Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Social Commentary Essay

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Toby Quach
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1/18/2018
Social Commentary On Novel In this life, people are bound by law, and morality, but there are on some situations both law and morality can’t be solves the problems. The novel “Dr. Jekyll & Mr.Hyde” from Robert Louis Stevenson demonstrated one man want to get out of the rules and do everything, but accidentally he was lost in the world of crime, and no way for him to come back with the real life. This story show everyone two things: the unfair still can not be solves, and people have to be thinking before doing anything because if they lost, they have no way to come back. From the novel “ Dr.Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” we can see the wish to have power to change the life, to become a hero, but actually it gave a negative affect and make Dr. Jekyll lost in the world of crime. Before, Dr.Jekyll and his partner Dr.Lanyon make an experience to change one person to become another. Base on the documents left from the dead men, they created a potion that can make Dr.Jekyll change and become Mr.Hyde. Based on the status of Hyde, Dr.Jekyll has traveled around the city and caused the
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Through this incident we have begun to see the loss of control of Dr.Jekyll, but thanks to the interference of those …show more content…
Jekyll we should draw a lesson that change is not bad, but we need to think carefully before the change because any change is risky. If we just take a break from our own interests without paying attention to its consequences, then the change is a mistake and it takes us to the end and can not come back as well as Dr.Jekyll. That does not mean that we should not change because together with the development of society today, those who do not grow and change are the ones who will be eliminated. We need to change in a better way in order to enjoy this life, but with it we must also keep the good traditions that our ancestors leave

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