essay I will discuss two unique case studies and consider how these writers came to explore the idea of multiple personality. The first case study is ‘Achille’ by Janet and the second case study is the strange case of ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ by Stevenson In 1889‚ the book ‘Psychological Automatism’ by Pierre Janet introduced his dissociation theory which was used to describe mental states in which a disruption of conscious awareness occurs. The dissociation period was characterised by two
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Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde In Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde Stevenson shows uses concepts of person 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
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shape or form. An outlet will be found‚ and deeper darker forces will arise. Dr. Jekyll’s deeper darker forces come forth after years of his persona not acceptable in the eyes of others being repressed because of the pain that desires cause. In Robert 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
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The novella does not go into much detail about this aspect but there is one instance this theory can be applied to. This is Poole’s changing attitude in chapter The Last Night. Poole is significant as he is the one character in the novel that has seen Hyde the most as far as the reader knows. However‚ when he calls Utterson for help as his master has locked himself in his room‚ he is ambivalent about who he thinks is in the room. First he argues that it is his master wearing a mask and after alternating
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Jekyll and Hyde Essay In the novel Jekyll and Hyde‚ Stevenson the author‚ uses foreshadowing to hint at what’s to come later on in the book. Three examples that are in the book are how Jekyll and Hyde’s penmanship is very alike and that Hyde has a key to Jekyll’s lab and that all of Jekyll’s servants must follow Mr. Hyde’s exact orders‚ and also that Hyde is also Jekyll. All of these examples foreshadow what happens later on in the book. In the beginning of the book Jekyll tells Utterson to read
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Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Essay In both Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde human nature is being tampered with. Dr. Jekyll creates a potion which changes himself into another person‚ and Frankenstein creates human life through science. In both cases they tried to change human nature from going outside the norm. Although they both intended for good the outcome was bad. So with good comes the capacity to do evil. While at the same time every person has a duel persona. The idea
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technologies as telegraph or electricity triggered new writers and influenced creation of the “literature of ideas”. The circle of the most acclaimed writers who employed technology and science in their oeuvre included Herbert George Wells‚ Robert Louis Stevenson and Ray Bradbury. H. G. Wells is well known for contribution to scientific romances‚ comic novels and the novels of ideas. As a scientist‚ he had an extensive knowledge in this matter. “Wells repeatedly employs evolution as motif in his
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20.10.14 Sy Chia Ng Liu 800 words Discuss Jekyll’s progression throughout the novel and his fall from grace. What key moments and decisions
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I may die if I like it. Mister Utterson‚ sir‚ I’m afraid.”’ ‘“Now‚ my good man‚”’ he commanded in a voice that would normally seem condescending‚ but in this situation I found it to be very encouraging‚ ‘“be explicit. What are you afraid of?”’ (Stevenson 27). “Just come see the lawyer‚” I said‚ “It is for good reason”. I walked him to the house where the monster was resting. I led him to the front of the door‚ but instantly stopped to hear if there was even the slightest bit of noise coming from
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Little Red Riding Hood: Good vs. Evil For generations there has always been a constant battle between good and evil. In society today‚ and societies in the past‚ people have struggled over the desire to be good‚ and the temptation to be evil. In one single tale we see different forms of good and evil‚ as well as how different ideas become viewed as good and evil as time goes on. The tale of Little Red Riding Hood is one that has allowed authors to write and rewrite over and over in order to
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