Why Is Dr Jekyll To Turn Into Mr Hyde

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Throughout the book ,The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde the author Robert Louis Stevenson portrays the theme of temptation repeatedly through the story. An example of this theme in the story is the temptation for Dr.Jekyll to turn into Mr.Hyde(by taking a drug). During the novel the temptation for Dr.Jekyll to turn into Mr.Hyde who is the”evil” side of Dr.Jekyll dramatically increases due to the moral weakness of Dr.Jekyll .The reason why Dr.Jekyll enjoys turning into Mr.Hyde is because of the pleasures and adventures that occur while being Mr.Hyde. However Dr.Jekyll had come to a point of decision,to be Jekyll who “had more of a father’s interest” (page 48),or Hyde “who had more than a son's indifference”(page 48) Stevenson compares

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