Doppelgängers in Literature Example
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Doppelganger: Definition and Examples
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
What is a doppelganger? In the simplest of terms, a doppelgänger is someone’s twin, or double. Sometimes, a doppelgänger can be the "evil twin"; it can also be representative of a double-life. Doppelgängers are intriguing because they explore the duality of human nature – the two sides of people that coexist, but sometimes clash with each other.
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Examples of Doppelgangers in Literature - Introduce students to doppelgangers with fun activities!
Storyboard Text
- Slide: 1
- Name:
- Dr. Henry Jekyll
- Similarities:
- Wants to indulge in vices without compromising his social standing in the community
- Differences:
- "A large, well-made, smooth-facedman of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness"
- Slide: 2
- Name:
- Edward Hyde
- Similarities:
- Delights in those vices
- Differences:
- A little man who "stumps" along; evokes feelings of dread, fear, and a desire to kill him in others; gives a strong feeling of deformity; a murderer
- Slide: 3
- Name:
- William Wilson
- Similarities:
- Same name; same height; same clothes; same intellectual abilities
- Differences:
- A wild fool; in charge; manipulative; a leader; a con artist
- Slide: 4
- Name:
- William Wilson
- Similarities:
- Same name; same height; same clothes; same intellectual abilities
- Differences:
- Doesn't desire to lead, only to hold narrator back; tries to guide and advise the narrator; speaks in a low voice; sense of good and bad is sharper
- Slide: 5
- Name:
- Charles Darnay
- Similarities:
- 25 years old; good-looking; sunburnt cheek; dark eyes; long dark hair
- Differences:
- Kind and honest; ashamed of his family's history; honorable
- Slide: 6
- Name:
- Sydney Carton
- Similarities:
- Young with dark hair and dark eyes; good-looking; bears a striking resemblance to Charles in court
- Differences:
- Unkempt and a bit slovenly; reckless; a disreputable look; depressed; heavy drinker; thinks he is unworthy and unable to have happiness in his life