Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde Response journal

Througout the novel of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll is searching for a way to separate the two sides of the human mind. He believed that the human mind was a battlefield which two opposing sides of personas battle nonstop. He suceeds and unleashes Mr. Hyde, which is the evil part of him. Mr. Hyde is a form which has no compasion for anything but his …showed first 75 words of 229 total…

…showed last 75 words of 229 total…Hyde wins the battle over Jekyll as he ends both of their lives. The reactions of the public to Hyde represents a Victorian time period in the novel. Hyde is often described as a hideuous human but most are unable to put many words why. Even the narrator, Mr. Utterson is unable to explain what makes Hyde so unhumanlike. This is not surpriseing in a society that puts great emphasis on the importance of reputation.