Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Compare And Contrast

Although many of the same thing happen in both the book and the movie, they are slightly out of order. For instance, in the movie the child that gets trampled is a little boy and this event occurs after the murder of Sir Carew. In the book, however, it is a little girl that gets trampled, and it is basically how the book begins. In a like manner, the book tells of Carew’s death like this: “And the next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the railway” (Stevenson 24). Mr. Hyde, the book version, used such force that he broke his cane in two (24). In the movie adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Mr. Hyde doesn’t break his cane, and hardly uses it in this part of the movie. In addition, the reason Sir Carew is killed in the movie is because he sees Dr. Jekyll transform into his other half Mr. Hyde. On the other hand, Carew is killed in the book because, well, the feeling strikes Mr. Hyde, it was something said by Carew that upsets Hyde. …show more content…
In the movie, there are extra characters that were never mentioned in the book. For example, Millicent Carew the daughter of Sir George Carew, whose name in the book is Sir Danvers Carew. Millicent is the supposed love interest of Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Lanyon is a bigger influence in the movie than in the book; he is Dr. Jekyll’s right hand man in the movie. Although in the book he plays a smaller role than in the movie, he is still important to the story. On the other hand, Mr. Utterson barely makes an appearance in the movie; whereas, Mr. Utterson, in the book is a very prominent figure because the story is told mostly through his