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    The book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is mysterious story written by Robert Louis Stevenson. The plot of the story, focusing on the disturbingly unpleasant Mr. Hyde and the good guy Dr. Jekyll, tells of the process of a normal person transforming, at the sip of a potion, into a villainous alter ego. This book is a classic work of literature and is highly representative of human nature. Also, this novel uses much symbolism to be later discussed. The theme and purpose of this book…

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    having an epiphany (54). In Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll experiences the struggle between good and evil that occurs in every person and the devastating effects it can have when evil overcomes good. In the story, Dr. Jekyll has the epiphany the evil personality of Mr. Hyde was overcoming the good in Dr. Jekyll. The quote illustrates the idea the choice Dr. Jekyll makes when alternating between Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde, as well as the choice between life and death…

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    inherents could interact with Mr. Jones on this plane of existence could be heard only by Jones and Lexy, who was the only human who could hear these attempted interactions. However, what Jones knew and understood as communication from home was foreign and unsettling to Lexy. This misunderstanding drove Lexy into the insanity that gripped every fiber of his being. Even commercials on the radio and supermarket ads were laden with messages that were aimed at contact with Mr. Jones to find out…

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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…

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    human nature. He does this through the actions of the characters of Jekyll and Hyde. First of all is the way that Jekyll acts in public “every mark of capacity and kindness- you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr Utterson a…

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    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. Hyde are the same…

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    In the story, “The strange 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,…

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    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…

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    Mr. Hyde 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…

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    Hyde Chapter 8

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    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…

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