ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is easily viewed as an allegory about the good and evil that exist in all men, and about our struggle with these two sides of the human personality. In this book, then, the battle between good and evil rages within the individual. The question is which is superior.

Detailed explanation-2: -The theme of good and evil is closely linked with that of the duality of human nature. Evil is personified in Hyde: Jekyll says Hyde is ‘alone in the ranks of mankind, pure evil’ (p. 61).

Detailed explanation-3: -Major conflict Jekyll attempts to keep his dark half, Edward Hyde, under control and then to prevent himself from becoming Hyde permanently. Rising action Utterson attempts to discover the truth about the Jekyll-Hyde relationship.

Detailed explanation-4: -“All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.”

Detailed explanation-5: -Stevenson writes about the duality of human nature – the idea that every single human being has good and evil within them. Stevenson describes how there is a good and an evil side to everyone’s personality, but what is important is how you behave and the decisions you make.