What is the connection between Jack the Ripper and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Answer 1

As something of an essay title. (sorry :(). You could say that he was exploiting fears of man's closeness to savage animals brought about by the initial shock of a society coming to terms with a ground breaking and revolutionary discovery by showing the descent of a once rational man to the level of a dumb beast. He makes direct reference to Darwin's then controversial theory that mankind was descended from primates through comparisons of Mr Hyde to an ape, with phrases such as "With ape-like fury" and "Like a monkey, jumped". There's a start.

Answer 2

There is no direct connection between Jack the Ripper and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. However, both are significant figures in Victorian literature and have become emblematic of the darker aspects of society during that era. Some scholars have suggested that the character of Mr. Hyde in Robert Louis Stevenson's novella may have been inspired by the brutal crimes of Jack the Ripper, but this connection is mostly speculative.

Answer 3

At the time of the murders, a theatrical version of Robert Louis Stevenson's book Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was being performed. The subject matter of horrific murder in the London streets drew much attention, even leading the star of the show to be accused by some members of the public of being the Ripper himself, although this theory was never taken seriously by the police.[1]

1. Martin A. Danahay & Alex Chisholm, Jekyll and Hyde Dramatized (2005) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Special:Booksources&isbn=0786418702

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Answer 4

he influenced Robert Louis Stephenson (author) with the theory of men evolved from apes and how they live without rules and do what they want and also in the book he describes Hyde as an animal how moves fast and jumps high

Answer 5

Hyde was the natural man who survived.