In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, a scientist, Dr. Jekyll, creates an alter ego using 'a draft in order to escape the harsh views of society. As Mr. Hyde, he commits heinous crimes against citizens and becomes addicted to the perception of being safe from Victorian laws. Norman Kerr said this about addiction: “there is an intoxicated derangement of the mental faculties, so that consciousness, perception, reasoning, power, and consciousness are impaired” (Kerr 138 ). The character of Dr. Jekyll illustrates the condition of dependency in the Victorian era through the motifs of obsession with appearance and duality. Dr. Jekyll's obsession with appearance makes him addicted to the character of Mr. Jekyll himself. Dr. Jekyll is a symbol of both the good and evil of humanity, while Mr. Hyde represents pure evil. For example, when Dr. Jekyll is himself, he is seen as a respectable man adored by his colleagues: “he has become again their familiar quest and artist; and if he had always been known for his works of charity, he was now no less distinguished for his religion” (Stevenson 29). However, when Dr. Jekyll transforms into Mr. Hyde, his morals are quickly disregarded. An example of this occurs when Mr. Hyde murders Sir Danvers, shortly after Dr. Jekyll submits to the temptation of transforming into Mr. Hyde: "instantly the spirit of hell awoke within me… with a transport of joy, I mutilated the body which did not resist. , tasting delight with every stroke” (Stevenson 56). Even though Dr. Jekyll's carnal side enjoys the incident, this event also illustrates Dr. Jekyll's conscience side because in the fog of this brutal murder, he begins to feel guilty for committing the crime. This guilt drives him to have “clasped his hands with God…tears and prayers to stifle the host of hideous images and sounds which his memory invaded against him” (Stevenson 57). Overall, the text demonstrates that Dr. Jekyll's alter ego, Mr. Hyde, is the mastermind of pure malevolence who participates in activities that Dr. Jekyll cannot experience. For example, Dr. Jekyll's physical appearance begins to decline as he stops taking the potion. The text describes Dr. Jekyll's physical characteristics as "looking deathly ill" while he is generally a "tall, well-built, smooth-faced man of about fifty somewhat sneaky perhaps, but every mark of ability and kindness” (Stevenson 19-25). Not only does Dr. Jekyll's health begin to decline, but his behavior changes as well. Normally, when Dr. Jekyll received a visitor, he greeted him warmly, but as the text illustrates in Chapter 4, Dr. Jekyll did not have the strength to greet Mr. Utterson: "He did not rise to meet Mr. Utterson. his visitor but held out a cold hand and welcomed him with a changed voice” (Stevenson 25). Another example of Dr. Jekyll's changed behavior is when he physically separates himself from his colleagues for days on end, locked in his laboratory, causing his friends to check on him on several occasions. This act of withdrawal is linked to the reality that an addict faces during rehabilitation. The said addict must isolate himself from temptation to succeed in the recovery phase. Dr. Jekyll's final change in behavior is demonstrated by his reiteration of his breakup with Mr. Hyde and his outburst of violence. During a conversation that Dr. Jekyll has with Mr. Utterson shortly after the murder of Sir