Adaptation: The Appearance of Evil

I found it very interesting and disturbing how the adaptation reversed the physical functions of Jekyll and Hyde. In the book, it is clearly evident that Hyde looks much uglier than his good looking counterpart. He is like the physical embodiment of his evil. In the adaptation however, Hyde is much more attractive and sensually appealing than Jekyll is. His confidence is higher, he draws more attention, and in some ways his more seemingly charming nature makes him even scarier than the ugly Hyde from the novel. I think this new rendition of Hyde is a good one, because it exposes that evil isn't always easy to spot, nor does it have to look ugly. Sometimes it can look appealing and charming, and this clash with our standard belief that evil should look evil as we think of it, ugly, horrid, and appalling, hits a truthful spot that needs to be more closely analyzed in the common man's life.