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Scholarly Article
Subrata Biswas
Psycho-Social Disorder and Death in The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
Volume
6
Issue
3
Pages:
58-65
Keywords:
: irreversibility, psycho-ethical order, disorder, duality, conflict
Abstract
Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explores the human psyche where the conflict between good and evil is at work. At the end of the novella, the suicide of Jekyll is obvious to restore the psycho-social order which was disrupted by the advent of evil. This paper explicates how the order was disrupted and the death of Jekyll restores that order because Dr. Jekyll is in a position that he wants to reverse but finds the situation irreversible.
About the Author
Subrata Biswas is an Assistant Professor at City College, Kolkata. He co-edited Peacocks in a Dream: An Anthology of Contemporary Indian English Verse. He also translated a poetry collection named The Journey. He wrote several research articles in both English and Bengali published in Spring Magazine on English Literature, Erothanatos, Kinshuk and Mukh. His areas of interest are Modern European literature, folklore and literary philosophy.
Email: subratabiswas.eng@citycollegekolkata.org
