Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Strange case of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde by the famous Scottish
author Robert Louis Stevenson , published in 1886It is associated with the rare
mental condition called ‘Split Personality’ where within the
same body, exists more than one distinct personality. In this novella, Dr.
Jekyll has duel personality within
himself good and evil as Each coin has
two sides. He has duel personality but he wants to be civilized in front of others. So he found the liquid
which separates his personality but physically he is one. He create his evil
personality that id Mr. Hyde through which he did all evil works and as
civilized he lived life as Dr. Jekyll.
In Freudian
Theory the thoughts and desires of unconscious mind motivate the behavior of
conscious mind. It also explains the Christian concept of hiding evil behind
the light.
Civilized
v/s Savage
Appearance
v/s Reality
This theme reminds
us of Mary Shelley’s work ‘Frankenstein’
which also deals with the same aspects the inner self and outer appearance
through the character of Victor Frankenstein the creator like Dr. Jekyll and Monster the
creation like Mr. Hyde. The only difference between them is physical separation of one person into two
otherwise it directly shows the inner side of Victor through Monster. This is
how Dr. Jekyll as a creator refers to his creation as his own darker
personality the evil one.
To sum up , one can say that in Dr.
Jekyll’s view every soul contains of both good and evil but one dominates as in
Jekyll’s case , his good side is dominant at
the beginning but he knows his evil inside him.
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