Gothic double

noun

An essential duality within a single character, centred on the polarity of good and evil.

“Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" involves a Gothic double.”

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Meanings

nounGothic double (plural Gothic doubles)

plural Gothic doubles

  1. literatureAn essential duality within a single character, centred on the polarity of good and evil.

    Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" involves a Gothic double.

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Gothic double. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gothic%20double

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“Gothic double.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gothic%20double. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gothic double,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gothic%20double.

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