Drug Addiction In Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

In the novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson provides insight into the inner workings of the duality that exists within humans. Dr. Jekyll is a well-respected doctor in his community while his differing personality Mr. Hyde is hideous and considered by the public as evil based on appearance. As the novel progresses Dr. Lanyon begins to investigate Mr. Hyde, he begins to realize similarities between both Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll such as their handwriting which results in the discovery that they are the same person. Dr. Jekyll is able to transform himself into Mr. Hyde by drinking a serum he has created which was intended to purify his good. Stevenson stresses the duality of good and evil that exists

Jekyll talks about the years before the creation of the potion that transforms him into Hyde. He summarises his finding of the dual nature, human beings are half good and half evil. Jekyll’s goal in his experiments is to separate two opposite elements, creating a person with only good characteristics and a being of only evil. He does this because he wants to free his good side from dark urges. He fails this experiment, in fact he only manages to create a whole evil person ‘Mr Hyde’. In the letter, Jekyll says ‘I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man . . . if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both.’ The events of the novel inform the reader that the dark side (Hyde) is much stronger than the rest of Jekyll, this is why Hyde is able to take over Jekyll. This letter is really important for the reader so that the whole novel is understood. A lot of horror is created and it is all quiet in the reader's mind. The reader feels horrified by the way in which Jekyll seems to love and care for Hyde. Jekyll’s words make the reader angry that a man who was so good could enjoy becoming so

Everyone has to deal with some sort of temptations in their lives. Usually temptations are negative, but they may differ depending on the person. Some people may not like to admit this but everyone has a dark side and sometimes it shows. A person needs to let out some darkness at some points in their lives because nobody should bottle their emotions up. One man’s dark temptations are looked at in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. In this novel, it starts out introducing Mr.Utterson who is a lawyer. He is walking with his cousin Mr. Enfield and they find a door which leads them to a house. Mr. Enfield starts telling a story and that is how Mr.Hyde and Dr.Jekyll are introduced. “ All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at a corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground” (Stevenson 9). Mr. Utterson becomes curious as to who the person was and after doing some investigating he discovers that Dr.Jekyll is Mr.Hyde. Dr.Jekyll wanted a way to let out the bad that he had inside of him, but he didn 't want anyone to see him differently. He decided to make a potion, and when he drank the potion he would turn into Mr.Hyde.

Frequently overlooked in favor of discourse on the duality of man or the dubiousness surrounding the characters’ interactions with Hyde, Jekyll’s portrayal of his transformations into Hyde in Robert Lewis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde has an indubitable parallel to symptoms of drug addiction. This allegory fits seamlessly into the narrative once the reader becomes aware of its presence. Not only does Henry Jekyll present symptoms paralleling drug addiction, his transformations into Hyde and how the other characters in the novel react to them are also typical of situation involving an addicted person. Finally, the ease with which a respectable member of the bourgeoisie lapses into such a degenerative state serves the

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jekyll’s id is Mr. Hyde. As stated in an outside source, “A study in dualism: The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Mr. Hyde would seem easily recognizable as the id, seeking instant gratification, having an aggressive instinct, and having no moral or social mores that need be followed,” (Singh and Chakrabarti 13). Mr. Hyde as seen multiple times throughout the novel, expresses one of the components of the id mentioned in the quotation. One example showing how he lives by no morals or values is when he kill Sir Danvers Carew. Hyde beat him to death out of impulse when he passed him late at night on the street. This murder also represents how Mr. Hyde shows aggression. Instant gratification is seen towards the end of the novel. In chapter 10 Jekyll says “My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring,” (Stevenson 92). Hyde could not withhold being repressed anymore and breaks out without Dr. Jekyll’s potion. He does this because he is looking for pleasure. This relates to Freud’s pleasure principle where it is Hyde’s instinct to transform to be

One of the most vital concepts incorporated into The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the representation and depiction of the duality of mankind. Jekyll works to find a solution which will separate him into his reckless, immoral persona and his respectable, Victorian self. After consumption, this potion causes him to completely transform into a man who is known as Hyde. As Hyde, he can express himself in immoral, evil ways. This not only includes moral and immoral wants but rational and irrational wants. Not only does this transformation enable him to keep his good reputation even while he does horrid, unacceptable things, but it allows him to do things which he most likely would not even

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. The novel is set in Victorian England and follows a man by the name Dr. Jekyll, a respected doctor. Dr. Jekyll is a revered man in society and has every intention of remaining that way. However, one day he goes too far with one of his experiments and he creates a draught that unleashes a split personality within him. This personality goes by the name of Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll does not seek a cure at first because he enjoys having an outlet for all of his desires that are deemed unacceptable by society. Hyde commits evil deeds, such as murdering an old man and trampling a young girl, which Dr. Jekyll could never normally let himself go through with. Dr. Jekyll believes that he can remain a good, reputable man even when a part of him is doing wrong. However, he soon learns that this is impossible. Soon after, Dr. Jekyll loses control over his ability to transform into Mr. Hyde. At first, he would only change during the night. Then, he started transforming during the day as well. Dr. Jekyll finally admits that the problem is starting to get out of control. However, he cannot create a remedy any longer. Dr. Jekyll is eventually completely overtaken by Mr. Hyde and the reader does not hear from him again. In this novel, Dr. Jekyll illustrates the duality of human nature through his struggle to choose between good versus evil, societal expectations versus unacceptable desires, and

