Dr. Henry Jekyll went through a transformation of becoming Mr. Edward Hyde. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a physician in London. He is very well respected and is currently experimenting the dual nature of mankind. Edward Hyde is a manifestation of Dr. Jekyll's personality. He is accused of committing evil acts throughout the novel.
In the first scene, Mr. Richard Enfield's and Mr. Gabriel Utterson are walking along a street in London. Mr. Enfield has a recollection of an incident in which he witnessed an extremely unpleasant man trampling upon a small screaming girl while this man was running somewhere. A large crowd had gathered around and they saw the man, Edward Hyde. The crowd forced the man to give money to this girl for trampling over her. It seems he did not run over her for any reason. Hyde just did it out of spite and evilness.
Dr. Jekyll created Hyde because he had a theory that man has a good side and a bad side. While examining this, he developed a potion that could release the evil in a person in the form of a totally different person. Then this person could commit any evil act it wanted, and then drink the potion to return back to normal. The only problem with this is the fact that he drank this potion so many times that he was no longer able to control this process. He was unable to transform back into his real self, Dr. Jekyll.
Hyde becomes so evil that he kills Sir Danvers Carew. Sir Danvers Carew appears to have been killed for no apparent reason. The murder of Sir Danvers Carew was witnessed by a maid who was working nearby. She states that Hyde talked with an old man in the street. After a few minutes, Mr. Hyde lifted his heavy walking stick and clubbed the elderly man to death. Mr. Hyde has grown in forcefulness. He went from trampling over a child in the first scene; he now commits murder for no reason. The goodness of Sir Danvers Carew brought out most extreme wickedness in Hyde.
Near the middle of the novel, Dr. Jekyll is driven to attempt a choice between his two lives; he secludes himself yet chooses evil because he has lost control of his senses. Dr. Jekyll says that a rational man wouldnt want to start a fight for no reason, but that is exactly what Mr. Hyde does. Dr. Jekyll releases his evilness through his other side, Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde is Jekyll's way of releasing rage that has built up.
In the final chapter, Dr. Jekyll reveals everything. He says that no one that knows him knows his true nature and that all through the years; everyone has only seen a portion of his real self. This is so very true due mostly to the fact that no one knew Mr. Hyde was a part of Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Henry Jekyll constantly emphasizes the greatness of his background. He reminds us of his wealthy family, and great education. But he also mentioned that a man is not truly one, but two. He knows he has the capability of being evil all along.
In conclusion, Dr. Jekyll needed something, or someone to represent the evil which has built up inside of him. He created this through experiments, which lead to a potion. This potion transformed him anytime he wanted. He was transformed into Mr. Hyde. Evil is just a small part of men that is why Mr. Hyde had a small and ape-like appearance. Although the main point was that the potion took over his life, and he, Dr. Jekyll, finally realizes he is unable to transform back into goodness. He commits suicide, as this is his only way of destroying Mr. Hydes growing evilness. So goodness does win in the end although Dr. Jekyll must also die for that to happen.
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