Good and Evil People have always represented the balance between good and evil. The idea of this balance has been retold throughout centuries of literature. In Robert Louis Stevenson’s mystery novella Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson uses physical descriptions of the characters Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to reflect good and evil. The physical descriptions of Mr. Hyde’s appearance establish an evil feeling. Walking down a street, Mr. Enfield sees a little girl and Mr. Hyde running towards each other. Mr. Enfield then describes Mr. Hyde as being a “Juggernaut [because he] calmly trampled over [the girl’s] body and left her screaming on the ground” (Stevenson 4). Juggernaut is another word for a very destructive force, which Mr. Hyde definitely was when he brutally trampled the girl. He also showed no emotion when the girl was on the ground, screaming and crying, which made him appear even more heartless and despicable. However, the evil is only half of mankind’s balance. …show more content…
Jekyll gives off a feeling of good based on his physical descriptions. In addition, wherever there is evil, there must be good to balance it out. Mr. Hyde has disappeared for over two months, and it is having a positive effect on Dr. Jekyll. The narrator explains that for the time Mr. Hyde was gone, “a new life began for Dr. Jekyll. He came out of his seclusion, renewed relations with his friends,’” “was much in the open air” “his face seemed to open and brighten, as if with an inward consciousness of service; and for more than two months, the doctor was at peace” (Stevenson 29). Words like peace and bright describe Dr.Jekyll as being good and represent the good in mankind. Jekyll decides to stop turning into Mr. Hyde because he wants to bring peace and happiness to himself and those around him and does not want Mr. Hyde to hurt more