Comparison Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Heart Of Darkness

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Our character really depends on the surroundings in which we find ourselves. For example, evil exists in all men but the presence or absence of strict morals and civility in society determines whether man will struggle with himself to conceal his inner hunger for liberating his evil impulse to be able to assimilate in society or not. Where an individual finds himself determines whether he will allow his primitive side to have domination over him or not. When an individual finds himself in a very strict and civilized environment, that individual will try to do away with what hiss society frowns upon in order to keep up a good reputation. The aim of getting a good name will make an individual hide his evil and dark side.
With prior reading from the book Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Heart of darkness, I …show more content…
Kurtz to unleash his anger caused by his impatience is suppressed as a result of civility. Mr. Hyde attempts to repress his impatience as he uncontrollably release his resentments when [he laid his hand upon Dr Lanyon’s arm and sought to shake him out of lively impatience] (pg 39). Impatience on the part of Mr. Hyde clearly shows one of his dark personality traits. ‘I beg your pardon, Dr Lanyon”, he replied, civility enough. “What you say is very well founded; and my impatience has shown its heels to my politeness. I come here at the instance of your colleague... that he was wrestling against the approaches of the hysteria-“(pg 39). Here Mr. Hyde defends himself with the moral of society by not violently expressing his impatience rather; the impact of civility successfully helps him overcome his desire of releasing his anger violently. He gives Dr Lanyon the necessary respect and politely talks about his impatience even though deep inside him he probably was angry. He recognizes the need to portray civility thus tries to suppress his inner desire of reacting towards his impatience by being polite and avoiding
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