Personality and the Beast Within in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and

Personality and the Beast Within in The Strange pillowcase of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeEveryone has a dual psycheality, two sides, good and evil. RobertLouis Stephenson uses the book to explain this, he wanted people torealise that non only Dr Jekyll carries a look personality, nevertheless theother characters in the book too. Also the people interpreting it must seethat they too, are a part of this frightening uncorrectable fact,that there is the beast within us all.Stephenson suggests that all gentlemen keep secrets, muffleemotions, desires, and hide their true inner self. In the story Mr.Utterson is a neat example of a gentleman (lawyer) needing tosuppress his less socially pleasing side for the sake of preservinghis kempt standing in society. Though he enjoyed the theatrehadnt crossed the doors of one for twenty years Utterson was perfect(a) with himself. Drinking only alone, having the security ofknowing that he is the only person who might witness and thereforejudge h im, the respected gentleman could come out a little out ofcontrol. Mr.Utterson feels that if he indulges in luxuries such(prenominal) asthese, he may become too involved and express himself freely, hesfrightened that he could ruin his image and loose his respectablereputation. Mr. Utterson hides his other side whereas Jekyll shows it,by choice or not.Once the theories of scientists such as Charles Darwin, HerbertSpencer and T.H Huxley became known people began to think of the humanstruggle amongst good and evil and psychological terms. Ideas such asThe theory of phylogenesis and the survival of the fittest,contradicted the teachings of the Old Testament, and lead many peopleto question Christianity. in time many people w... ...cheap area reflecting the lives of Jekyll and Hyde. London,with excursions into low- spiritedness neighbourhoods, it too is aboutappearances and reputations, and involves an individual whom who livesa double life of outward pity and secret corruption. Jeky ll uses theugly distorted Hyde as his body doubleThe Beast within is studied in this book. The most obvious case ofthis is within Dr. Jekyll and, Mr Hyde, however it shows in the otherstoo, not only in this book in the whole of civilisation. Once Dr.Jekyll has captured life for a while he is not just one, but two, Hydeis evermore struggling to get out, each fighting for control. RobertLouis Stephenson tried to show that everyone displays a certain threatfrom their other side, fighting to escape from their desired image andthat it is not just apparent in this Gothic novel but within everyone.