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Revisiting the Doppelganger Myth in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Advances in Asian Social Science

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Title Revisiting the Doppelganger Myth in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
 
Creator Pour shah abadi, Hossein Alikhan; A Scientific Staff Member of Islamic Azad University, Masjid-i-Soleiman University, Masjid Soleiman, Khuzestan Province, Iran
 
Subject split personality; human nature; duality; Jekyll, Hyde; repressions
 
Description Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde becomes the representative of the study of the psychology of man for the story’s ultimate end is to show the split personality of the human nature. One might be very pleased by his first encounter with a man, like Dr. Jekyll. He is renowned in the society, but through a deep survey of his character a new horizon will be open for us. In this paper, through Stevenson’s imaginary character of Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll’s other half is recognized and it paves the way for the readers’ understanding of the duality in human nature. The paper examines Jekyll’s repressions, complexes, society norms and on the contrary Mr. Hyde’s freedom and the violent actions he ignores. Finally, the well known Dr. Jekyll turns into an ugly figure in the town everyone detests and it is shown that he wishes to fulfill his repressed desires of murder and joy at the expense of losing his life.
 
Publisher World Science Publisher
 
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Date 2015-12-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://worldsciencepublisher.org/journals/index.php/AASS/article/view/1129
 
Source Advances in Asian Social Science; Vol 5, No 1 (2014); 939-943
2167-6429
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://worldsciencepublisher.org/journals/index.php/AASS/article/view/1129/1122
 
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