The ape-like Mr. Hyde in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThroughout The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. . Henry Jekyll lived through periods of transformation, transcendence and transgression. During these times when Dr. Jekyll was Mr. Hyde, Hyde impacted the lives of many of the characters that populate Stevenson's story. In imagining Hyde, readers are struck with a great sense of who Hyde is with surprisingly little in the way of physical description. We are reminded of the dwarf-like stature and impression of deformity that Hyde leaves on his viewers. We are given few other clues, but one trait about Hyde is almost a certainty: Hyde possesses simian characteristics. After Utterson hears Enfeild's story of Mr. Hyde running over a child like a "Juggernaut", Utterson decides to haunt Mr. Hyde (Stevenson 3). After meeting Mr. Hyde, Utterson is struck by the fact that “the man hardly seems human!/Something troglodyte” (Stevenson 10). According to the American Heritage Dictionary, troglodyte can be interpreted as "a member of a race of fabulous or prehistoric people ...