Character Foils

  Throughout reading the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, two characters came out to me as character foils. Although not quite sure if these characters were combined as one or not, they really came off as two complete opposites. The book describes Jekyll as tall, sophisticated, and handsome.   Now if you think to yourself, what is the exact opposite of that, that would perfectly describe  the character Hyde. Although being portrayed as two complete opposite people, they actually come together representing a whole, and spilt personalities. Yes it would be correct if you were to say that this "person" had an alter ego, but don't we all? Well, maybe to not these extremes but we all have different sides of us that do come out at the worst of times. But the fact of the matter was why did Jekyll want to bring out Hyde? Why would he want him self to be a 50% evil, and rather ugly side? Maybe Jekyll secretly liked this evil side to him. Maybe he fell in to the temptation rebellion. This just shows to us that although it might be perceived like one person is something, they can be totally different than what thought to be. This falls perfectly under the quote "Never judge a book by its cover."