The public self and the private self maintain a relatively stable balance in every man, woman, and child. This ubiquitous equilibrium scarcely arouses suspicion, nor does it stimulate conversation. Why should it? Balance has no cause to elicit a response. Do fire alarms alert us when no fire is present, just for the sake of our self-assurance? On the contrary, like many other situations that are regularly in a state of homeostasis, the balance of …
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…valiantly achieves this effect solely by demonstrating these reactions. Were we simply shown Hyde's actions, and then informed that Hyde was acting in ways incongruent from Jekyll's normal behaviour the effect would be nowhere near as poignant. We get a clear view of the atrocities committed when there exists dual natures in an individual. We also see how Jekyll's transformation into Hyde challenges the morals and attitudes of the world Stevenson created for his novel.