'Man is not truly one but truly two': this is the central theme represented in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Stevenson had great skills and was able to captivate his readers with his storytelling skills. His way of proposing unusual themes and use of language make his story very interesting and engaging. He has a wonderful way of portraying the duality of man through Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Stevenson also uses the environment and setting of the story to represent the contrast between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. We only discover the relationship between Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll towards the final chapters of the book. We learn that there is a demonic and angelic side to every person. There is duality in human nature and character flaws in everyone we meet in life. “All creatures are imperfect, but from a flaw the universe can be born” by Marguerite Young is one of my favorite quotes that describes the characters so well. There are flaws in every creature and from all our flaws we form the entire universe. Even the characters in the story are not perfect. Mr. Utterson was a long-time friend of Dr. Jekyll and was a person who never showed emotion, even though he was a trustworthy and honorable man. He was portrayed as the ideal Victorian man who was a God fearing man, he was not a man who liked parties so much, reserved in his thoughts. Mr. Utterson on the one hand was a very honorable man, but on the other hand he took very strange walks with Enfield. Even the most ideal and “perfect” man has character flaws. Hyde is purely evil. He is described as smaller, younger, uglier and hairier; he is considered evil and wicked. Stevenson compares him to a monkey. The monkey symbolizes......the center of the card......of Dr. Jekyll had started drinking the potion so often that he couldn't control his urge to keep transforming into Hyde. Until one day he could no longer transform into Doctor Jekyll. This shows that to some extent, our evil thoughts and negative attitude overpower our minds and leave us thinking only about ourselves and no one else, even if someone is of good character and has great qualities. The setting and environment of the book also symbolize how Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are also different. Dr. Jekyll lived in an upper middle class neighborhood but there was a back door that led to a dangerous street. Soho is described with a negative description: "... a neighborhood of a city in a nightmare." In the chapter “The Carew Murder Case” (15) Stevenson compares it to a nightmare while sleeping. He emphasizes that duality is everywhere, not just in human nature.