... of the literary myths' produced by the desire of otherness' during that period. Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is perhaps one of the most famous examples of 19th century literature of the double' in which an individual is split into two or more ... unexpected changes of emotion or behaviour- and 2 "Informal, SCHIZOPHRENIA-. Thus, doubtless, either double personality or split will do for my purpose. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde centers upon a conception of humanity as dual in nature, although the theme does not emerge fully until the last chapter, when the c...

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... bad life, and that he would burn in hell if he behaved in an unrespectable manner. This upbringing influenced Stevenson in his writing. "Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a horror story which draws on conventions of the gothic novel. "The Body Snatcher incorporates the supernatural element. The gothic novel was a very ... using things that frighten us most. One of the main ways Stevenson creates horror in his two stories is through his vivid description of characters. "Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he has a displeasing smi...

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... yet in which he cannot behave without his disguise, due to the repressive nature of Victorian Society. Therefore, he, in he "thick cloak- of Mr Hyde, lurks in the sinister areas of London, such as Soho, without putting his reputation at risk. For all the characters in the novel, preserving one ... that will separate his good and evil side one from another. Dr Jekyll represents not the pure good, but the whole of a person, and Mr Hyde represents pure evil and contains little of Dr Jekyll in him. Although these two characters stand in stark contrast to one another, it is hard ... hide- wh...

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... sincere and warm affection-. However, Jekyll has a dark side to him, which he chooses to express in the person of Mr. Hyde. He tries to keep Mr. Hyde bottled up inside him, but soon the dark side of his personality wins out, threatening his wellbeing and even his life. Jekyll ... feeling of horror around him, making him seem incredibly abnormal and giving the feel of being completely unpredictable. In the novel he is described as: "Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile and he spoke with a husky, w...

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... novella Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde deal with the subject of duality in human nature. Both the major character in the film, Jack played by Edward Norton, has a double who is called Tyler and the protagonist of the short novel, Jekyll has also a double who is known as Mr Hyde. In both the ... film and the novel there is a "self" and an "other". In Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde the "self" has to commit suicide in order to kill his "other" and he dies as well ... are not faithful, they leave people. At the beginning of Jekyll's and Jack's meeting with their doubles both of them feel hopeful, because thes...

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