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A paper which analyzes the characters and themes of British author Robert Louis Stevenson's great novel, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", written in 1885. The essay discusses several main themes such as the duality between good and evil and the theme of hypocrisy.

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"Dr. Jekyll, is emotionally detached from a society that expects him to fulfill various obligations, and he accordingly responds with physical detachment. According to an eyewitness, Hyde "trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground...He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running". Hyde is a deformed character who evokes horror and disgust in those who contact him. He lashes out in this seemingly chance encounter, but his trampling a child's body, a figure of innocence that would find his scarred visage doubly repugnant, is indicative of his deep-rooted discontentment with his environment and his own psyche. The reaction he provokes from the crowd confirms his masochistic tendencies."

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