Duplicity of Man and SoulA doppelganger by definition is a double or counterpart of a person or an alter ego of a person (Dictionary.com). Each of us has a doppelganger that influences our life every day in the decisions we make. Their doppelgangers are their repressed selves, and if discovered, they will reveal to the world the kind of people they truly are. What you may show on the outside may be completely different from what you really feel. You can only truly know a person when you fully know the person they are inside. Mr. Hyde represents Dr. Jekyll's inner evil in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, while the painting in The Picture of Dorian Gray also resembles his inner evil. In each of these novels, the repressed sides of the characters are present and influence their every action, thus slowly revealing the true identity of men. Man's nature is composed of inner sinfulness that is masked by the outer composure established by society, but once the repressed half is exposed, only then will the public fully know a man. Due to their hidden but present inner evil, humans are naturally inclined to sin but at the same time resist temptation due to the influence of society, thus illustrating a duality in humanity. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde focuses on how humans are actually two different people compounded into one. The concept of dual human nature includes all of Hyde's crimes and, ultimately, Jekyll's death. Jekyll proposes that “man is not truly one, but truly two” and describes the human soul as a constant clash between the “angel” and the “demon,” each struggling to suppress the other (Stevenson 61, 65). Man will try to hide his inner evil because once it rises to the surface everyone will know the true... middle of paper... the angel in him. No one had any idea that Dorian possessed so much evil until the image preached his soul, thus proving that they did not truly know Dorian until they discovered both sides of him. Man may appear and act a certain way on the outside, but it could be completely the opposite in reality. The nature of man is made up of sin, which is hidden under a mask of goodness and virtue. Society teaches humans to mask the evil tendencies we have and only convey their angelic sides to the world. The doppelgangers these characters bring with them don't stay hidden forever; rather they show themselves slowly through their actions and the decisions they make. The repressed half is the gateway to understanding the whole person. Without the good part in people, the bad part does not exist; without evil we will never be able to fully know the person as a whole.