Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Heart of Darkness are both short stories that struggle to interpret the difference between appearance and reality. Each story involves a depicted idea of a person or group, and a hidden secret of what the truth actually is. Stevenson and Conrad both work to break the barrier between the unknown and the truth. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde fights to find the connection between the two main characters while Heart of Darkness attempts to save the African tribes from living under unequal, harmful, and corruptive European leadership. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tells the story of a rich, successful, and well-known doctor that seems to disappear at night. He locks himself inside his house with his laboratory. Two gentlemen notice
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He is given the task to lead and expeditionary crew to find more ivory for the company he works for. Unknown to Marlow, the company has invaded the homeland of many tribes and horribly mistreated these humans. Joseph Conrad presents a very one-sided story in this situation. He portrays the African people as almost inhuman. Conrad states, "I had then, as you remember, just returned to London after a lot of Indian Ocean, Pacific, China Seas - a regular dose of the East - six years or so, and I was loafing about, hindering you fellows in your work and invading your homes, just as though I had got a heavenly mission to civilize you." He repeatedly attempts to alter the mind of the reader to make them believe the Europeans are helping the Africans. He tries to downplay the fact they live in a less advanced society as Europe and covers the brutal treatment with the excuse that they are helping …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Heart of Darkness are both extreme examples of writers and characters that use their stature and power to persuade the reader to struggle in their fight to discover reality. The dual personality possessed by Dr. Jekyll is unknown to the public because of his hidden back door, cover of the night, and extreme difference of looks. The public views two separate entities that have polar opposite personalities and viewpoints. The truth shows a human that has lost control of his emotions, and uses his skills to terrorize a town with his other self. The wording, expression, and treatment of the local Africans is covered up in Heart of Darkness. The public views a working group of Europeans that are constantly attacked by locals trying to prevent them from creating a profit. They also see a savage, unhealthy group that passes illness and wrongdoing on them as they work for a natural resource. However, the hidden truth shows that the Europeans are in fact the savages that fight and kill Africans because they are too consumed by their actions to generate a profit. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Heart of Darkness are both short stories that struggle to interpret the difference between appearance and reality. Each story contains a false narrative that the reader or subjects of the story are supposed to follow and believe. These narratives portray a major conflict between what the actual truth is and what the public’s view is indented to be. Both Stevenson and Conrad
He is given the task to lead and expeditionary crew to find more ivory for the company he works for. Unknown to Marlow, the company has invaded the homeland of many tribes and horribly mistreated these humans. Joseph Conrad presents a very one-sided story in this situation. He portrays the African people as almost inhuman. Conrad states, "I had then, as you remember, just returned to London after a lot of Indian Ocean, Pacific, China Seas - a regular dose of the East - six years or so, and I was loafing about, hindering you fellows in your work and invading your homes, just as though I had got a heavenly mission to civilize you." He repeatedly attempts to alter the mind of the reader to make them believe the Europeans are helping the Africans. He tries to downplay the fact they live in a less advanced society as Europe and covers the brutal treatment with the excuse that they are helping …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Heart of Darkness are both extreme examples of writers and characters that use their stature and power to persuade the reader to struggle in their fight to discover reality. The dual personality possessed by Dr. Jekyll is unknown to the public because of his hidden back door, cover of the night, and extreme difference of looks. The public views two separate entities that have polar opposite personalities and viewpoints. The truth shows a human that has lost control of his emotions, and uses his skills to terrorize a town with his other self. The wording, expression, and treatment of the local Africans is covered up in Heart of Darkness. The public views a working group of Europeans that are constantly attacked by locals trying to prevent them from creating a profit. They also see a savage, unhealthy group that passes illness and wrongdoing on them as they work for a natural resource. However, the hidden truth shows that the Europeans are in fact the savages that fight and kill Africans because they are too consumed by their actions to generate a profit. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Heart of Darkness are both short stories that struggle to interpret the difference between appearance and reality. Each story contains a false narrative that the reader or subjects of the story are supposed to follow and believe. These narratives portray a major conflict between what the actual truth is and what the public’s view is indented to be. Both Stevenson and Conrad