Edward Hyde

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Edward Hyde is the violent, malevolent alter ego who embodies the dark side of Dr. Henry Jekyll’s personality in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde."

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Label Occurrences
Edward Hyde canonical 8
Mr Edward Hyde 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alter ego
fictional character
literary character
adaptedIn film adaptations of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
stage adaptations of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
alignment evil
alsoKnownAs Mr. Edward Hyde
surface form: Hyde

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
surface form: Mr Hyde
appearsIn Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
associatedWithTheme duality of human nature
good and evil within one person
repression and moral hypocrisy
basedOnWork Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Robert Louis Stevenson
deathCause suicide while transformed from Henry Jekyll
embodies dark side of Henry Jekyll
fictionalOccupation none
fictionalUniverse Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
surface form: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde universe
fullName Edward Hyde
gender male
inspiredCharacterType split personality villain archetype
isAlterEgoOf Dr. Henry Jekyll
surface form: Henry Jekyll
languageOfWork English
literaryGenre Gothic literature
surface form: Gothic fiction

horror fiction
moralCharacter malevolent
narrativeRole antagonist
personification of Jekyll’s evil impulses
notableAction murders Sir Danvers Carew
tramples a young girl in the street
perceivedByOthersAs frightening
repulsive
personalityTrait amoral
cruel
impulsive
violent
physicalAppearance ape-like
deformed
gives an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation
smaller than Henry Jekyll
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1886
setting Victorian London
sharesBodyWith Dr. Henry Jekyll
surface form: Henry Jekyll
symbolizes moral degeneration
the consequences of scientific hubris
unrestrained desire
transformationMethod chemical potion created by Henry Jekyll

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Jekyll & Hyde mainCharacter Edward Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde alterEgoName Edward Hyde
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde mainCharacter Edward Hyde
this entity surface form: Mr Edward Hyde
Mr. Edward Hyde fullName Edward Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll hasAlterEgo Edward Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll isAlterEgoOf Edward Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll contrastedWith Edward Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll transformsInto Edward Hyde