What could make a virtuous individual want to have an immoral side ? To begin, “doubles” are shown in both the Victorian novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and contemporary film Fight Club. This theme of doubles is shown in both novel and film even though there is a prolonged difference from one another. In both the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the film Fight Club both show similarities in specific ways and differences in others. With similarities having to do with a father figure in both stories. Also there are differences in the way each story develops and ends. The novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shows why an individual during the Victorian period would actually work towards acquiring a double, and the shows individuals the circumstances
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Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and contemporary film Fight Club might have their dissimilarities, but there are also some similarities that bring them together. The film Fight Club is like a modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Both “doubles” seem to cause trouble in some sort of way. The double of Jack who is Tyler, makes a plan to blow up all of the banks to have everything get a fresh restart.In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Hyde commits crime and even kills, while Tyler comes up with the whole Mayhem plan to blow up all the banks. Jack seems like the person society wants him to be and Tyler is the exact opposite. Mr. Hyde is the evil one and in Fight Club so in Tyler. In Fight Club Tyler is everything that Jack wants to be, while Hyde is Jekyll is not. Both the contemporary film Fight Club and Victorian novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde share similar themes such as chaos, having a persona they can never be, good vs evil, and also how both “doubles” to say are in the end …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and contemporary film Fight Club there seems to be a similar symbol of a father figure. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde there is father figure who is oppressive. In the Victorian there is restart and control which Jekyll wants to avoid, and in Fight Club negligent, a absent father figure, and no role model for Jack. Jack grew up with no “father” figure and felt unlike himself, until he meets “Tyler”, a cooler manly version of himself. In Fight Club Tyler acts as if he is Jack’s father, who is created by Jack himself. According to Kushel, “ With the lack of a male role-model, all that is left for the American boy without a father is the consumer “product.” When there is no other solution, Jack turns to a “modern versatile domestic solution” to fill the void.” What Kushel is trying to say here is that Jack had no father figure in his life so he turned to the only masculine figure and that was Tyler. Jack does not know who he is a s person or who he actually wants to be or represent. In a scene Jack goes through a catalogue and says “I would flip and wonder, “What kind of dining room set *defines* me as a person?” This scene shows that Jack wants to be a person society wants him to be, and not what he wants. When Jack is introduced to Tyler he has someone to look up to, and Tyler acts as his “father figure” for once in his life. In a scene Jack is talking to Tyler and Jack says “ My mother would just go hysterics. My
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and contemporary film Fight Club might have their dissimilarities, but there are also some similarities that bring them together. The film Fight Club is like a modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Both “doubles” seem to cause trouble in some sort of way. The double of Jack who is Tyler, makes a plan to blow up all of the banks to have everything get a fresh restart.In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Hyde commits crime and even kills, while Tyler comes up with the whole Mayhem plan to blow up all the banks. Jack seems like the person society wants him to be and Tyler is the exact opposite. Mr. Hyde is the evil one and in Fight Club so in Tyler. In Fight Club Tyler is everything that Jack wants to be, while Hyde is Jekyll is not. Both the contemporary film Fight Club and Victorian novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde share similar themes such as chaos, having a persona they can never be, good vs evil, and also how both “doubles” to say are in the end …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and contemporary film Fight Club there seems to be a similar symbol of a father figure. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde there is father figure who is oppressive. In the Victorian there is restart and control which Jekyll wants to avoid, and in Fight Club negligent, a absent father figure, and no role model for Jack. Jack grew up with no “father” figure and felt unlike himself, until he meets “Tyler”, a cooler manly version of himself. In Fight Club Tyler acts as if he is Jack’s father, who is created by Jack himself. According to Kushel, “ With the lack of a male role-model, all that is left for the American boy without a father is the consumer “product.” When there is no other solution, Jack turns to a “modern versatile domestic solution” to fill the void.” What Kushel is trying to say here is that Jack had no father figure in his life so he turned to the only masculine figure and that was Tyler. Jack does not know who he is a s person or who he actually wants to be or represent. In a scene Jack goes through a catalogue and says “I would flip and wonder, “What kind of dining room set *defines* me as a person?” This scene shows that Jack wants to be a person society wants him to be, and not what he wants. When Jack is introduced to Tyler he has someone to look up to, and Tyler acts as his “father figure” for once in his life. In a scene Jack is talking to Tyler and Jack says “ My mother would just go hysterics. My