Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde EssayIn Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll's struggle between two personalities is the cause of tragedy and violence. Dr. Jekyll takes the loyalty of his friends and unknowingly abuses them. In this short story, Stevenson shows the attributes of loyalty, how friendship contributes to loyalty, and how his own life affected his writings on loyalty. Stevenson expresses loyalty in several ways. For example, it establishes the friendship between Mr. Utterson, Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Lanyon. In a good friendship there is always loyalty, or at least there should be. Dr. Jekyll depends on the loyalty of his friends. He asks Dr. Lanyon to bring him some ingredients from his laboratory so that he can become himself again as Dr. Jekyll. “Poole, my butler, has his orders; you will find him waiting for your arrival with a locksmith. The door of my office will then be forced open: and you will enter alone; open the glass press (letter E) with the left hand, breaking the lock if it is closed; and to remove, with all its contents as they are, the fourth drawer from the top or (which is the same thing) the third from the bottom” (Stevenson 60.61). In this case, Dr. Lanyon shows loyalty to Dr. Jekyll because Dr. Jekyll trusts him enough to expose his darkest secret to him and allows him to go to his laboratory where no one is usually allowed. In Mr. Utterson's case, since he is a lawyer, Dr. Jekyll had instilled confidence in him and handed over all his important documents and his will. Mr. Utterson was very loyal because he did what he was asked even when he was confused and uncertain. Mr. Utterson showed loyalty not only to Dr. Jekyll, but also to Dr. Lanyon. Dr. Lanyon had written him a letter just before his death, addressing...... middle of paper...... marrying a woman who was cheating on her husband. “She was a 36-year-old American woman, married (although separated) with two children” (biography.com). Her name was Fanny Osbourne and she and Robert fell in love in France. “Osbourne had traveled to Europe to try to escape her ex-husband's influence” (gradesaver.com). Stevenson could have drawn his ideas from Fanny's situation. She and her first husband were once loyal, but their relationship eventually deteriorated. In conclusion, Stevenson expressed his thoughts on the attributes of loyalty, how friendship contributes to loyalty, and how his own life has extremely well affected his writings on loyalty. His writing techniques were very creative, he really has an ability to convey deeper meaning. Works Cited Stevenson, Robert Louis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 1886 NY: Signet, 1994. Print.