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    Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’? Stevenson writes ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ with the intention of showing the reader the duality of man and explores this through the juxtaposition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this novella‚ Stevenson also uses the environment and setting of the story to represent the contrast between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In the opening chapters of ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’‚ the Soho area of Victorian London is described negatively

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    besides the emotional problems of the characters‚ by doing this‚ it is possible to understand and recognize the hidden psychological part of the work. The story of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published in 1886‚ this short novel (novella) was written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert was a popular Scottish writer‚ he was born in Scotland‚ on November 13th‚ 1850‚ and he died the Samoan Islands‚ on December 03rd‚ 1894. Sigmund Freud is considered by many as the father of the psychiatry

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    position as a literary element and provide commentary on society in the time period during which he lived. Curley’s wife is never named because Steinbeck wished to emphasize the ubiquitous dislike of her throughout the farm. Whilst reading the novella‚ it is implied that no one on the farm likes Curley’s wife. However‚ there isn’t necessarily a flaw in her personality from which this aversion to her stems. The characters avoid interaction with her because they fear retribution from her possessive

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    around. Throughout the novella Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck emphasizes people need a companion to depend on which is shown through George and Lennie’s friendship and in addition the idea that isolation can be detrimental to someone especially the characters Crooks and Curley’s wife. Companionship is being closely connected with others and having someone else to depend on. In Of Mice and Men the friendship between George and Lennie is highlighted throughout the whole novella. They have each other

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    essay” “Essay outline” The loneliest character in the novella is crooks.He doesn’t interact with others because he is not allowed to go to the white man cabin since he has another skin color.He lives in the harness room and no white man are allowed in.For fun he like to read and he nevers goes out.He is a very nice fella.He may be the only one in this novella that reads.He doesn’t have bad ideas and he just want some friends. Quote:You got no right to came

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    can change due to the experiences he or she faces. In the novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck helps the reader to understand that there are different levels of power in society and how those levels can change in different situations. Steinbeck expresses the characters as symbols of power‚ or lack thereof‚ to illustrate that it is difficult to make vertical movements within the levels of power in society. Claim: Throughout the novella‚ Steinbeck uses many examples

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    them‚ yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?” (Haruki Murakami) Murakami’s words reflect every person’s internal loneliness and the yearning for companionship‚ a dominant theme in John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Crooks‚ the black stable buck‚ and Curley’s wife both search for a person or something with which to fill the void. However‚ their efforts at reaching out to others prove to be in vain and have negative consequences. On one hand

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    Crooks and the themes in ‘Of mice and men’ Loneliness and companionship Many of the characters‚ in ‘Of mice and men’‚ admit to suffering from loneliness. George starts these confessions early in the novella when he reminds Lennie that the life of a “ranch-hand” is one of the loneliest of lives. Men like George who migrate from farm to farm rarely have anyone to look to for companionship and protection. As the story develops‚ Candy‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife all confess their deep loneliness. The

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    while Lennie is the opposite; he is a large man with a “bear like physique” but he has the mind of a child‚ always forgetting and never being able to cope with George at a psychological level. However this friendship seems to be the only in the novella as one of the main themes is loneliness. One of the characters in which loneliness features heavily is Crooks. Crooks is “physically lonely”‚ because he is “exiled” from the others because he is black and is not allowed in the same

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    frequently refers to himself in the third person. This type of narration lends itself to the “window” theory of the narratological approach meaning that the reader watches what unfolds without the feel that there is an obvious narrator. However‚ while the novella does follow Uttersons point of view‚ it fails to clearly define that Utterson is the one telling the story. In “Greasy Lake”‚ while the story teller or narrator refers to himself in the first person‚ the reader is never given a name. Approaching this

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