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Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, referenced Carl Jung’s theories and played with the idea of what made someone good and another evil through characters and events of the book. Firstly, Carl Jung, a Swedish psychologist, believed in archetypes of humans, especially the shadow archetype. The shadow archetype, according to Carl Jung, is one’s darker side and is filled with impulses, darker intentions, and others of the like. Additionally, Carl Jung stated…

This is mainly seen at the end of the novel with the death of Dr Jekyll when he can no longer control either side of his human nature. "The spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not moved to begin" This demonstrates the separation and corruption within Jekyll as there is a constant…

novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson the concepts of humanity as dual in nature, and the importance of reputation are used to create tension between the good Dr. Jekyll and the revel Mr. Hyde. While at the same time representing the suppression of the Victorian time period. “Man is not truly one, but truely two.” The importance of duality in the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde plays a major role throughout the novel. Dr. Jekyll and Mr.…

case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, the element of moral ambiguity appears through Dr. Jekyll and his experimentations. Dr. Jekyll lives in an era known as the Victorian Era, in which there are many strict rules and social constraints. By the demands that he should be good all the time, Dr. Jekyll creates a potion to separate his personalities. The separation creates Mr. Hyde, his alter ego, who represents the darker side of Dr. Jekyll, exhibiting and representing Dr.…

In the story Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, it shows two characters, who represent good vs. evil. Good decisions in life can result in gaining people's trust and making lots of friends. Bad decisions in life can result in severe consequences, like long periods of jail time, or loss of friends, sometimes it also can lead to death. One can choose to be good or evil because every human is born with a conscience which helps them decide whether they want to make good decisions or…

immensely has a stronger personality than Dr. Jekyll due to after drinking the potion that will return him to his original appearance and character as Dr. Jekyll, each time he takes the potion to remove Edward Hyde, he worsens. Hence, Mr. Hyde has committed violate crimes before and after drinking the potion Dr. Jekyll had developed that did not gave him to have absolute to control his dark side. In the novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll has a struggle with…

Throughout chapter 8 of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson employs an external narrative voice and dialogue, in order to describe the weather of London, analyse themes of the novella, and explore the fears of people living in London, during the 1800s. Throughout the chapter, the weather is dark and wild, much like the events that are yet to come in the novella. The door of the cabinet in which Hyde is hiding explores themes of class division, while the exploiting…

Compare how Shakespeare and Stevenson present change through the protagonists in “Macbeth and “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” In the play “Macbeth” and the novella “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” both authors use change as a key factor with the protagonists. However, key factors affect how they present these changes in the protagonists of the story, which consist of the time that the novella and play were written; why the book or play was written, and which way that they…

society, we have all attempted to fall under certain ideals that society has established, but by trying to follow the belief of the masses, it has blurred the distinct line between who a person is and who society wants them to be. In both the novels Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and A Doll’s House, the main characters exemplify an individual’s clash with the expectations and standards of society that serves as a hindrance towards the character’s search towards self-identity. Victorian society can be…

philosophical ideas of opposing moral concepts, and being one of the reasons behind the loss of innocence. Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 science fiction/Gothic novella, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, follows the lawyer Gabriel John Utterson investigating strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, his nefarious doppelgänger, Edward Hyde. Through the incorporation of a character with a fluctuating personality, Stevenson provides the opportunity for different…