<Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <P> Dr. Henry Jekyll and his alternative personality, Mr. Edward Hyde, is a fictional character in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde . </P> <P> Dr. Henry Jekyll feels he is battling between the good and bad within himself, thus leading to the struggle with his alter ego, Edward Hyde . He spends his life trying to repress evil urges that are not fitting for a man of his stature . He develops a serum in an attempt to mask this hidden evil . However, in doing so, Jekyll transforms into Hyde, a hideous creature without compassion or remorse . Jekyll has a friendly personality, but as Hyde, he becomes mysterious and violent . As time goes by, Hyde grows in power and eventually manifests whenever Jekyll shows signs of physical or moral weakness, no longer needing the serum to be released . </P> <P> Stevenson never says exactly what Hyde does on his nightly forays, generally saying that it is something of an evil and lustful nature . Thus, in the context of the times, it is abhorrent to Victorian religious morality . Hyde may have been reveling in activities such as engaging with prostitutes or burglary . However, it is Hyde's violent activities that seem to give him the most thrills, driving him to attack and murder Sir Danvers Carew without apparent reason, making him a hunted outlaw throughout England . </P>

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