These two novels are discussed and compared in terms of what each represents in a paper consisting of six pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.
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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