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    Emily Goodman Dr. Ngezem Engl 2122 31 March 2014 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Representation of the Duality of Human Nature From the beginning of time‚ stories have been passed down through generations that have depicted the wild adventures of the unorthodox hero. Stories like The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ where the hated and feared outcast of society becomes a beloved hero. Or in Robin Hood‚ where the thief helps put away the bad guy‚ saves the townsfolk from poverty‚ and gets the girl. The made

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    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 and Mr. Hyde‚ by Robert Louis Stevenson proves that the battle between good and evil is real in a vivid way within Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde. Stevenson writes

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    influential times in English history. In the book "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ the author uses images of crime‚ urban life‚ and in heritance to portray the culture of the Victorian Era. The gruesome crimes committed by Mr Hyde reflect the views of his animalistic and lower class way of behavior. The beginning of the story starts of with the introduction to Mr. Hyde by narrating about the first crime that he commits. During this crime‚ Hyde comes upon a little girl on the road and "the

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    English Coursework The Gothic fiction novelDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886‚ is a novel about a man torn by the desire to separate the good and evil inside people. The plot beholds a scientist who finds a way to literally separate his good from his evil by drinking a potion. The plot picks up on the Victorian hypocrisy that crippled people into being society’s idea of ‘good’ and the shallow nature of the Victorians and how they judged character by appearance

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    In The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman‚ both represent how doubles are reflections of characters inner desires. Double’s are objects or people who contain attributes a person represses‚ and does not have. But put the two objects or characters together they are equivalent to a human. However‚ the acts the doubles do in both novels are hidden by the characters to protect their identity. Both protagonists from both narratives enjoy their

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    and shadow to show people are not what they seem. Persona is how someone acts around a certain social group and shadow is a inward personality that is usually hidden and not fully conscious. In this novel Dr.Jekyll has a persona of being respectable and not a threat. Mr.Hyde has a persona of being rude and evil. For example‚ on page 4 Mr.Hyde tramples a 8 year old girl and has no remorse about it. I also feel as if Mr.Hyde is both a persona and shadow that Dr.Jekyll hides behind. Dr.Jeykll has this

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    only for a moment. ... . The story of Jekyll and Hyde is an analysis of these urges‚ this nature‚ made corporeal against the nurture of society. the story of jekyll and Hyde takes place in the Victorian era from 1837 and 1901 and named after the great Queen Victoria. During this time men and women acted a cretin way. Jekyll is a prime example of the sociological views of man and how man should be in the Victorian era. Jekyll has lived (44). Jekyll is defined by his job title his possessions

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    Flaws of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Not everyone is perfect. We all have weaknesses and character flaws. Some people drink too much; others smoking or spending too much money. Many people lead a seemingly moral and righteous life‚ but have secret‚ dark thoughts or desires. Mr. Hyde has all these flaws and he flaunted them openly. Actually‚ when you examine his character on a deeper level‚ the “respectable” Dr. Jekyll is actually and deeply flawed and immoral character. Mr. Hyde is just another

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    The book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made the biggest impact on me. This book was written in the late 1800’s and the theme still has deep meaning today. In my opinion‚ the theme of the story is based on the idea that we all have a good side and an evil side. I believe that there are life lessons to this idea. I also enjoyed the theme because I could relate to it in some ways. Dr. Jekyll was a very kind and friendly man‚ unsuspected to be the cause of any evil. However Dr. Jekyll had a dark side bottled

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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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