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“The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” Analysis Paper

Requirements:

• Three to four pages

• Typed

• Double spaced

• Times New Roman 12 point font

• One inch margins

• Submitted via TurnItIn

• (technical issues- email me your paper before due date and submit via TurnItIn when issue is resolved)

• Title

• All quotes and direct references to the text cited using in-text citations (see OWL MLA-below-for details)

• Works cited page

• Including, but not limited to, the book and your textbook

Topics (choose one or craft your own!)

1. How is the duality of human nature reflected in the duo of Jekyll and Hyde? What universal aspects of the human condition do these two characters display? Can Jekyll and Hyde ever exist as one person, or is their separation necessary?

2. Taking into account that this story was written during the Victorian era, what message(s) do you think Robert Louis Stevenson was trying to convey by writing “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”? How might the duality of personality reflected in Jekyll and Hyde be a social commentary on class, homosexuality, societal taboos, etc.?

3. Choose your own adventure! Option 3: create your own topic.

Citation resource:

OWL MLA Purdue (for citing your paper in Modern Language Association style)

https://www.owl.purdue.edu/index.html