... shadow' figure who may be a repressed part of himself. Even though the novel can be read in a number of ways, I aim at, via quotes from the text, showing that the novel is neither about two different people or even two people that dwell inside one man, but one man with two ... 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 complete story of the JekyllHyde relationship is revealed. Therefore, we confront the theory of a dual human nature explicitly only after having witnessed all of the event...

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