Of Social Disobedience In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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Nina Imamovic Moore Honors English 28 March 2024 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray is about a man who was so afraid of growing old and losing his beauty, that he sold his soul to a portrait of himself, so that the picture would change instead of him. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novel about a well-known, socially relevant man who decides that the life of being a rule follower just wasn’t enough. He came up with a potion to indulge in his impulsivity and not conform to society's moral standards. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson explore the causes of social disobedience, leading to insanity and hurting loved ones. In the present day, the idea that …show more content…

That brought him peace, he said. Killing him did nothing to fix his situation, but he still felt better. Phillip Cohen’s criticism, The Crucible, explores the toxic relationship between Dorian and Lord Henry by frequently comparing Henry to the devil on Dorian’s shoulder. Cohen adds that as a result of the change in Dorian’s personality, he starts to feel that his wrong behavior is positive, using the portrait as, “A repository for his deeds,” (“Crucible”) and therefore gets exempt from punishment. Hiding behind the painting causes him to realize his fallacies too late. Any time he tried to run away from his past wrongdoings, he ended up confronting them, including James Vane and the murder of Basil Hallward. When he tries confessing to Lord Henry what he has done in his life, Henry does not believe him, which according to Cohen, “Ironically expresses envy of the life Dorian has come to loathe.” (“Crucible”) As a man others had held to a higher status, Dr. Jekyll quickly got tired of having to conform to the rules of society and craved an

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