“The creature who crept into my house that night was… know by the name of Hyde.”(Stevenson 77)-----> Using the word “creature” and then referring to the creature as Hyde tells the reader how Stevenson views criminals as non-humans. “Night” suggests the time darkest time of the day where creatures come out to attack.
“If ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.” (Stevenson 42)-----> Hyde is so evil and inhuman they relate him to satan the name of the devil.
“...renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer… he was now no less distinguished for religion… The doctor was at peace.”(Stevenson 54)-----> When Hyde isn’t taking over the body of Dr. Jekyll he can be himself. When he puts religion first, he is more friendly, and Dr. Jekyll can be a peace.
Evil is tangible and could be physical and/or observable. Using metaphors to describe Mr. Hyde, Stevenson develops the argument that humans need to protect themselves from the immoral and religion is the best way to defeat the “creature” of sin that has grown inside of Dr. Jekyll.
The evil that was taking over Dr. Jekyll was physically real and at night this creature felt right at home because the darkness of the sky matched his soul: “The creature who crept into my house that night was… know by the name of Hyde” (Stevenson 77). Stevenson uses “creature” to express to the reader how Mr. Hyde isn’t human and isn’t quite one species of animal. Hyde is so disoriented it is hard for the author to place him in a category, however Stevenson is aware of the evil category that Mr. Hyde falls into: “Crept into my house”(Stevenson 77),. the word “crept” suggests intrusion. “House” is a metaphor for the body of Dr. Jekyll, the house that Mr. Hyde intruded into against the will of Dr. Jekyll and has caused physical damage to the world around him and the inside of Dr. Jekyll’s pure body. This devilish creature will only become more physical without religion.
Mr. Utterson, the lawyer, sure did seem to think that the devilish creature will become more physical without religion when he stated,“If ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend” (Stevenson 42). Hyde is so evil and inhuman that they relate him to satan, the name of the devil. Doing this shows how the evil is physically growing onto the face of Dr. Jekyll. A face is the first thing people use to describe you from other humans, a signature is something you use to also identify yourself from others and to show ownership of. For Mr. Utterson to describe Mr. Hyde’s face like this shows how Dr. Jekyll isn’t different from the devil and in a way, owned by him. The “morals”and “values” of satan has taken over Dr. Jekyll’s body and soul, through the creature of Mr. Hyde, and left for the sane Dr. Jekyll is his mind. The mind is all that sane Dr. Jekyll needs to start defeating the creature of sin that as attached to him.
To get Mr. Hyde out of Dr. Jekyll’s metaphorical house he must first have a knowledge of what religion is and how it prevents evil from finding his way back in. The effects that Stevenson witnessed once the sin was outside of Dr. Jekyll was: “...renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer… he was now no less distinguished for religion… The doctor was at peace”(Stevenson 54). Are all things Dr. Jekyll has regained now that the creature, Mr. Hyde, has left his body and soul. Instead of Mr. Hyde using Dr. Jekyll’s body to intrude into places against the will of others, sane Dr. Jekyll uses his body to entertain his friends. Instead of Mr. Hyde giving Dr. Jekyll’s soul to the night, a time of the day covered in darkness and the unknown, he has given his soul to peace. Dr. Jekyll therefore has a feeling of freedom and tranquility.
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