Summary:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Novel, is a psychological novel wherein Dr. Jekyll goes through a journey in which evil must be established and experienced. Dr. Jekyll went from innocence to experience.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Psychological Novel
In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll experiences and goes through situations that he must go through. Dr. Jekyll is a doctor who has this persona that many do not notice. His decisions reflect on society until he discovers a way to be HIMSELF without being noticed that it is actually him. He relies on this "other person" named Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde is the "evil" man that has manipulated, hurt, killed, and controlled others. Other than that, he has scared the living hell out of every person he has been face to face with. Throughout this entire novel, it is Dr. Jekyll that experiences the most traumatizing and difficult situations.
Throughout the novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde go through scenarios in which confuse Mr. Utterson. These scenarios are the way Dr. Jekyll's Will gives Mr. Hyde all of his things, Mr. Hyde killing other people, and so on. The main thing I see throughout this novel is the relation it has to Fight Club. The Fight Club shows you must experience pain in order to realize the value of life, and feel alive. This novel reminds me of the same exact thing. The only difference in this case is that Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde in order to let out his "evil" emotions. When Mr. Hyde kills people and hurts people, this is the experience. The experience is the most essential part of the cycle.
Another significant meaning this novel reminds me of is the Heroes Journey. Throughout the Heroes Journey, the hero must do things that SOCIETY may not like, but is needed. A significant reaction is where Mr. Hyde shows up. Whenever Mr. Hyde shows up, it is not liked, but it is essential so that Dr. Jekyll can find the true value and meaning of his life. He is trying to protect his persona, which is a stage that he must conquer in the heroes journey, but he has yet to accomplish.
The most essential part of the novel is where Dr. Jekyll stays by himself and decides to become, yet again, Mr. Hyde. For some reason, he could not change and he stays as Mr. Hyde. The butler reaches Mr. Utterson and asks him for help to see if the person in the room is actually Mr. Hyde, and it is. This is a significant part of the book because it leads to the discovery of the killing of the persona. This persona needs to be killed for the experience to finally end. He is experiencing both good and evil but must end out on top, good.
In conclusion, I believe Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Novel, is a psychological novel without a doubt. Dr. Jekyll had to go through a journey in which evil must be established and experienced. He experienced it and notice how EVIL it was. Dr. Jekyll went from innocence to experience. This experience educated him to a point in which his persona actually became his personal self. In order for him to realize the true establishment and meaning of his life, he had to distinguish between the two, his persona and reality. His Persona came out on top overcoming his reality and switched from his persona to his actual self. This is the process that must be made in ANY psychological Novel. The process of experience and education.
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