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In the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and the Cherokee Myth, there is compared evidence of duality supported by the ideas that good and evil exists in everyone, appearance creates identity, and giving into temptation allows for weakness. There is the duality of good and evil, right and wrong, happiness and sadness. Robert Stevenson creates the idea that every character has two sides to them: good and evil. Similarly, there is duality between Dr.…

The 1931 film version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde offered an intricate web of thrilling plot points, rich, multi-dimensional characters, and erotic themes that were surprisingly forward for a horror film of that era. Fredric March superbly plays both the protagonist, Dr. Henry Jekyll (pronounced Gee-kel) as well as his diabolical alter ego/antagonist, Hyde. March fluidly sways between the two characters, giving credibility to Jekyll’s theory that there are two…

Perhaps one may say that Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, also known as ‘Lady Gaga’ has conquered living a double life. From her exquisite choice of clothes to provocative performance style to unique sound, Lady Gaga is known for making pop music “weird.” Five albums and eight years later, Lady Gaga continues to rock the entertainment industry not only with her excellence in music but most recently in her debut acting career, therefore, ultimately rewriting her star text. The body of work,…

In the novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the ingenious author, Robert Louis Stevenson, makes usage of shifts in the subject of the chapters and his differing methods of storytelling to draw parallels between the chapters “Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease” and “The Carew Murder Case.” Within the contents of chapter three,“ Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease”, Stevenson maintains a heavy focus on the friendship between Jekyll and Utterson as is clearly exhibited through Utterson heaving…

The Quest for Fulfillment Extracts Jekyll’s Evil Why has Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde touched so many readers so powerfully? One answer lies in the spirit of the time in which it was written. Another answer may lie within the connection some readers might experience to the main character Jekyll. His escape from political and social norm is an ability many readers fantasize about, and Robert Louis Stevenson flawlessly encompassed the illusion that they could, within the character of Mr. Hyde. Because…

Henry Jekyll opens his statement of the case with a reflection on his life up until the time where he begins attempting to prise apart the two qualities that he believes man is made up of. Jekyll explains he had a better start in life than most other people, “born…to a large fortune [and of] excellent parts”, his family was quite well off in terms of finance and he was born with the foreseeable stature of an honourable gentleman. For the majority of his later life, Henry Jekyll found both his…

The Dionysian and the Apollonian are two impulses that Nietzsche identifies as ways of thinking that is expressed through art. The Apollonian being that which relates to logic, reason, and order, whereas the Dionysian relates to irrationality, intoxication, losing oneself, and emotions. When these two impulses come together and are balanced art is created. One genre of television series is drama. In dramas there is usually a protagonist which would represent the Apollonian aspect by bringing…

It has been 15 years since the rise of The Syndicate (only here until we get le confirmed name),The villainous organization who claims responsibility for the death and early retirement of every vigilante figure. The world became flooded with crime, the rise of a mysterious figure known only as “Fortress” has began one last attempt at reforming the former Justice League & Teen Titans. In order to once and for all destroy, The Syndicate. The world is nothing but a playground for villains, no hero…

As Joker is burning the money in this scene, he says, “This town deserves a better class of criminal. And I’m going to give it to them.” Much of the film is dedicated to exploring what kind of criminal and what kind of hero Gotham City deserves. Bruce Wayne seems to be a white-collar criminal, who engages in the kind of corporate crimes that attract our real-life two-faced prosecutors. He takes corporate resources to pursue his own interests, uses deceptive means to obtain a majority stake in…

The Joker manages the overthrow of an entire criminal organization, predicting the moves of the cops and others on their way. The Joker says “Do I really look like a guy with a plan, Harvey? I don’t have a plan…” “I’m a dog chasing cars… I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it. I just do things. I’m just a wrench in the gears. I hate plans.” “Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I’m not a schemer, I show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really…