Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a well -known tale of a good man going bad. People know the concept of 'Jekyll an d Hyde' as a catchphrase for a double life\, and generally see it as a sho cking horror story. In this presentation\, Jim Gould and Ted Hazelgrove de epen this understanding\, taking the tale as a meditation that challenges us to think about morality and personal happiness as well as the normal ps ychological processes that unleash the human impulse toward cruelty. By re visiting this story\, they offer attendees a new perspective that stimulat es social understanding and self-awareness.
\nJim Gould and Ted Haze lgrove team taught classes in Ethics and Literature at McHenry County Coll ege in Crystal Lake for 20 years. They have published on Jekyll and Hy de\, \;and have presented community programs like this for severa l years. \;
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