The
relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is integral to the theme of duality. When we
discover that they are the same personthat is, that Dr. Jekyll transforms into Mr. Hydewe
understand the point thatis trying to make about the duality within us.
The
two personas have different appearances and different personalities. They are so different that
they are essential opposites of each other. Their opposite nature develops the idea of having
two opposite sides to oneself.
Hence, although I had now
two characters as well as two appearances, one was wholly evil, and the other was still the old
Henry Jekyll, that incongruous compound of whose reformation and improvement I had already
learned to despair.
Dr. Jekyll recognizes Hyde as an evil
being. For the most part, Jekyll hates Hyde.
I, who
sicken and freeze at the mere thought of him, when I recall the abjection and passion of this
attachment,...
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