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    Science is neither good nor evil‚ but in how your use it is what is evil or good. The authors of Br. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ Picture of Dorian Gray‚ Frankenstein show how mankind is evil. The works show how abusing the law of nature and society lead to the destruction of mankind. Science is a toll and its works are based on the tool’s master. The chouses of mankind is determined by the person reflects the person. Dr. Jekyll was a great scientist; he wanted to separate evil and good. He did so

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    Jekyll Hyde

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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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    itself well in Stevenson’s story (Stevenson 1-78). "I am quite sure of him‚" replied Jekyll‚ "I have grounds for certainty that I cannot share with anyone." (Stevenson 30). Jekyll is speaking about his good friend Mr. Hyde‚ whom no one knows is his divided "other" personality (Stevenson 30). Literally‚ Jekyll knows Hyde very well‚ but cannot disclose certain personal information about Hyde’s life that he does not wish to share; yet the reader finds out later‚ that Jekyll is merely looking for a loophole

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    but highly aware’ (Dinter‚ 2012‚ p.68). The narrative perspective is predominantly from Florence as first-person‚ although third-person is used at times‚ and her reliability as a narrator is immediately thrown into disrepute‚ explaining to us as the reader that ‘for a girl my age I am very well worded [but that] such concealment has become my habit’ (Harding‚ 2011‚ p.5). Florence is secretive throughout the novel and uses acting/performance in order

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    Robert Louis Stevenson gives a very literal take on this idea in his novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson masterfully creates an investigation into the human consciousness with relatable characters and visual details of London that seem to capture the moral state of Dr. Jekyll more than the city. The story revolves around Harry Jekyll who splits his personalities into two very literal personifications of good and evil‚ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ respectively

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    Mr Hyde

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    How does Stevenson explore ideas of good and evil in the novella “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?” The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and MrHyde. Jekyll and Hyde are like a dual personality‚ a single individual dissociate into two. They have become what Otto status calls opposing selves‚ According to Rank‚ the double in primitive societies is conceived of as a shadow‚ representing both the living person and the dead. This shadow survives the self‚ insuring immortality and thus functioning as a kind of guardian

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    police called Mr.Utterson‚ and he confirmed that the body was Sir Carew’s. Mr.Utterson also saw the weapon that Sir Carew was murdered with‚ and he recognized it. It was a cane that he gifted to Dr.Jekyll a long time ago and then he started to wonder how Mr.Hyde was in possession of it. Mr.Utterson visited Dr.Jekyll and asked him where Mr.Hyde was and Dr.Jekyll said he did not know and he no longer wanted to be associated with Mr.Hyde. So‚ he gave Mr.Utterson a letter that Mr.Hyde had given to him‚

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    with moral personality. When he "was coming home from some place"‚ he sees horrible thing‚ which is Hyde trampled over a young girl’s body and left. Then Enfield catches Hyde and brings him back. From this‚ Enfield seems like he was just watching this accident rather than rescuing the young girl. Moreover‚ when a doctor comes and cheek up the girl‚ Enfield calls him "Sawbones". It seems like he does not respect the doctor. There is no clue to find out the doctor is sawbones or not. Other example of

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    "The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" explores the idea that there is evil in all of us. Therefore there are many things which represent both good and evil in the story in this essay I am going to explain how Robert Louis Stevenson achieves this. Robert Louis Stevenson set this short novella in London in Victorian times. London in Victorian times was full of dramatic inventions‚ the slow destruction of the rigid class system and the terrible conditions which poor people had to live in. London

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    Mr Hyde

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    Summary Mr. Utterson is a lawyer‚ who is friends with Dr. Jekyll‚ and knows of the mysterious and troublesome Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll has given his will‚ which has some strange requests‚ to Mr. Utterson in case anything should happen to him. While reading the contents of the will‚ Mr. Utterson begins to realize that Dr. Jekyll’s handwriting is very similar to that of Mr. Hyde’s. One day‚ Poole‚ an employee of Dr. Jekyll‚ calls the lawyer and tells him that Dr. Jekyll has locked himself in a closet

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