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3. Morality
Sometimes we call it the difference between knowing “right” from “wrong,” or when we choose to do “good” versus “evil.” Our sense of “morality” can be socially derived, or tied to our religious teachings, or handed down over generations within our families. Other times, we could have a very personal sense of “morality,” one that does not adhere to any particular group or institution. Our notion of morality may even change over time, under different circumstances. In any case, many of the works we studied dealt with this topic. Focusing on Frankenstein, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Murder on the Orient Express, write an essay addressing the thematic significance of “morality” in your chosen works.
[For further guidance: How was morality defined, described, or understood in the works you chose? How might we understand morality as constructed in those works, and how widely shared is that sense of morality by the other characters in their respective works? What does it mean to be moral, or to change one’s notion of morality? Why might it be important that notions of morality—or even what it means to be moral—might change between or within these works?]
