Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Conflict Essay

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Next, Robert Stevenson creates an undoubtable portrait of inner conflict to dramatically show how people have two sides to them. In Robert Stevenson’s novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jekyll talks about his inner conflict and realization “It was on the moral side, and in my own person, that I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both; and from an early date . . . I had learned to dwell with pleasure, as a beloved daydream, on the thought of the separation of these elements” (Stevenson 80). Jekyll writes this in his letter to Utterson explaining everything…show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the duality of human nature and the importance to be careful who to trust through characters, conflict, and irony. Jekyll fought the urge of his evil side for many years until he created a potion to transform him into Hyde; a person that represents the evil side to humanity. When Jekyll finally realized Hyde was part of him he tried to suppress Hyde again but this time he was too strong. Hyde hated Jekyll and Jekyll hated even though they are the same person. Hyde took over Jekyll’s body then ended up killing himself. There are not always happy endings and good does not always beat evil that is life. Everyone has a good side and a bad side no one can fight it everyone has to accept it. Also not everyone is who they say they are. Jekyll was a well respected doctor and turned out he was living a secret life as a criminal. His dear friend Utterson who just wanted to help out his friend discovered his friend was the one he said he hated so much and wanted gone. In the twenty-first century everyone still faces these life lessons. There are so many bad people in the world everyone have to be careful who to trust. People are not always what they say they are and there is evil in the world everyone should to be aware of. In the real world evil strikes everywhere and sometimes evil

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