ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyde as the doppelganger of Dr. Jekyll is not apparent to the townspeople based on his actions and behaviors. The evil in Mr. Hyde is immediately apparent upon his first entrance into the story as the talk of the town after he tramples a young girl in the street.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is a novel in which setting plays an important feature. In the book Dr Jekyll represents good and Mr Hyde represents evil, yet they are technically the same person and come to symbolise the good and evil in all of us.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the novel, Stevenson uses mirrors to represent Hyde’s physical manifestation, an object that reflects within the person, and he uses the mirrors to show the unstable duality of the individual’s psyche. At first mention of the mirror, it is associated with evil and fear.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.