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    that of Mr. Hyde. This influence shows in the Chapter 1 quote above‚ where Mr. Enfield is describing to Mr. Utterson the hideous‚ seemingly sub-human‚ appearance of Mr. Hyde. The quote shows that Mr. Enfield can’t come up with a clear description of Mr. Hyde’s appearance other than the fact that he is horribly deformed in some unclear way‚ and no one else throughout the novel can offer a clear description of his deformity either. Perhaps Stevenson does not offer a clear description of Hyde from the

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    rather a leap of welcome. This‚ too‚ was myself." Dr Jekyll’s recognition here unsettles the easy way of reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde‚ where Hyde is imagined merely as a terrifying monster who must be destroyed. With close attention to the text‚ argue whether Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde shows good and evil as linked or separable in human nature. INTRO The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a classic mystery story‚ enticing to all audiences merely upon it’s suspense alone. When Stevenson first wrote

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    of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novella written in the 19th century by Robert Louis Stevenson. In his writings‚ Stevenson was fascinated by the ideas of concealment‚ double life‚ and the broader issue of human duality. The characters‚ Dr. Jekyll and his evil half Mr. Hyde‚ experience the behaviors of a split personality or that of the divided self. The divided self can be compared to a drug addict‚ where Jekyll would be the sober state‚ and Hyde would

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    consequences. Anonymity is a major plot in the novel‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll‚ a well respected man high up on the social ladder‚ had his public image which he had shaped to society’s liking and was keen on keeping it that way. But he was able to explore his more devious side with Mr. Hyde‚ who was a secluded‚ odd and mysterious man. So whenever Jekyll took the identity of Hyde and his high class cohorts couldn’t recognize him‚ he executed mischievous deeds that

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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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    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 but created a monster

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    The Victorian era is considered by many to be a period of intense sexual repression‚ as expressed in Sexualities in Victorian Britain: ’the Victorians were notorious as the great enemies of sexuality; indeed‚ in Freud’s representative account‚ sexuality sometimes seems to be whatever it was that the middle-class Victorian mind attempted to hide‚ evade‚ repress‚ deny’ (Miller and Adams‚ 1996). Modern critics such as Michal Foucault have recognised that Victorian prudery is no more than a ‘repressive

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    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 in order to diverge from

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    human mind. Theories can be explained through Sigmund Freud’s scientific analysis and experiments. His theory of repression is expressed by the parts of the human mind: id‚ ego‚ and superego. Complications of the mind are responsible for split personality and dual nature of man which allows contradicting natures to coexist in one man. In the novella‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ by Robert Balfour Louis Stevenson‚ the intricate malfunctions in the human mind are explored through id‚ ego

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    Louis Stevenson’s novella‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ the repression of Dr. Jekyll’s alter ego eats away at him; for the repression of this other being can no longer be caged. Through the repression and absolution of his deepest desires‚ Dr. Jekyll’s desire for unattainable perfection in the eyes of his peers‚ dissection of good and evil within himself‚ and acceptance into society without worry of his darker side being found out

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