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Duality In Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Picture Of Dorian Gray, And "Dionea", Lauren Mcdonald
Duality In Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Picture Of Dorian Gray, And "Dionea", Lauren Mcdonald
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Duality appears as a common theme in late-Victorian literature. Duality serves as a way for the modern reader to analyze late-Victorian literature and common late-Victorian culture as well. Through studies of pieces of literature such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and "Dionea" readers can see this common theme. Despite the prevalence of duality and the both/and perspective in late-Victorian literature the idea of duality itself was not traditionally accepted in late-Victorian culture. Victorians preferred to look at things in an either/or perspective. I will write about Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, …