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Imagine you are presented with the opportunity to do whatever you choose without the repercussions of losing a good reputation or legal trouble. Would you take the chance that it would not backfire or would you think twice about something that seems too good to be true? In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Henry Jekyll faces the fallout of his decision to take advantage of this opportunity. While he tries to keep the other half of his identity, Mr. Edward Hyde, a secret, he fails…

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the author Robert Louis Stevenson uses the theme of dual identity to make a commentary on Victorian society and human nature. Stevenson is critical of the repression that exists within Victorian culture. He uses the motif of the double to demonstrate the dangers of refusing to acknowledge the animalistic nature of man. When this aspect of man is repressed and alienated, it grows even stronger and takes on a life of its own. Mr. Hyde is the…

Q: Compare and contrast the personalities of Dr Henry Jekyll and Mr Hyde- how do they develop throughout the novel? Introduction: In Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, two men embody the polar opposites of good and evil and attempt to keep the two sides completely separate to the eyes of Victorian society and the Victorian reader; however the constant battle of sides is eventually won by evil. Evil is embodied in the form of Mr Hyde and good in the form…

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the plot of this peculiar story has a deeper allegorical meaning. Robert Stevenson’s main theme and message toward the reader is that inside every single person’s soul, there are two opposing, yet coexisting components of human nature within that one person. As the reader becomes conscious of that inside the dual nature there is the ethical, perfectionist Superego which is portrayed as Dr. Jekyll and the greedy, pleasureful Id which is embodied by…

“I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two” (61). This quote is from the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. This quote clearly demonstrates the theme of the book. It shows how the concept of good and evil is the predominant idea stated. Dr. Jekyll is your mad scientist type of character, he loves to experiment and sometimes his curiosity may be lurking in the wrong fields of science. One day, he comes up with…

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde did not equally inhabit their host body. Jekyll mentions how the frequency of his metamorphosis increased involuntarily, without the potion. The contents within the potion brought forth Mr. Hyde. Eventually Mr. Hyde gains dominance over his host. Dr. Jekyll finds a bit of pleasure in the immoral actions of Mr. Hyde and is enticed to drink the potion more often. If they were separate streams of consciousness, then one should not overlap the other. Duality represents polar…

Madness is state of mind that always raises many questions. These questions can lead to the root cause of the problem. In real life and in stories, the causes of madness could vary and be broad. However, there is always a turning point that makes one lose control of consciousness and sense of reality. For instance, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is more than just a story about a mad woman. It unveils many symptoms of madness that can be traced down to the root cause. Another…

If not for the medically inspired separation of the two parts of Dr. Jekyll’s whole, this novella by Robert Louis Stevenson might only be the sad tale of a man who is forced, by society and societal morals, to be a man he never wanted to be. Much like Mary Shelley’s monster of Frankenstein, Mr. Hyde is a by-product of society, but, in this case, he is also a by-product of the suppression of self, frequently based on moral and religious beliefs. Mr. Hyde is a reflection of the inner self we…

There are many morels that have happened over time from now and from back in the Victorian eras. There was different sets of morals over time based on religion and other perceptions of good and evil in literature and different forms media going back from the Victorian era till now. In the books the strange cases of Dr .Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the hunger games, Dracula and Beowulf this are some of the literate that support the morels and how good and evil was perceive and how their actions were…

There is a good and a bad in every story. The famous idea of having an angel and a devil on one’s shoulders is the main focus in the novel In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well known and respected scientist who does dangerous experiments. One of his experiments created a clone of himself, but only his evil side. Whenever he takes the special potion he created, Henry Jekyll turns into a new man. This man he created was Edward…