Sunday, December 12, 2010
Blog Assignment #3
As I continue to read the Steveson's novella I am more and more drawn to the character of Mr. Hyde. He continues to be portrayed as an ambiguous, sulky character who, as he arrives in a scene, brings an aura of mystery along with him. Along with his distorted appearance and mysterious actions, Hyde's personality intrigues me most of all. Although to the naked eye, Hyde appears as a monstrous, inhuman beast , I believe that deep within him he may may be quite the contrary. No signs of this have been shown just yet, however because multiple personalities is a theme in the book, this is highly plausible. Aside from his puzzling personality, his actions baffle me as well. The fact that he cares about his reputation, however kills a member of Parliament in cold-blood. These contrasting actions may also lead to the theme previously discussed, multiple personalities. In my opinion, all signs are pointing towards the fact that there is something about Hyde that has to do with multiple personalities.
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i do agree with you that you can see mr hyde with the naked eye is that he is a monstrous, but within him he is the quite of a man. Also the theme coming up to be multiple personality disorder. Even i also agree that Mr hyde only cares about his reputation around the world. Over all, i liked your idea of the theme of the book is
ReplyDeleteHyde does appear to be mysterious throughout the story, but i think that a lot of it comes from the attenion and accusations he gets from other people. society is so quick to judge him and blame him because he looks homicidal and monsterous. Although, as you said, within Hyde is a completely "normal" man. I am no one to define what's normal and what's not, but he isn't the killer he's said to be. Overall, you produced a very reflective paragraph and im very proud of you.
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