Duality In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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Many people over time have been called two face, or have been said to have two or more separate personalities; however, In Robert L. Stevensons book, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it is very clear that throughout the book Stevenson makes it clear that not only certain people are of "duality of man", as Stevenson says, but in fact all man had two personalities are able to be able to fit into anywhere that they need to be. For example, how someone if able to go to a reading club and fit in and then an hour later be able to go to a wrestling match and go against someone equally or even stronger than them. Many people are able to go to group and then go into another group and be able to fit in perfectly even though the just came …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the main characters presented, Mr. Utterson and Dr. Jekyll, who is also Mr. Hyde. This is how Stevenson presents his first place in the book where the first quote "it seemed natural and human" (Stevenson ). What can be implied through this would be that having multiple personalities is a normal thing. Stevenson also said, "Man is not truly one but truly two". This is because he knows that everybody has their alter ego, but what exactly is man an alter ego? It is the exact same thing as having multiple personalities. In other words, it is your other self. This is exactly what The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is doing because Dr. Jekyll is also his alter ego Mr. Hyde. Most people have per say an evil and a good side to this; however, one of the sides will show better in certain situations than the …show more content…
The other way they could find out is through reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Robert L. Stevenson does this in such a way that makes people realize who they are and what they do that makes them two faced. Stevenson also helps people relate to who Dr. Jekyll is, cooping up and hiding the other half until it got to the point where it wasn't controllable. With this scenario, many of those who read The strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In reality this is how many people are, especially famous or popular people. This is because they are forced in a way to smile and put off any other feelings to the point where they explode and hurt

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