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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - College Paper

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Steven Ginzburg
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Throughout the story of The Strange Case Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the author, Robert Louis Stevenson, presents his idea of the duality of man- where Dr. Jekyll and Hyde have a dark, wicked side within them, where evil is held in waiting to surface, but they hide it away, they pretend it does not exist, and they keep it tame. He presents this idea by using two protagonists, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who are actually the same person. One of these characters signifies the normal side of a person represented by Dr. Jekyll, who is a typical upper class person, and the other, Mr. Hyde, a deformed man who signifies the purest of evil and is a ...

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of someone who doesn't care about appearance or image. Mr. Hyde using this door shows that he isn't respectable and he needs to “hide” away. Mr. Hyde's actions are also evil. The first time we hear about him is when the madman knocks down a small child and walks straight over her. “It sounds like nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. It wasn't like a man, it was like some damned Juggernaut.” (5). Hyde wasn't bothered about who or what he hurt because he didn't have a conscience to speak of. He never felt guilty of his actions and that allowed him to do anything he feels like without any emotional punishment. When Jekyll tries to control his evil side, it does not work because when the evil is suppressed it comes back more “powerful” than before. Consequently, Hyde is gradually taking over and Jekyll is becoming more evil.
Stevenson’s characters always react with shock and horror to Mr. Hyde because he is so repulsive looking and primitive. The image scared a lot of ...

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Added: 4/3/2011 09:36:31 PM
Submitted By: sjginz
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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