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Dr. Jekyll overall prognosis is classified as a dissociative disorder, commonly characterized by the disruption in the normal integration of consciousness, identity, perception, motor control, emotion, and behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p.291). Symptoms accompanying dissociative disorder can potentially disrupt all areas of psychological functioning. Usually, the cause of these disorders is found in the byproduct of trauma. For most, the active and receptive modes of the…

Mona Lisa: The Portrait of London Beyond the plot and the tragedy of main heroes, cinematography is able to reflect the life of the piece of the world where the game of actions takes place. In Neil Jordan’s multi-faceted movie Mona Lisa, London reveals the depths of its underworld: prostitution, crimes, and violence. George, the protagonist of the story, becomes the guide who leads the audience through the streets of London, its representatives, and their hardships on the lines of fortune.…

Can people really change or do they just change on the outside? The story, The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, shows change through Dr.Jekyll being able to turn into Mr.Hyde and change personalities. The movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, demonstrates change because Walter’s life was boring but then becomes interesting. The movie, Finding Dory, directed by Angus Maclane and Andrew Stanton shows Nemo changing by him being scared to saving his friend.If everyone changes like the way…

In great works of literature, a common theme displayed the play or novel is duality. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Stevenson, and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee contain a heavy amount of duality. Duality in literature is a word or phrase with a dual meaning, usually complete opposites. In Romeo and Juliet, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many hidden phrases that utilize the literary…

Jekyll and Hyde 2: Tokyo Drift In this essay, we’ll be analyzing how cultural shifts can affect the plot and characters of a story across adaptations. The differing depictions of characters born in Stevenson’s original novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, across adaptations and spinoffs have perfectly highlighted just how thoroughly cultural changes can alter a character. For the sake of organization, each key character will be analyzed separately at first and then analyzed as…

“Bartleby, the Scrivener, A Story of Wall-Street” The story, “Bartleby, the Scrivener, A Story of Wall-Street”, by Herman Melville, published in 1853, introduces a narrator who is also a character in the story, and his existential emergence that is born due to Bartleby’s character. By examining two specific passages in detail and connecting those to the entire story, I will argue that the separation between privacy and society, demonstrated by the screen in the chamber, represents an internal…

The argument presented in The Twilight Zone's “ The Howling Man,” episode is particularly interesting because of its content. In the episode, the audience is presented with David Ellington's entrance into an oddly strange castle. The scenery, being the strange castle, will be representative of Ellington's feelings since it develops a sense of mystery that is key to the story. Ellington engages in a conversation with Brother Jerome, who is a bearded man with a staff, similar to the…

Double sidedness is human nature. Therefore, novels of a variety of genres cover the subject of double sidedness. What is important is that the detective genre also covers this subject. As an example, this essay will analyze two detective series. The first is the well-known Sherlock Holmes and the other is Gojeonbu(A classic club) which centers around a club that studies classics. More precisely, two characters of each series will be analyzed in terms of the double sidedness concept. Detective…

Sachi Yang Ms. Hale English 10 ADV (1110.5) June 15th 2016 Outline I. Introduction a. Thesis Statement: After analyzing novel Lord of the Flies and the lyrics of “Sympathy for the devil”, it can be easy to find out that they have the subject about evil. Therefore, how do both of them prove that evil is a nature of human? II. Topic #1: People choose to be evil if their self-interest is involved. a. The elderly boys only care about themselves,…

The term evil can be defined as an immoral part of someone or a force in nature that gives rise to wickedness and sin. Both William Golding and Louis Stevenson explored the theme of evil in their books. They used the idea of evilness inside human nature, which was the same, but their own thoughts about basics of evilness was totally different. In this essay, I will look how evil is represented in both these novels through setting, characters and plot. Setting is the locale or period, which the…