The Dual Nature of Man

This essay was written on May 16th 2012 by Jens Deriemaeker, student of Applied Linguistics in Hogeschool Gent, Belgium.

Gothic fable is a literary genre that primarily incorporates themes of mystery and horror. especially in the late nineteenth century, it mainly centres on worship and the conflict between good and evil in the hu homosexuale soul. This body of work exit focus on how but these two themes are treated by Robert Louis Stevenson in queer Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (first published in 1886), and Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray (amended version published in 1891). First, a instruct overview will be given of both novels. Secondly, this essay will focus on what exactly is the definition of morality and how organism immoral results in a double lifetime. Lastly, more than caution will be paid to the portrayal of good and evil.

Overview

In Stevensons Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dr Henry Jekyll is a storied doctor who has been struggling to conceal his evil urges and lead the life of a well-respected gentleman among his fellow-men. Upon reaching years of reflection, Jekyll recognises the treble nature of man:

I thus drew steady nearer to that truth, by whose partial discovery I hold in been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.



(Stevenson 2003, 55)

Jekyll creates a medicine that is supposed to literally separate the two natures the unjust and his more upright twin, as described by Jekyll (Stevenson 2003, 56). Although Jekyll hesitated great before testing the drug on himself, he in conclusion gives in to the temptation of a discovery so comical and profound (Stevenson 2003, 57), drinks the potion and is transformed in Edward Hyde, his evil counterpart, a unmitigated brute who commits several crimes, including even murder.

Wildes novel shows a remarkable resemblance to Stevensons, a work which, according to Mighall (2002), Wilde knew and admired. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, the writer...If you want to get a just essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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