Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
First, by looking at the both book’s setting, they both explored evil by using a difference of the theme of evil. In the LOTF, it starts the story in the middle of war where atomic warfare happens. Piggy says, “Didn’t you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They’re all dead” this suggested that the war is happening at that time and by usage of atomic bomb, most of the people have been dead and they became separated from the outside world and this shows that the children have no parents or adults to look at him or to decide for them where children can decide everything they want. Golding used a setting in a island, because in an island, there are open area like huge lagoon like in chapter one, Golding described island as “open space by a few leaves” and this can be shown as a huge space. From the chapter one, it describes their setting as the isolated island in the middle of nowhere by the crash of plane when the all children are in there from the
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However, in both texts, they used the duality of human which is evil and goodness by using the idea of day and night, because in day, everything can be seen easily to everyone and because daytime is brighter than night, we can describe bright as a goodness of a human nature. On the other hand, night, it can be described as a evil side of a human nature because by night is full of darkness, so other can not know what will happen next. For example, in Lord of the flies, chapter one, it mentioned,”all round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat” which suggest that jungle, which links darkness in the Lord of the flies, it shows danger in jungle.The world “scar” in the quote means a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue, which shows the direct threat by other
However, in both texts, they used the duality of human which is evil and goodness by using the idea of day and night, because in day, everything can be seen easily to everyone and because daytime is brighter than night, we can describe bright as a goodness of a human nature. On the other hand, night, it can be described as a evil side of a human nature because by night is full of darkness, so other can not know what will happen next. For example, in Lord of the flies, chapter one, it mentioned,”all round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat” which suggest that jungle, which links darkness in the Lord of the flies, it shows danger in jungle.The world “scar” in the quote means a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue, which shows the direct threat by other