How does Stevenson explore the theme of duality in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

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How does Stevenson explore the theme of duality in 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'?

'The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson: which fascinated the world with its original ideas, terrified Victorian high society as it unearthed its true ways of life. This classic, which is famous for its haunting and horrifying suggestions was first published in 1886, and hitherto still engrosses and disturbs readers of this time. Not only did Stevenson explore the theme of duality and how there are two sides to a person: the good and the evil that is embedded inside ourselves: 'man is not truly one, but truly two' he also discreetly touched upon different matters that he himself believed in. Stevenson used his novel to criticise the Victorian society, which he lived in: showing how hypocritical it was. He attacked the men of his time, peeling off their masks to show how they were respectable by day but turned into demons by night; the wealthy and respected camouflaged their evil secrets and desires and hid them behind paper like walls, just out of sight. He unveiled and presented to the world the scandalous passages the