Danik 2016
11-15-2016, 02:35 PM
"The evil side of my nature, to which I had now transferred the stamping efficacy, was less robust and less developed than the good which I had just deposed."
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Very frequent in 19C literature, a second self often more rudimentary than the protagonist he/she is presented in different forms:the twin, the close friend, the faithful servant,the intimate stranger, the shadow, the trickster/ the witch, the madman or woman, an animal, a ghost, a picture...
He/she isnīt always the bad one, but his presence is always revealing and a turning point in the life of the protagonist.
Do you remember any such character in a favourite novel or short story?
What puzzled you about him or her?
Letīs have your ideas!
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Very frequent in 19C literature, a second self often more rudimentary than the protagonist he/she is presented in different forms:the twin, the close friend, the faithful servant,the intimate stranger, the shadow, the trickster/ the witch, the madman or woman, an animal, a ghost, a picture...
He/she isnīt always the bad one, but his presence is always revealing and a turning point in the life of the protagonist.
Do you remember any such character in a favourite novel or short story?
What puzzled you about him or her?
Letīs have your ideas!