Personality is basically who you are, it is a sum total of your qualities, thoughts and principles. The book, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is supposed to be based on personality or, rather the division of personality, which is now known as a mental disease called dissociative identity disorder (DID). This book is supposed to be based on this, and has been thought so since the Victorian era (that is when the book was released). However I think that Hyde and Jekyll are the same personality. Dr. Jekyll was a rich chemical scientist who had inherited most of his money from his parents. He had always liked studying metaphysical science and was currently working on a potion to separate the two halves of the human psyche, the good part and the bad part. …show more content…
Hyde never actually had a point of view. It was always Hyde acting on what Jekyll wanted to do and it was always Jekyll’s point of view. We were never told what Hyde was feeling or what he thought after he attacked the girl or killed sir Danvers. Hyde himself had no thoughts of his own, it was always Jekyll’s thoughts. Also whenever Hyde was doing something which society deemed unacceptable, like brutally attacking the girl on the street or gruesomely killing sir Danvers, Jekyll was never held hostage inside of Hyde, or only viewing what was happening, he was the one controlling him and he was enjoying …show more content…
In his will Jekyll wrote that if he disappeared for more than 3 months all of his money and assets should be transferred to Edward Hyde. He even begged with his lawyer and good friend Dr. Lanyon to make sure that this happened and that Edward Hyde would get all of his rights if he disappeared. If Jekyll could not turn back for 3 months he must’ve known that he was permanently stuck as Hyde. If Jekyll did not truly think of Hyde as himself there would have been no point for him to transfer all of his assets to Edward Hyde, as no one transfers any of their assets to a person they do not