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Let's try again (in the right order this time). Edward Hyde isn’t quite what he seems. A thread: 👇
🐍 From 'hissing' like a snake to 'snarling' like a wild animal, Stevenson evokes a sense of danger & taps into 19th-century theories on evolution. With references to troglodytes and apes, the novella explores fears of devolution and the animal within us. #Darwin #Evolution
The murder of Danvers Carew taps into Victorian society's fears of the lower classes. Hyde, representing the dangerous elements of London, clashes with Carew's upper-class demeanour, revealing a societal divide. #VictorianSociety #ClassStruggle
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Actually just more "fake news:"
YES, #Kennedy threw #Stevenson under the bus.
NO, "negotiation" did not solve the crisis:
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@ForeignPolicy #CubanMissileCrisis
foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/16/cub…
• The crisis was largely provoked by our placing nuclear missiles in #Turkey.
• The Soviets responded in a tit-for-tat placement of nuclear missiles in #Cuba.
• The solution was to remove our provocation; i.e., our missiles in Turkey.
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@ForeignPolicy #CubanMissileCrisis
There is NO relevance to #Putin's nuclear threats, because there was NO nuclear provocation from #Ukraine or the West; in fact, just the opposite. Putin's (empty) threats are entirely unprovoked.
@ForeignPolicy #CubanMissileCrisis
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Siguen mis vacaciones navideñas dedicadas John Sirgent #Sargent.

¿Qué relación tiene Sargent con los libros mencionados esta mañana? Que todos fueron escritos por Robert Louis #Stevenson, uno de los mejores amigos de Sargent, al cual retrató varias veces.

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El cuadro tiene una composición muy extraña: R.L. #Stevenson camina y su esposa Fanny está sentada en el fondo a la derecha de la puerta, y lo pinta de manera extraña y poco halagadora. Claro: nadie se hace un retrato para salir feo ni dando una mala propia imagen.

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Pero el propio #Stevenson pensó y reconoció públicamente que #Sargent había captado con genialidad su extraña manera de moverse inquieto por la habitación cuando escribía.

En el momento del retrato estaba acabando "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", una de sus obras maestras.

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