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The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson conveys the dual nature of man's personality in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in a wide range of ways, he does this by right off the bat having stories around two distinct individuals with various identities and sentiments about the world, these two men are Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. In the book Mr. Hyde represents evil and Dr. Jekyll represents good, yet they are actually a similar individual and come to symbolize the great and wickedness in each one of us. Jekyll’s character as we are aware of is always concerned with his reputation and making himself look good to other people . Hyde on the other hand is a dark man who manages to inspire fear, disgust, and loathing even from afar. Someone who comes to mind when thinking about these two characters is the infamous serial killer known as Charles Cullen. …show more content…

His dad was a transport driver who passed away when Cullen was a baby. Cullen depicts his childhood as being hopeless and states that his first of no less than 20 suicide attempts came at 9 years old when he drank a mixture he made from a science set. At 17, his mom was killed in a car crash while one of his sisters was in the driver's seat. Cullen finished his nursing education and started working at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, in 1987. He wedded Adrienne Taub that same year, and the couple in the long run had 2 little girls. Charles Cullen submitted his first murder in 1988 by administering a lethal overdose of intravenous medicine to a patient who had endured an allergic reaction to a drug. He went later on to commit more than 40 murders throughout his 16 year nursing

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