Question

Reflect on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In five to six sentences, explain how Dr. Jekyll develops.

Answer 1

Sample Response: In the beginning of the story, Dr. Jekyll is confident, social, and healthy, but over time, he progressively becomes more ill and weak and secludes himself from everyone. We learn from Dr. Jekyll’s confession that his decline is due to his loss of control over his evil side, Mr. Hyde. Because the potion no longer has the effect it once had, Mr. Hyde becomes stronger, while Dr. Jekyll becomes weaker. As Dr. Jekyll silently struggles with his situation, he deteriorates mentally and physically. As a result, Dr. Jekyll doubts the choices he made.

Answer 2

The Strange case is about good side of someone and his dark impulses.

Step-by-step explanation:

Dr Jekyll is a respected researcher but has a very dark impulses he is afflicted with. Each time, his dark impulsestries to push him to commit crime eventhough it is not what he really wanted.

He had no option than to develop a drug that allowed him to transform into Mr Hyde- the ugly monster with those dark impulses. At the beginning, he was happy and comfortable with the transformation. But as time goes on, he begin to notice that even without the drug, he is changing to Mr Hyde- which is against his will.

He tried everything possible to stop it even to the extent of running out of ingredients to prepare his drugs. He ended up killing himself just to put an end to it.