I see a short stunted and slightly deformed man. He would have a greenish tinge (remnant of the potion!) and rotted teeth (personal hygiene was not on his things to do list). I think monsters are far more scary when you leave the finer details out. This lets each person imagine what is scariest to them to fill in the image Stevenson knew this and purposely left out details of Hyde's appearance.
Explanation:
When Dr. Jekyll transforms and becomes Hyde he looks “pale” and “sick.” Enfield gives a description of Hyde,
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 couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment (Stevenson 10).
Hyde stands out within Dr. Jekyll’s social associates Enfield and Utterson. Although, they have the same body, it is interesting that Hyde takes on different appearance, an appearance fitting someone very low in class and even sick. He seems to disgust the people he encounters, which is not the impression that Dr. Jekyll gives. His evil personality could not have looked like Dr. Jekyll, because Jekyll’s appearance matches an upper class, conservative man. Hyde emphasizes the importance of appearance in the nineteenth century. Appearance can tell others where a person would fall under: high, middle, and working class. Â
