At first, all he wanted to do was isolate Jekyll and Hyde, but he had gotten addicted to the high that Hyde gives him when doing those “hidden desires”. Dr. Jekyll symbolized the good in every person and Mr. Hyde represents the evil persona that everyone has. The symbolism in this novel makes it interesting and meaningful. The novel further proves that the inner devil is desperately trying to escape. The terminology for Jekyll and Hyde could also be found in a dictionary. Such definitions can be found:(1)“one who has a quasi-schizophrenic, alternating phases of pleasantness and unpleasantness” (2) “a person having a split personality, one side of which is good and the other evil” and (3) “this phase refers to a person who alternates between charming demeanor and extremely unpleasant behavior”.Sigmund Freud, a controversial psychiatrist with many questionable theories, described the symptoms of schizophrenia as the “Jekyll and Hyde syndrome”. Jekyll and Hyde were two opposite personalities that made up one person. Stevenson wrote his novel on the assumption that man is made up of only two parts- the good and the evil. In the novel, Mr. Hyde was depicted as being ugly, disgusting, and much smaller than Dr. Jekyll himself. This was because his evil side (Mr. Hyde) was a smaller portion than that of the good side (Dr. Jekyll), so Jekyll was portrayed as a handsome, well-built man. Based on Steven’s view, man is not necessarily equal parts of good and evil, but the two different portions will tend to fight for control over one another. Hyde is seriously an evil person who can provoke the worst in people. Hyde is the type of person who evokes in the beholder and causes them to commit some of the worst crimes. Stevenson believes that all people have a Hyde in them and that that evil persona is capable of doing all evil deeds. What Dr. Jekyll does not realize is that he would h...
