Character Analysis

“He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing…” ( Stevenson 5). In the novel, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, a scientist, Dr. Jekyll, creates a posion to become someone else. However, he becomes evil Mr. Hyde. The poison can turn him into Hyde or Jekyll. Mr. Hyde, the evil side, is in fact an emotionless, mysterious dangerous man.

Mr. Hyde is emotionless throughout the story. For example, when he ran over a little girl he didn’t even bother to help. “… sir, the  two ran into one another … the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground” (Stevenson 3). This proves that he didn’t feel bad or guilty, nor bothered to help her. He was calm about it. Another example is when he clubbed Sir Danvers over and over again. According to the text,”…and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to death” (Stevenson 15). This proves he was intentionally trying to kill him and didn’t mind at all. Mr. Hyde is emotionless because he trampled over the little girl and killed Sir Danvers.

Hmmm… Mr. Hyde seems to be up to no good, but we never know what he is really up to next. For example, Mr. Hyde disappeared and Mr. Utterson had to go search for him because he was suspicious about Hyde. Mr. Utterson thought Hyde was wanting to kill Jeyll for his will, but he was nowhere to be found. In addition to this, when Hyde was laying on the floor “…with clothes too large for him, clothes on of the doctors bigness…,” (Stevenson 33). This proves that Hyde is a mysterious person because why was he lying on the floor, and why did he go missing.

Danger! Danger! Watch out! Mr. Hyde is capable of anything. We know he killed someone and trampled a little girl, but why? Dr. Jekyll created a potion so he could do bad things without getting caught. But after the potion was done, Hyde started to do dangerous things not only to towards others but to himself also. He was murdering innocent people. Mr. Hyde was harming himself by letting his evil side take over. His mysterious evil side got the best of Jekyll.

Throughout the novel, Mr. Hyde was an emotionless, mysterious, and dangerous man. He was so evil and dangerous Hyde had to take his own life because he felt guilty about everything he did. He died as Hyde! But lived as Jekyll. In conclusion, we all should never let our bad side take over us.

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