The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by R.L. Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novel written in 1886 by Robert L. Stevenson. The plot of the novel develops and shows the inner and dark sides of human beings.
Dr Jekyll, the main character, is a respected and decent doctor, who knows how to do experiments, and is through them that he transforms himself into Mr Hyde. Mr Hyde is completely the antithesis of Dr Jekyll. He is a repugnant, violent and cruel man. He also is ugly and deformed, and he seems to have no conscience of his acts. Mr Hyde is Dr Jekyll´s dark side.
Dr Jekyll used to manage the potion and control himself when he became Mr Hyde, but there was a time in which he could not control and stop being Mr Hyde anymore. He needed large doses of the potion to avoid the transformation, and despite all the efforts he could not prevent it to happen again. He suffered from spontaneous metamorphoses that led him to think that he would be Mr Hyde permanently.
The end of the novel shows that all the human beings have a dark side, and that are desperately trying to keep that side under control. In my view, if we could not control our acts and our dark side, we all would be delinquents, or killers, or at least, we would be acting immorally.

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