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    1800s‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ drew people in with its drama‚ intrigue‚ and its characters. The readers were enthralled with the relationship of Jekyll and Hyde and how they interacted. This relationship was never forgotten as it is still used today. This archetype can also be seen in the Marvel character Deadpool. He may save a life one minute‚ and then kill the same person the next. Deadpool is hated like Hyde‚ yet also loved like Jekyll. This archetype

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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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    between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is that they are a part of each other. Dr. Jekyll always knew there was some part of him locked away deep inside and it happened to be an evil side of him. Dr. Jekyll was risking his life for this transformation‚ even while going through it was painful. When he finally got the components together and drank it Dr. Jekyll felt younger‚ and alive. He saw himself and knew he wouldn’t be welcomed much into the community but it was still himself within a new character. Dr. Jekyll

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    it plays to big role in society. With that‚ Stevenson wrote his famous story “the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in 1886. What so significant about the story is because he based during the Victorian era. A time which social class and reputation was important to Victorians. Also‚ around the publication of the book was when the Victorian era was still going around. “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” showed and demonstrated the true value on social class. In addition‚ how the Victorian

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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have many different mental‚ physical‚ and moral differences between them. Their personalities are complete opposites‚ Dr. Jekyll is good and is very social but Mr. Hyde is Evil and is extremely violent. They are two separate personalities in one body. The biggest mental difference between the two charters‚ in one body‚ is Dr. Jekyll is a gentleman and Mr. Hyde is definitely not. Dr. Jekyll is a very social person and is extremely polite. Dr. Jekyll is a successful and productive

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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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    1. Dr. Jekyll tells us the story from Jekyll’s perspective in the last chapter. Why is the story never narrated from Hyde’s perspective? Various reasons‚ first‚ Hyde is never a real character but a dark side of Dr. Jekyll‚ which means Mr. Hyde is just an personaiity but not a real existence in this novel.   2. Why did Stevenson decide to write from multiple points of view? (Enfield’s narration in Chapter 1‚ third person limited narrative of Utterson’s perspective in most chapters‚ third person

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    In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ Louis Stevenson uses duality to prove the theory that two polar opposites can balance out one another. Generally‚ human beings are “dual creatures”. Dr. Jekyll explains in his “moral” state “that [he] learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality of man…even if [he] could rightly be said to be either‚ it was only because [he] was radically both.” Dr. Jekyll argues there is a more primitive‚ darker side of every individual. This “darker side” is more animalistic

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    In the book The Strange Case Of Dr.Jekyll And Mr.Hyde Dr.Jekyll is torn between good and evil. The idea has been well discussed in the real world that we all have a split personality that for most of us if there weren’t any consequences we would act on that duel personality. The book portrays the ongoing battle between morals and ethics‚ just how important image and the opinion of others affects our personalities and decisions. Dr.Jekyll represents the influence of good while Hyde represents the inner

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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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