When politicians and neighbors alike point fingers about who is right and who is wrong, who is “good” and who is “evil,” it’s hard to find common ground. Psychologist Carl Jung believed each of us has a “shadow” side of negative traits we like to deny in ourselves and instead project onto others but which, if ignored, can grow in power and lead to destructive behavior.
Such is the case in Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” based on a true story, in which “good” healer Jekyll and “evil” killer Hyde are actually the same person.
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