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Jekyll and Hyde themes Duality
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- 1Duality of Human NatureStevenson describes how there is a good and evil side to everyone's personality, but what is important is how you behave and the decisions you make. Dr Jekyll is a well-respected, intelligent scientist who secretly has a dark, immoral side to his personality (activated by his experiments). Mr Hyde - a criminal man who commits cruel acts of violence against others. Through this change in Jekyll's character, Stevenson shows the duality in human nature - the idea that everyone is capable of good and evil deeds.
- 2Dr Jekyll is perceived as a highly influential, kind, educated and popular scientist. He is the embodiment of 'goodness.'…every mark of capacity and kindness - you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr Utterson.
This shows that Dr Jekyll was kind and everyone believed him to be so. The fact that he 'cherishes' Mr Utterson tells us that he loves his friends very much and cares about other people. - 3Mr Hyde is perceived as a cruel, ugly, vicious man who commits wild acts of violence against innocent people. He is the embodiment of 'evilness'...haunting sense of unexpressed deformity with which the fugitive impressed his beholders.
This shows that Hyde's appearance and personality terrifies others – they always remember seeing him. The fact that his appearance is 'haunting' shows how terrifying he is.
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- Year 11 English Flashcards on Jekyll and Hyde themes Duality, created by Sophie Hobbs on 04/03/2018.
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