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Do you think a person has two sides? If a person hides the side they feel ashamed of will it come back to haunt that person?In society there are many people who have different sides to themselves in my opinion. For example,when a student goes with one group to another they have different personalities because they can change personalities that quick. Well,in the novel,Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde a mad scientist makes a potion or drug that is impure where he then drinks it and it turns him into an evil side to himself. He looks like a small dwarf who is disfigured.

Anyway,every person had a duality of man,in themselves some just don't want to see it. That or some people feel ashamed at what others might think of them so they hide

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