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TABLE OF CONTENTS ... i
ABSTRACT ... ii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background of the Study ... 1
Statement of the Problem ... 3
Purpose of the Study ... 3
Methods of Research ... 3
Organization of the Thesis ... 3
CHAPTER TWO: DISCUSSION OF PORTRAYAL OF THE PROTAGONIST IN THE INVISIBLE MAN ... 5
CHAPTER THREE: DISCUSSION OF PORTRAYAL OF THE PROTAGONIST IN THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE ... 16
CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSION ... 27
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 31
APPENDICES: Synopsis of The Invisible Man ... 33
Synopsis of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... 34
Biography of H .G .Wells ... 35
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CONCLUSION
After analyzing H. G. Wells' Invisible Man and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in this chapter I would like to draw some conclusions.
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The irony is that his invisibility is good only for approaching people without being seen and for getting away. Any gain from his crimes are useless to him. He cannot enjoy any of the normal comforts of life-such as food, clothes, and money. Thus the condition that would make him invulnerable also renders him helpless, which slowly causes him to become psychopathic. In spite of his actions, Griffin at no time expresses any remorse for his behavior or for the crimes, which he selfishly describes as necessary. He goes from obsession to fanaticism and finally to insanity, becoming a curse to the society.
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despondent and declares his life is over. He committs suicide to as a final attempt to stop himself.
After analyzing the portrayal of characters in the two novels, I would like to discuss some similarities and differences between them:
The similarities are both protagonists plunge to their fall because of their ways of using science without a good purpose. In The Invisible Man the protagonist uses the result of his scientific experiment for evil things such as murder, theft, etc., which causes him to be hated and killed by the society at the end of the story. The protagonist of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, at first had a good intention in using the result of his scientific experiment, but after experiencing the effects, he starts to enjoy doing evil things; as the effects start to overwhelm him and he cannot do anything about it, he commits suicide.
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it and decides to use it to satisfy his long-strained evil urges. The last one is that the protagonist of The Invisible Man does not try to stop the evil things that he has done until he is killed while the protagonist of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tries to stop the evil things by committing suicide to prevent him from doing more evil.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Primary texts:
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. London: Penguin Classics, 1994.
Wells, Herbert George. The Invisible Man. New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1957.
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