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With Reference to “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” By Robert Louis Stevenson, explore how Stevenson presents the notion of the duality of man. How does this reflect the era in which it was written?
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With Reference to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" By Robert Louis Stevenson, explore how Stevenson presents the notion of the duality of man. How does this reflect the era in which it was written? When Robert Louis Stevenson first wrote "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", it was received with mixed emotions of shock and horror. The people who read it were used to his previous work which was much more tame and controversial; such as "Treasure Island" which is now a well know childhood story. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a Victorian gothic horror, which were known for being dark and for their use of formal dialogue, which often had metaphoric representation on the social conventions of the day. Stevenson's book explores the ideas of the duality of man and the debates between religion and science for the origin of man which is then in turn affected by the differences...
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