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    Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley The notion of double in Frankenstein. All along the novel‚ the theme of the double is recurrent. The Merriam-Webtser defines a doppelgänger as a ghostly counterpart of a living person or the evil alter-ego of a person. In Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley used that very motif to describe and characterize her characters. Indeed‚ the Creature can be seen as the double of Victor. He represents the dark side of Victor. If Dr Frankenstein appears as a nice and totally human and

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    remember when I was still a 7-year-old-girl. I imagined of having a twin sister with identical features I have. I’d been thinking it would be fun because I would have someone I can could play with aside from my siblings and saw myself on my twin as my alter ego. Then I realized that it won’t be possible. Nowadays‚ with our modern technologies‚ the impossible turn possible; a pen with video camera‚ a rechargeable car or car ran by water or by the energy from the sun‚ a mobile phone and other inventions

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    The Conscious and Unconscious: Analysis on the Life of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde By Bernadine SyTiong March 16 2010 “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson originated from a dream that the author once had and he described it as “a fine bogy tale” when he awoke from it. Stevenson was first inspired from the city’s low life and the bizarre characters that he came across with and that his Calvinistic upbringing and his constant fight against ill-health

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    his underground “Fight Club” with a certain Tyler Durden. He then becomes more and more absurd‚ his obsessions become unhealthy. By the end of the movie‚ we learn that Jack suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder and that Tyler is actually his alter ego. Upon watching the film for the first time the revelation at the end would come off as a shocker but once you really analyze it‚ the juxtaposition of the events leading up to the ending and the probable reality is not very far. He shares his obsession

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    Stevenson I will try to unravel the true meaning of the book and get inside the characters in the story created by Stevenson. A story of a man battling with his double personality. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ Hyde becomes Jekyll’s demonic‚ monstrous alter ego. Certainly Stevenson presents him immediately as this from the outset. Hissing as he speaks‚ Hyde has "a kind of black sneering coolness . . . like Satan". He also strikes those who witness him as being "pale and dwarfish" and simian like. The Strange

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    Dramatic Irony in Macbeth Introduction: William Shakespeare effectively uses dramatic irony to intrigue the reader and deepen the impact of the consequences Macbeth ultimately faces. Dramatic Irony Definition: Dramatic Irony is a literary term that defines a situation in the play where the reader knows more than the character does. Thesis: Throughout the play Macbeth‚ the reader is given the advantage of knowing more things than the characters in the play through the literary device‚ dramatic

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    Yolonda Greenfield Abnormal Psychology April 20‚ 2011 SYBIL The movie Sybil depicts the life of Shirley Ardell Mason‚ a woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder as a result of the physical‚ emotional and psychological trauma she suffered as a child. With the help of her psychiatrist‚ Sybil gradually recalls the severe child abuse that led to the development of 13 different personalities. Sybil is a substitute teacher in NYC‚ and is confused and easily upset‚ she randomly losses chunks

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    Man Versus Oneself There is a constant battle between good and evil within oneself. In some‚ the battle rages far deeper than others. The works: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ Double Vision by Pat Barker‚ an article "The Duality in Gothic Fiction" by Murel Bailey‚ the Wikipedia entry of “Two-Face”‚ the 1963 film‚ The Nutty Professor‚ and the 2003 film‚ The Hulk all demonstrate this struggle in a most extreme way.  The novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll

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    unconscious mind. The conscious mind is logical; whereas the unconscious mind is not and is ruled by pleasure-seeking (id).The unconscious mind expresses itself indirectly through example‚ dreams. Conflicts between the id‚ ego and superego create anxiety. The ego protects itself with ego defences (Sammons‚ 2009‚ pg‚ 31). These defences can be the cause of disturbed behaviour if they are over used which seem to be the case with Suzy. In Suzy’s case‚ the psychodynamic theory would say that Suzy has repressed

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    Joyce Carol Oates captured more than just the reader when she wrote the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” Oates recreates an event that took place in the mid-1960s‚ where a grown man‚ who had shaggy black hair and a boyish charm‚ would lure teenage girls into his car‚ rape and murder them‚ and then bury their bodies in the desert. The fate of the main character in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” lies between Oates’s wavering suspense. From the beginning Oates shows the

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