Character Growth

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's most obvious character growth is that of Henry Jekyll's. Jekyll started out wanting to discover a new part of himself. When he found out how, he couldn't resist. Once he had the power, he took the potion whenever he wanted to change into something polar opposite of his real self. He controlled the potion, but once the potion controlled him he didn't want to do it anymore. He regretted his whole decision of trying to discover something within. He didn't want to transform anymore because "his" beast, Mr. Hyde, was a creature that no one liked. Mr. Hyde was a murderer, a loner, and a monster. Jekyll couldn't live as Mr. Hyde so the decision was made to live no longer.