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    In the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll was a scientist who felt constrained by the social expectations. He created a potion that he hoped would split the good half from the evil half in him. The potion backfired and created Mr. Hyde - a second‚ evil‚ personality to share Dr. Jekyll’s body. This second personality eventually drives him to take his (and Mr. Hyde’s) life. A tragic hero is an essentially noble or admirable person who causes his own downfall due to some flaw

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    In the novella‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ addiction plays a major role. It is not so much an addiction to the elixir‚ but more so an addiction Jekyll has to his evil counterpart‚ Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll’s own exploration of self‚ his refusal to give up Hyde‚ and his physical transformation are all components of his addiction. It is Jekyll’s obsession with the other half of his personality that he cannot give up. According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine‚ “Psychological

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    Concepts in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” perfectly mirrors the doubling within a personality and also shows us the viciousness within every person. In this context I want to prove throughout this essay‚ that Freud’s psychoanalytical concepts can be applied onto the main character of the story. Furthermore I want to draw a conclusion‚ what this means in general to mankind. As the ongoing story reveals Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are not

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    Robert Louis Stevenson was a nineteenth century writer who wrote many famous books such as Treasure Island‚ DR. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ Kidnaped‚ and many more. In many of his books there was an idea (or hint) of his idea of the duplicity of man. Stevenson’s I idea of the duplicity of man was that they were opposites; a good side and a bad side. In his book‚ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde he wrote‚ “I reached years of reflection‚ … I stood already committed to profound duplicity of life”. This idea was often

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    have two sides in life? In the book‚ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson a young gentleman‚ Mr. Hyde‚ likes to bring trouble in the street of London. It is Mr. Utterson’s duty to know why Mr. Hyde likes to hurt people. Until he realizes that Dr. Jekyll is also Mr. Hyde and he has been drinking a special potion that turns him evil. It is true that we have two sides in life: one is simple and the other shows no mercy. In the book‚ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson‚ all violence consists

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    How does Stevenson present duality in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Stevenson presents duality in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in various ways. One of these variations of the duality is among the minor characters‚ for example Utterson and Enfield. Their similarity is that they are both respectable Victorian gentlemen‚ that both like to discuss stories but they feel it is gossiping about their friend and say ‘let us make a bargain to never refer to this again’‚ this shows that they feel that they have over

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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a non-fictional book and were written by Robert Louis Stevenson. The characters in the book are Mr. Gabriel John Utterson‚ who is a prominent and upstanding lawyer; Mr. Enfield is a distant cousin and lifelong friend of Utterson. Mr. Guest is Utterson’s clerk and confidant. Sir Danvers Carew is a Member of Parliament‚ and a client of Utterson‚ Dr. Hastie Lanyon is a reputable London doctor. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a doctor and a friend of Lanyon and Utterson. Mr. Poole is Jekyll

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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde In the famous novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde there are many underlying themes surrounding the story line. The story takes on a dark and mysterious aspect that seems to allude to something more then what it is letting on. One major theme that I saw throughout the entire story was addiction or substance abuse. The dual personality of Jekyll and Hyde is unnatural and their actions make the reader believe that there is a serious problem going on. The novel

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    years‚ the beliefs and standards of societies shape individuals. In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ the effects of society on individuals is a prevalent theme. The Victorian society upholds individuals to have a sensible reputation and professional work life. Throughout this novel‚ the societal standards fuel Jekyll’s internal conflict and influence the repression of Hyde. The societal standards are recognizable from the beginning of this novel. In the Victorian

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    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is greatly influenced by the historical events that happened during the time when Robert Louis Stevenson was writing this novel. The three main historical context that influenced the book are religion‚ the Victorian conventions of the nineteenth century and the gothic literature that was being published at the same time. Religion was a major part of the nineteenth century and was greatly enforced into the author and everyone’s daily life during that time

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