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Dual Nature of Man

1. Aim 2. Hunter Brick 3. 4. The aim of this term is to show that people are two halves of a whole: their body and their mind. This is explicitly stated in the term; it is “the dual nature of man”. Many religions use this term to show how God created man,” Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being”(Genesis 2:7). The dust is the body, and his breath is the life. In Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this idea is represented literally. Dr. Jekyll is the body, the original owner. Mr. Hyde is his alter ego who comes forward after drinking the potion. They are two parts of the whole, and the person they are is neither Dr. Jekyll nor Mr. Hyde.

"Genesis 2:7." Biblehub. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 July 2014.

1. Cultural 2. Hunter Brick 3. 

4. The dual nature of man has a major cultural impact. It’s main appearances are in literature and religion. In Christianity, the dual nature of man is used to represent the body and the soul. According to the Bible, ” Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being”(Genesis 2:7). People are two halves that make a whole: their body is how they are represented in this world, and the soul is the way they carry on in the next. In literature, the concept isn’t as existential. It usually revolves around a character’s internal struggle of good versus evil, such as in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll drinks a potion that brings out the evil in him, which manifests as Mr. Hyde. Hyde then takes over Jekyll, and does unspeakable things. While the Bible is different from this story, they still share the basic concept. Men have two halves that come to together to make the whole that is the person.

"Genesis 2:7." Biblehub. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 July 2014.

1. Audience- 2. Kylie Barela 3.

4. The audience of the term “The dual of Man” is everybody. The term means the internal struggle between good and evil. This term is used mostly for religious ideas. any religions believe that there is a struggle between the good and evil of the human nature, or that their is a balance between good and evil. An article states that, “Literary scholars have argued that Stevenson’s motivation stemmed from any number of situations which opposing forces collide” (Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Dual Nature of Mankind 1). In the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the struggle between good and evil is described with the two versions of the one character. Dr. Jekyll represents the good, and Mr. Hyde represents the evil. But the story is not just talking about good and evil choices, but also about many opposites that conflict in the world today, such as God against Satan, or morality against corruption. Everyone faces challenges that conflict each other, usually one option being good and the other being bad. The term is worded as “Dual of Man”, which means everyone faces conflicts that are opposite, which is why everyone is included in the audience.

Cited:

"Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Dual Nature of Mankind." //Allgoods Civil War//. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Aug. 2014.

1. Historical 2. Kylie Barela 3.

4. History already has been made from this term. The dual of mankind has been a theorem many have believed in for centuries. Many stories have a plot that has this very struggle. Both evil and good are in the human nature, but there have been many different ideas of how the good and evil is portrayed. No one is completely good, but no one is completely evil either. The story of Jekyll and Hyde is a really good example of the dual nature of man. An article states, “Most people completely understand what it means to say someone has a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ personality” (Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Dual Nature of Mankind 1). The story describes the term so well, people today in 2014 use the story to describe the dual nature of man. This story is still popular today and even influences other examples of this term as well. Since Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is also most known for this term, this story has definitely made it’s mark on the world.

Cited:

"Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Dual Nature of Mankind." //Allgoods Civil Wa//r. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Aug. 2014.