... civil engineering and also had a few problems and conflicts with his father along the way. This relates to the good and evil shown within Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This could be conveyed as a case of his father leading him to the 'correct' path which he desires his son to achieve, being firm and sophisticated like an upstanding person, therefore portraying the likes of Dr Jekyll in which case is the 'good' side of Jekyll's subconscious. Whereas Stevenson on the other hand, is heading towards the 'wrong' path, in which case he is becoming the dire and ill-mannered one which describes him with the same aura and ruthlessness as Mr Hyde who is the 'evil' side of Jekyll's subconscious. I believe that Stevenson at the time, felt as though he had these different sides to him due to his different emotions that he was going through because of ...

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