In “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mr. Hyde is the personification of Dr. Jekyll’s evil desires. While Dr. Jekyll is technically both personas, I think that he is a good person with good intentions. Dr. Jekyll created Mr. Hyde to unleash the suppressed feelings he kept inside; he was now free from social contract, could overindulge in dark urges, and was free from moral consciousness. Dr. Jekyll successfully separated evil from his body, but his intentions of purifying his body failed.{{thesis statement needed as the last sentences. What are you feelings toward Dr. Jekyll and why? }} {{Transition needed}}Dr. Jekyll had good intentions when he set out to separate the evil from his body. He intended to live a more pious and righteous life without the natural urges of drinking, sex, and other acts that were frowned upon by society. He no longer wanted to fight these urge, so he created Hyde as a way to rid himself from having to hide the sin. Hyde was a person who didn’t have to abide by a social contract and therefore would not have to suppress any urge and was able to fully unleash all inhibitions. …show more content…
Jekyll also felt extreme guilt for the actions he would commit while concealed under his Hyde alter ego. He felt as though man was two separate entities and goes in search for a chemical that would separate the two. He, himself, wanted to remain Dr. Jekyll while divorcing the dark tendencies from his