In the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll was a scientist who felt constrained by the social expectations. He created a potion that he hoped would split the good half from the evil half in him. The potion backfired and created Mr. Hyde - a second, evil, personality to share Dr. Jekyll’s body. This second personality eventually drives him to take his (and Mr. Hyde’s) life. A tragic hero is an essentially noble or admirable person who causes his own downfall due to some flaw in his own character (the “tragic flaw”). Dr. Jekyll is not a tragic hero. Dr. Jekyll’s notions for creating the potion were neither noble nor admirable, and his one act of goodness at the end does not redeem him for all of the evil that Mr. Hyde has done.

Dr. Jekyll created the potion to escape from reality and to create a scapegoat so that he can go and do outrageous things. This is, in no way, noble or admirable. Dr. Jekyll wanted more excitement in his life and he was......

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Title: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: Tragic Hero
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