Hyde's aggressive instincts that caused him to trample a little girl and murder Sir Danvers Carew represent the id. Gradually, Hyde begins to dominate Jekyll to the point where he cannot control his transformations, and soon Jekyll feels guilty and responsible for Hyde's actions. Jekyll represents the superego or conscious that causes guilt to enforce right and wrong. When Dr. Jekyll's experiments fail, he is unable to separate the two different personalities. Since the ego's function is to act as a mediator between the id and the superego its function is eliminated when Dr. Jekyll is incapable of controlling his transformations. If the ego does not exist, there is no separation between the id and the superego (Dury). .
In some cases in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the id and the superego display the same characteristics. Freud once stated, "the normal man is not only far more immoral that he believes but also far more moral than he knows," which implies that the unconscious id has its own principles, and therefore is not separate from one's concious (Khan). There are many instances where Jekyll's id does not escape his superego. Hyde shows traces of his conscious when he pays the family of the trampled girl for any damages he may have cause. His reaction to his violent behavior was characteristic of a Victorian gentleman. Hyde stated, "No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene name your figure" (Stevenson 10). He shows respect for others in society and pays off the girl's family politely, which is uncharacteristic of a person that is controlled by the instincts of the id. Dr Jekyll displays characteristics of the id as he finds pleasure in the evil deeds of Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll stated, about his transformation, .
I felt younger, lighter, happier in body; within I was conscious of a heady recklessness, a current of disordered sensual images running like a millrace in my fancy, a solution of the bonds of obligation, an unknown but not an innocent freedom of the soul.
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