Jekyll And Hyde
Duality
Since the dawn of mankind both good and evil have roamed the earth within “the potential lyncher [found] in almost all of us” (King 785). Some people have been able to contain their duality and others have allowed the evil within to consume them. Still others struggle between their own good and evil ways. This has been both a curse for humanity and a unique quality that has more power than we could possibly imagine. When it comes to good and evil, there is never one without the other and this can lead to the idea that our “sanity becomes a matter of degree” which could change at any time (King 785). Sometimes the longing to provide more horror and insanity in our daily lives can also provide an outlet for our seldom seen and rarely expressed dark side. Both Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Steven Frears’ movie Mary Reilly conclude that the blood lust to unleash one’s dark side can sometimes prove too much for......
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