Characters as Case Study Check

Characters as Case Study

Check for evidence on Hyde that Jekyll was the murderer

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"Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18 --, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim. The details were few and startling. A maid servant living alone in a house not far from the river, had gone upstairs to bed about eleven. Although a fog rolled over the city in the small hours, the early part of the night was cloudless, and the lane, which the maid's window overlooked, was brilliantly lit by the full moon."

The preceding quotation that begins chapter four illustrates a remarkable contrast between the city of London on this particular night and the actions, temperament, and persona of Mr. Hyde. There is an illustrative quality of beauty in this description of the city, as well as one of surrealism. This fact is underscored by the copious amount of moonlight present, which "brilliantly lit" the particular "lane" that the woman in this passage is dwelling on. Furthermore, the city itself seems to be personified as a character that is shocked the by murderous actions of Hyde -- which are in stark opposition to the beauty of the evening. The personification within this passage is exemplified by the author's diction in describing the city as "startled." It is also significant to note that the city becomes mired in fog shortly after Hyde's murderous actions.

2. The author of this passage has delivered a fairly interesting and insightful analysis of this quotation. Some of the points that the author makes appear to have a fair amount of veracity in them, such as the fact that the passage reveals the inherent duality of mankind that is indicated within this tale via the opposition of Hyde and Jekyll. The author appears to be on more tenuous ground, however, when he or she is addressing the transition of morality that allegedly shifts from Jekyll to Hyde. It more appears that Hyde takes his own life simply to stay in control of it, and not for any particular moral reasons.

3. This quotation truly underscores the duality that is the principle concept behind the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. What is of particular interest regarding this quotation is the fact that this duality exists on myriad levels. The most eminent of these, of course, is the personality split and physical transformation that takes place when Hyde drinks the potion and becomes Dr. Jekyll. The two are diametrically opposed -- Jekyll, the benevolent physician, turns into a repugnant, callous ruffian who is prone to commit murder and other unseemly acts. The crux of the novel is the fact that both personalities, proclivities, and people ultimately exist within the same man, which leads Jekyll to reflect in the preceding quotation that "…man is not truly one, but truly two."