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Abstract: Duel personality in literature refers to the study of a character performing the two various identities at two different situations. Robert Stevenson, a late Victorian Period author, brings social reforms, industrial growth throughout his writings. His works moreover are blended with supernatural elements with modernist influences leading to inner state of a person with psychological realism. The present study intends to describe the duel personality of the characters in the novel. Robert Stevenson brings this duel personality with the help of psychoanalysis. The present study analyses the duel personality in the novel entitled Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on the basis of the study on structural elements as well as on the psychoanalytical study of the characters. Duality believes that the human mind and human body are juxtaposed separate entities. The present study highlights the duel personality of Dr. Jekyll who represents good side of human nature while Mr. Hyde represents the darker side of human thinking.