One of the biggest telltale signs of addiction looking back from my experience was seeing how they would choose to not be around as much, going out often, staying out late, “hiding away” from others. This is shown in the novel when Mr.Hyde when out on his endeavors killed a man named Sir Danvers, and Dr.Jekyll stops taking the drug for a little while. “Now that the evil influence had been withdrawn, a new life began for Dr, Jekyll. He came out of his seclusion” (22). When the addiction stops temporarily or permanently, by choice or not, you can start to see that person go back to their normal self gradually. That's exactly what happened when Dr.Jekyll was forced to stop taking the drug because Mr.Hyde had to disappear for a little while after killing someone. Ignoring the consequences of the addiction is a clear stage of

Jekyll is a crazed scientist that uses his mad addiction to hurt people. Jekyll can surprisingly change however, to make Jekyll change, his reality would have to become greater than his fantasy making him forget his fantasy world; this is not all it would take because although Jekyll could forget his fantasy he could not forget his addiction, this means that Jekyll would not only need his reality to become greater than his fantasy, he also needs help from others such as a doctor or therapist and love from friends and family. Jekyll can change in different ways or different orders but as long as his life becomes much more interesting to him he won’t have to change himself into someone else. One of the most straight forward ways for Jekyll to change is make his life more interesting; with the help of others this could be the easy way out. A more complex way is to help other people; this could change him because it could give him a purpose in life and stop him from drifting into a fantasy world.

After Dr.Jekyll get criticized for his experiments and saying that his work is nothing more than crazy ideas, he lets his work take over trying to prove them wrong. This obsession eventually leads him to experimenting on himself, which in turn lead to adverse effects. After he took the potion it brings out the darker side of him, Dr.Jekyll’s shadow, Mr.Hyde. Mr.Hyde is a very cruel individual who enjoys watching others suffer for his enjoyment which eventually leads to him ruining two people lives and murdering two

Living your life in a bipolar manner of having a split personality into two phases is the way Dr. Jekyll is displayed in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll acts very different by the time of day he operates. He seeks his ultimate task of evil through the experimentation of a potion and it allows him to intertwine into the life of Mr. Hyde after his mysterious “death”. Through the night, he plots evil and acts in a normal way by day as a doctor. Dr. Jekyll was constantly after Mr. Hyde and discovers how his personality grows after his experimentation takes place and he transforms into him. Dr. Jekyll is described in a scene by creating the potion that will allow him to resist the feeling of guilt “I compounded

Dr. Jekyll was seen as quite an upstanding person in the book. He was a scientist to whom was fascinated with human Psychology apparently. When he designed the potion that turned him into Mr. Hyde, it gave him free access to do whatever he wanted to, seemingly without repercussion. It was a novelty at first, then he started using it more and more to become Hyde. He kept his addiction a secret, like most people with an addiction do, and did not want help.

At the end of The Strange Cases of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, it is revealed that Mr. Hyde is actually the evil side of Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Hyde is a separate entity from Dr. Jekyll, though he is innately part of him. In Chapter 10, in Jekyll’s full statement, he states, “The separation of these elements… could be housed in separate identities… and no longer exposed to disgrace and penitence by the hands of this extraneous evil…” (Stevenson, p. 60). In the story Dr. Jekyll felt like he was living two lives, so he creates a chemical so that he can live as his evil side separately.

In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Doctor Henry Jekyll is an everyday normal scientist with a desire to create a magic potion that will help suppress his dark, twisted sinful temptations. His obsession with his elixir and inability to refrain from consuming it transforms him into the monster known as “Mr. Hyde”. He eventually becomes hooked on this magic potion and Hyde becomes a somewhat permanent fixture in this story. In this portrayal of a scientist, we see someone depicted as both the hero and the villain. Dr. Jekyll’s intent for his serum is to help suppress the evil urges and bad thoughts that crowd his mind, which is a noble struggle.

Being a respected doctor, Jekyll is tied of chains by his social status in the society, for instance if a child is restricted to do something, by his parents. He will eventually find a secretive way to fulfill his needs. In the same manner Jekyll finds Hyde as a solution to satisfy his simple need like drinking. “His every act and thought centered on self; drinking pleasure with bestial avidity from any degree of torture to another” ().As the quote demonstrates Hyde enjoys drinking, which he cannot do as Dr. Jekyll, living in an oppressed Victorian society. The small and harmful temptation like drinking leads to more serious offences. As this boosts, Jekyll’s confidence, he ends up indulging into violent acts, “With ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot, and hailing down a storm of blows” (). The simile in this quote delineates Jekyll’s unexpressed desire that erupts through Hyde. His small desires manifests into bigger crimes. Stevenson uses this theory to showcase temptation the evil cause of problems in mankind.