What effects does Mr. Hyde have on other people in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

In the
concluding chapter of , Jekyll notes that all men have a dualist quality to
their nature. Through his scientific knowledge, Jeckyll was able to separate the one from the
other. From this experiment emerges Hyde, who is a physical manifestation of the worst impulses
and inclinations long suppressed by Jeckyll, made free and unrestrained.

Jeckyll notes, in that same chapter, that Hyde's appearance or presence invariably
causes among other people a great deal of repugnance. This is because Hyde is a walking
incarnation of a human being's own worst nature. The reaction is, by all accounts,
universal.

We see this reflected within the plot of the story. Everyone who
meets with Hyde or has an encounter with him exhibits a visceral distaste for him, which often
they themselves do not fully understand. We see this in the story's opening chapter, when
Enfield tells the story of his encounter with Hyde, noting that "I had taken a...

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