Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Duality Analysis

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The duality of human nature is that human nature itself, has two fundamental aspects. Many believe that an individual has a good side and a bad one in them. I personally do believe that, there may be times when one will feel in acting a certain way. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, speaks a little about this topic. This topic is important because it talks why an individual acts good or evil. Adding on to that, the ego and id are included in this novella. The id is the aggressive side of a person. We could say the id is the bad side rather than the good one. A well-known man, named Sigmund Freud has been studying Ego, Superego, and id on an individual. The ego is the decision making side of a person, and by definition, “is the Hyde is a destructive being that creates chaos in the city. The reason for that to happen, is because he is considered as the duality, shadow, or other side of Dr. Jekyll. Hyde is the one committing all of the crimes. The story makes it look, as if like Jekyll doesn’t have control over Hyde. That’s another thing that is psychologically show by the story. The body is split into two parts. One part is considered the good and the other the wicked one. At times the wicked side will slowly be gaining control over the good side until the good side doesn’t exist anymore. This is shown in the story with Hyde taking control over Jekyll. I don’t want to go off topic with this, but for you to fully comprehend me I will give an example with drugs. Drugs do the exact same thing to the human body as the duality of a man does, according to this story, of course metaphorically speaking. . The drugs slowly take over your body and when you least expect it you have lost yourself. The effect that these have on a human being can be dangerously negative. They can destroy you completely just how Hyde almost destroyed Jekyll. Drugs change who you are after a period of time. They make you acts, think, and speak differently but not fluently. I guess we can consider the chemicals used by Dr. Jekyll as the drugs that made him turn into Hyde at night. He is not himself at the time of Hyde coming to live. Yes although Jekyll may not act I consider my shadow is wicked as well. Of course s I Have discussed before, I can make the decision on whether to be it or not. The events of my life will not change who I am because I will not let it happen. There was a time when my duality wanted to take over me. I know I have a good side and a bad one, but I manage to let the good one take over the bad one, rather than vice versa. I do believe what others people believe, that every human being has two personalities within them. I agree with that strongly. For those of you who do not agree with this, don’t you all get mad at time? And of course you all can be nice too. That is considered as two personalities. The duality of human nature may be confusing to some people but the main point people need to know, is that an individual including themselves do not just only have one personalities. The example I am using is Jekyll and Hyde. They are the same person with different personalities. One is good which Jekyll is, and the other one is evil which is Hyde. Of course the people in the play do not know this but himself. Around the beginning of the play Jekyll almost got caught by Utterson and another guy. After Hyde committed a crime they saw Hyde go in a house, and when Utterson and the other guy go to knock, Jekyll opens. Whenever they ask for Hyde Jekyll denies knowing anything about him. That shows that Jekyll does know he is Hyde. With that being said, Hyde is taking control of Jekyll.

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