"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"

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This paper provides a synopsis and analysis of the classic horror story, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". The paper suggests that the main theme throughout the story is that of fear and that this theme manifests itself in the character of Dr. Jekyll. The paper focuses on the different facets of Dr. Jekyll's fear and concludes with a short discussion on what may be learned from reading the story.

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"Novels or films often have several themes running simultaneously together, and authors or directors often highlight more than one theme so that they can portray a maximum amount of their thoughts to the reader. There are certain writers who portray these themes in almost all their novels, and thus earn a reputation for using them. The introduction and use of a theme often depends on the experiences of these people and their ability to put these experiences into words. In putting some of these themes into words, addition of other themes is often unavoidable (Nabokov, pp184). In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde one may say that the main theme is that of fear, but along with it this there are others too. However, it is better to focus on the theme of fear because it seems to be the main one and the most important one in the character of Dr. Jekyll."

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