Jekyll is presented as a respected man who grew up in a wealthy family. During the era, people should be polite and polite without any signs or thoughts of violence and crime; however, Dr. Jekyll secretly has a desire to do evil. Conflicted with society's ideal, he repressed his emotions for many years and finally decided to hide his pressure by saying: "And indeed the worst of my defects was a certain impatient cheerfulness of character, such that has made the happiness of many, but like those I found difficult to reconcile with my imperious desire to hold my head high and to assume a more than commonly grave expression before the public this I have hidden my pleasures; reached years of reflection and began to look around and take stock of my progress and position in the world, I was already engaged in a profound duplicity of life (48) From this quote, Dr. Jekyll reveals that he does not wish to be cheerful, as many do, and decides to fake his pressure in the eyes of the public. After many years, he realizes that he was just hiding his true emotion. Finally, to solve his situation, he is inspired to create a potion who could transform into Mr. Hyde and free him from the struggle between protecting his reputation and following his emotions and emotions.