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“Both sides of me were in dead earnest.”
- Date
- 1886
Meaning of “Both sides of me were in dead earnest.”
Jekyll describes his opposed impulses as sincerely felt rather than treating one side as merely a performance, intensifying the novel’s exploration of divided identity.
Where does it come from?
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case,” Project Gutenberg #42. This is Jekyll’s fictional account of moral and psychological division inside the novel, not a medical or psychological diagnosis.