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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Good Vs Evil

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Good and evil has always been around in mankind all the way back to Adam and Eve to today. Evil and good is always going to be around, but it is how you treat it, is what controls it. In Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the theme of duality in man determines whether he is truly good or evil.
For example, when Jekyll first turns into Hyde, his evil side is small and weak, but it also has room to grow. Dr Jekyll sees himself in the cheval glass, when he is shocked to see that he was “less robust and less developed than the good”, (Stevenson 59). As a result, Jekyll realizes that his evil side is not as experienced as his good side, where he practiced doctoring and charity. He has only practiced good, but in order to

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