... this as well as the Christian theory; it was quite disturbing for some people: instead of being unique we became just one species among many. Darwin's theory challenged the authority of the Old Testament. He also refers to Sigmund Freud, by using Freud's idea of the ego and the alter ego and turned one into Dr Jekyll, the other Mr Hyde. Stevenson represents evil through the appearance and character of Edward Hyde. According to Mr Enfield "he is not easy to describe," "There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I didn't specify the point." This means that Mr Enfield could not describe Mr Hyde due to Hyde's deformity. Stevenson chooses to represent Hyde's deformity as evil "Pale and Dwarfish,"-meaning ...

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