Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Research Paper

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Societal changes of the nineteenth century instilled a common fear that mankind’s newfound perversion would lead to the downfall of Western European culture. This “panic,” inspired popular novelists like Robert Louis Stevenson to write The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A recurrent theme being that underneath an educated man lays an uncultured barbarian. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde portrays the detriments of the modern cultural, intellectual, and scientific changes. The nineteenth century technological innovations spurred the Second Industrial Revolution. With the Second Industrial Revolution came the implementation of department stores, enabling a larger quantity of goods, with better quality to be…show more content…
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