jekyll’s secret: Jekyll is both himself and Hyde. He has taken this chemical potion that changes him entirely so that he can be this new and different person to the public. This is all because of a desire that Jekyll wishes to have but is afraid to commit to because he believes that it will ruin his

The fear that Jekyll feels of truly expressing himself may relate to a similar feeling from the author. The previous example helps to illustrate that the author may be feeling or have felt like he’s trapped being one character in order to fit into society. In the novel, Jekyll states, “I saw that of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both…” (Stevenson 56). This can be seen as a demonstration of the author as he knows that he is both good and evil since duality is of everyone’s human nature. Stating this in the novella shows that Stevenson had the desire to demonstrate those dual sides instead of just self-consciously knowing that those dual sides are there. This fear can go towards the audience as this can cause the audience to acknowledge the devil within themselves and give a thought on how letting it out may affect their individual reputation. Also, with the motivation that Utterson has to find out Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s connection, Utterson’s motivation can reflect towards a desire of knowledge that Stevenson once had. Stevenson may have been confused and stressed with finding out the answer to a particular mystery in his life and worked strenuously to solving this problem. Stevenson basically pours all of this tension into the