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TIME AND DUALITY CREATE CRISIS: 1880 to 1914

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This is a 6 page paper that discusses Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and H.G. Wells', The Time Machine. It lists 3 sources.

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Using literature to study history is a unique approach and in this discussion we will be looking at the stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and H.G. Wells, The Time Machine. What factors in these stories apply to the historic time period from 1880 to 1914? The Dual Nature of Man Although Stevenson wrote his horrific tale of evil and good in 1886, the two fictional characters of Jekyll and Hyde continue to survive in language. In modern language if some one is seen as a real "Jekyll and Hyde" a person is being described who seems different enough in his actions to be two people. The part about who really kills the man in the story, or the taking of the potion, or any of the details may have been left behind. But the duality of the man has not been. It is this very process of duality, or the seemingly absolute qualities of good and evil that appear to exist in the nature of man that are applicable to this period of history. If we take one year for example, lets pick 1890. We find the beginning of the use of trolley cars in cities. Electricity through an overhead connection powered public transportation to enable people to enjoy more flexibility in their lives and in their work. At the same time the State of New York began using the "electric chair" as a "humane" way of enacting the death penalty. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was a federal attempt to break up business monopolies and the corresponding irregular rates paid by the consumer. Wounded Knee has been called both a battle and a massacre: over three hundred women and children died after being attacked ...

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