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    Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is about a scientist, Dr. Jekyll, who wanted to split his good and bad side with a potion. He would flip between the personalities by drinking the potion. After so many times Mr. Hyde could come to light and take over whenever he pleased. That was not a good thing. Mr. Hyde was evil. Mr, Hyde would commit crimes, and kill people for no reason. About a year later an important politician was murdered, and his maid saw Mr. Hyde kill him. Everyone was hunting…

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    personalities, as is the case with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his alter-ego, Mister Hyde. Dr. Hyde who lived in England during the nineteenth century is a famous example of split personalities. The book, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is a narrative of the the events which took place resulting in the now famous story. It shows how one individual can be both good and bad. The individuals often conceal the bad personality from others to avoid criticism, or in Dr. Jekyll's case to avoid…

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    shows whether the person lets the evil or the good take over. In the novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson the theme of a person having good and evil and that the person struggles with these two forces is very evident. The evil is evident in Mr. Hyde when he commits 2 different murders on an old man and when he killed Dr. Jekyll and ran over a child in his car. Dr Jekyll represents the good when he controls not turning into Hyde and also shows his hatred…

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    double personality that is taken as a new persona that the person has created with their own mind. One of the most famous works that uses Dualism is The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde plot have inspired similar plot for movies such as Fight Club and Secret Window. The dualism that is shown in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is like the dualism in the films Fight Club and Secret Window because their protagonists started showcasing strange behavior, takes a major…

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    Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ explores the nature of mankind, the inner psychology of man’s mind and the perversions that drives their behaviour through his protagonist, Dr Jekyll, a man who is hiding a darker side of him, Mr Hyde. Gothic literature, especially Stevensons’s novella also examines the dichotomy of society and the social construct within it, through the context of Victorian London. Dr Jekyll is a man who embodies man’s dichotomy and…

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    Dr. Jekyll overall prognosis is classified as a dissociative disorder, commonly characterized by the disruption in the normal integration of consciousness, identity, perception, motor control, emotion, and behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p.291). Symptoms accompanying dissociative disorder can potentially disrupt all areas of psychological functioning. Usually, the cause of these disorders is found in the byproduct of trauma. For most, the active and receptive modes of the…

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    novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson the concepts of humanity as dual in nature, and the importance of reputation are used to create tension between the good Dr. Jekyll and the revel Mr. Hyde. While at the same time representing the suppression of the Victorian time period. “Man is not truly one, but truely two.” The importance of duality in the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde plays a major role throughout the novel. Dr. Jekyll and Mr.…

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    whatever you choose without the repercussions of losing a good reputation or legal trouble. Would you take the chance that it would not backfire or would you think twice about something that seems too good to be true? In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Henry Jekyll faces the fallout of his decision to take advantage of this opportunity. While he tries to keep the other half of his identity, Mr. Edward Hyde, a secret, he fails miserably leading to his ultimate demise. When you…

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    The Common Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Henry Jekyll is an old English doctor who leads a respectable life among his friends and patients. Edward Hyde is a villainous criminal, who is wanted for murder and whose countenance strikes horror into all who meet him. Shockingly, despite their incongruous qualities, Jekyll and Hyde are the same man. The events of Robert Louis Stevenson 's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are fictitiously uncommon. But though the situation Stevenson…

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    The book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is mysterious story written by Robert Louis Stevenson. The plot of the story, focusing on the disturbingly unpleasant Mr. Hyde and the good guy Dr. Jekyll, tells of the process of a normal person transforming, at the sip of a potion, into a villainous alter ego. This book is a classic work of literature and is highly representative of human nature. Also, this novel uses much symbolism to be later discussed. The theme and purpose of this book…

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