jekyll and hyde

“i felt younger, lighter, happier in body”

said in jekylls full statement of case (epistolary)

his outward actions have a visceral reaction, causing both emotional and physical changes.

contrasts what we’d imagine as a rageful state

“The perennial war among my members”

‘…’ shows the how everlasting this conflict is.

it is something he cant get rid of and ultimately, he has to choose between the two extremities;

the name hyde

hyde allows him to ‘hide’ his urges but also acts like a second skin, to be worn and to be discarded.

this hyde is worn over jekyll though, and thus jekyll remains at the core of hyde

→ these urges ultimately stem from jekyll who represents everyone in society

thus everyone is a hyprocrite

‘it was hyde alone that was guilty’

he attempts to remove himself from any guilt

hypocrisy given the name ‘hyde’ is merely clothing

“i was radically both”

he identifies with two extremes yet distances himself when he says ‘it was hyde and hyde alone that was guilty’

‘i shall consider it my duty to break down that door’

utterson displays a concern for jekyll though this is contrasted by ‘i let man go to the devil in his own way’