Bing, Bang, Boom, Vroom Vroom: Last Minute Winner Part Cinco

The first text that I chose for the characterization of Mr. Hyde is from chapter one, starting with He is not easy to describe... and ends with ...and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. This line in the novella is spoken by the character of Mr. Enfield while he was having a conversation with Mr. Utterson. When looking at the speech in this passage, it is easy to see the negative connotation that is associated with most of the words used. The author, Robert Louis Stevenson, uses multiple adjectives that start with the letter "D" with words such as "displeasing, detestable, and deformed". This gives the passage a sense of repetition along with making the persona of Mr. Hyde very threatening and sinister. This would also make the reader visualize the appearance of this mysterious character to be somewhat dark and dangerous.

In massive contrast, Dr. Jekyll is described to be almost the exact opposite of the character Mr. Hyde is described as. His description is said as "and as he now sat on the opposite side of the fire--a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness..."(Stevenson 12). When looking at the adjectives used to described these two different characters, it is easy to see the huge contrast that the two have. On one hand you have a man who is displeasing and deformed and on the other you have one that has every mark of capacity and kindness. Although these two men seem to have major differences, I would say their physical appearance would make them the farthest apart. Mr. Hyde was described by Mr. Enfield as "He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong sense of deformity..."(Stevenson 5). While Dr. Jekyll is described as someone much more attractive than Mr. Hyde, "The large handsome face of Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips..."(Stevenson 13). Overall, these two personas are completely different with the aspect of evil versus good and the author does a very good job at showing the major disparity between the two along with clearly describing each of them in their own way.

Dr. Jekyll (Abigale's Part): 
They call me Dr. Jekyll
A man faced with greatness
My peers and acquaintances adore me
But they don't know
The freedom I am after
Opportunity is what I seek 
But the people must not know
My true identity 

Mr. Hyde (My Part): 
They call me Mr. Hyde
A monster faced with destruction
My victims and prey fear me
But they don't know
The evil I crave
Eradication is what I'm after
And the people will know
My true identity

The purpose of these two poems is to show the true idea of the good versus evil that Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde portray. The intended meaning of these poems is for Dr. Jekyll to seem desperate to be relieved of this secondary persona while Mr. Hyde is seeming to take over his whole mind and body for himself.