Duel Personality and Abjection in Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Hyde

Upon obtaining an almost complete abstraction of socialization skills of learning how to think, communicate, and read, he is now in the final stage of cognitive development, which is the formal operational stage, in which he taught himself. The Creature now has an understanding of the approach to life that he did not apprehend before. (Stevenson, 33) Since people still detest the Creature for his appearance and the violence he has committed, he requests from Victor, a female creature to be his companion so they will understand and be able to socialize with each other. In general, without social experiences, an individual is incapable of thought, emotion, or meaningful action as visible through the Creature in Frankenstein (Shelley, 37).

Overall, the research into cognitive development teaches us that psychological indifferences, neglect, and lack of socialization skills are the results of the Creature's violent acts in Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein. Without proper parenting, results such as the fierceness seen through the Creature are reprehensible (Stevenson, 33). The development of an individual is taught by going thru the different stages of cognitive development, and therefore, emphasizes how people perceive, process, and react to information from their surrounding environment. If the Creature was simply brought up thru these four stages of development, maybe his acts of violence throughout the novel would have been avoided, but we will never know (Shelley, 37).

In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Hyde thus becomes Jekyll's demonic, monstrous self. Certainly Stevenson presents him as such from the outset. Hissing as he speaks, Hyde has "a kind of black sneering coolness . . . like Satan" (32). He also strikes those who witness him as being deformed -- "pale and dwarfish" (SC, 40) and simian like. He is both monster and shadow par excellence -- another self not only for Jekyll but for all the presumably upright Victorian bachelors of the story who perceive his deformities and for whom he becomes both devil and death knell. The Strange Cafe unfolds with the search by these men to uncover the secret of Hyde. As the narrator/lawyer, Utterson, says, "If he be Mr. Hyde . . . I shall be Mr. Seek" (SC, 38), and so will they all. Utterson begins his quest with a cursory search for his own demons.

On the other hand Shelly influenced mary because they both read a lot of scientific book and they were very interested in chemistry (Stevenson, 33). When Mary wrote Frankenstein she knew the latest scientific theories. So It results the first embodiment of the theme of science. Mary is influenced by Rousseau infect the monster is the typical man of the state of nature, not influenced by civilization. Although there is the taste of gothic, this novel didn't respect the traditions: there isn't a castle and there aren't supernatural civets. May is also influenced by Romantic poems like Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. That is a story of a physical and psychological travel ...