Examples Of Evil In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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Mr. Hyde is represented as all the evil in Jekyll and all that is bad and wrong in him. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are easily looked at as the good and evil that exists in all men, and about the struggle these two sides in the human personality. Hyde has a short temper and is even made to look evil. "I have observed that when I wore the semblance of Edward Hyde, none could come near me at first without a visible misgiving of the flesh". Jekyll is arguing that Hyde is the perfect physical embodiment of the evil inside him, implying that Hyde looks evil. Since Hyde seems to be taking over, you could argue that evil is stronger than good. However, Hyde does end up dead at the end of the story, suggesting a failure of weakness of evil.
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