Hyde also creates terror the servants are extremely frightened of him. Jekyll - Jekyll's clothes are far too large for him - and Hyde is also many years younger than Jekyll, symbolically suggesting that the evil side of Jekyll did not develop until years after he was born. Jekyll), he is, therefore, symbolically represented as being much smaller than Dr. Since Hyde represents the purely evil in man (or in Dr. In other words, his mere physical appearance brings out the very worst evil in other people. The reaction of others to him is one of horror, partly because while looking at him, others feel a deep desire to strike out at him and kill him. But even in this first encounter, he raises a fear, an antagonism, and a deep loathing in other people. He does not do this out of spite - or intentionally it is simply an amoral act. When he is first extracted and in our first encounter with him, he is seen running over a young girl, simply trampling on her. Hyde actually comes to represent the embodiment of pure evil merely for the sake of evil.
Hyde, as his name indicates, represents the fleshy (sexual) aspect of man which the Victorians felt the need to "hide" - as Utterson once punned on his name: "Well, if he is Mr.
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