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[DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE] if Jekyll had not been such a repressed Victorian, would Hyde have been a mere rascal?
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In the original fiction, yes.

Jekyll wasn't a good person- or to be more accurate, he was only a good person because he was scared of consequences. Mr Hyde wasn't a hulk style alternate personality- it was Jekyll but unaccountable. He was doing what he always wanted to do, secure in the knowledge that any consequences  would fall upon the imaginary "Mr Hyde" rather then him. He's not taken over by Hyde, so much as gets addicted to being Hyde.

Had he not had those dark urges, Hyde would have been less dark. What the potion does is give you the ability to do what you want you want without the worries about being caught. This only means committing atrocities if you're the type of person who would, if unaccountable, go out and commit atrocities.