Jekyll's dual nature in Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Docs en anglais | 3 pages | 12-05-2007 | Format : | Note : Non noté |

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Résumé

Essay based on Jekyll's dual nature in Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In “Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case”, the narrator confesses that Dr. Jekyll has remained a composite of good and bad elements while Mr. Hyde is only pure evil. Stevenson wants the reader to observe not only the duality of human nature but also men's inalienable duty to carry the burden of evil. Jekyll's failure to separate his two natures recalls that men can not get rid of their evils.

Extract:

Jekyll's love-hate relationship with Hyde which gives the novel its power is allowed by this remaining of evil in Jekyll's soul. This essay will demonstrate that Stevenson suggests and denounces his protagonist's persisting evilness through Jekyll's lack of guilt for Hyde's crimes in his “Full Statement of the Case”.

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