One of the themes of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is the limits of science and corruption that comes with...

s tale,
, reflects his deeply moral and Calvinistic bent. He was raised a
Presbyterian in the Church of Scotland, and thus believed in original sin. Because all men were
created sinful, it is impossible to be saved except for grace. Thus Dr. Jekylls efforts to try
to escape his own sinfulness by scientific means is not only futile, but like Lucifers
rebellion, an attempt to usurp the powers proper only to God. The story serves to reinforce a
message of moral responsibility (you have to struggle with your own moral imperfections) and of
humility (scientific ingenuity cant make living a moral life easy)