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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