https://ojs.jdss.org.pk/journal <h1><a href="https://jdss.org.pk/">Journal of Development and Social Sciences (JDSS)</a></h1> <p><strong>Orients Social Research Consultancy (OSRC) Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (N0.ARL/INC4757)</strong> is an educational set up to manage the educational and research activities with modern scientific devices for the welfare and to educate the nation with these objectives</p> <ul> <li>To improve the quality of education and research activities</li> <li>To provide the chance to avail modern method of teaching and learning to students, teachers and researchers.</li> <li>To held conferences, lectures, discussions to raise research activities</li> </ul> <p>Journal of Development and Social Sciences (JDSS) publishes original and quality research in all disciplines of social sciences. is a <strong>Triple-blind peer-reviewed</strong> <strong>open access</strong> multidisciplinary research journal that publishes. This academic research journal addresses both applied and theoretical issues in social sciences in English language. Likely subscribers are universities, research institutions, governmental, non-governmental agencies and individual researchers.</p> Orients Social Research Consultancy (OSRC) en-US Journal of Development and Social Sciences 2709-6254 <p><img src="https://jdss.org.pk/img/open-access.png" alt="Open Access" /></p> <p><strong>ORIENTS SOCIAL RESEARCH CONSULTANCY (OSRC) &amp; Journal of Development and Social Sciences (JDSS)</strong> adheres to <strong>Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License</strong>. The authors submitting and publishing in <strong>JDSS</strong> agree to the copyright policy under <strong>creative common license 4.0 (Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International license)</strong>. Under this license, the authors published in <strong>JDSS</strong> retain the copyright including publishing rights of their scholarly work and agree to let others remix, tweak, and build upon their work non-commercially. All other authors using the content of <strong>JDSS</strong> are required to cite author(s) and publisher in their work. Therefore, <strong>ORIENTS SOCIAL RESEARCH CONSULTANCY (OSRC) &amp; Journal of Development and Social Sciences (JDSS)</strong> follow an <strong>Open Access</strong> Policy for copyright and licensing.</p> <p><img src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" /> </p> <p><a href="https://sfdora.org/"><img src="https://jdss.org.pk/img/signatory-of-dora.png" alt="Signatory of DORA" /></a></p> https://ojs.jdss.org.pk/journal/article/view/1706 <p>This paper explores the use of Gothic elements and their importance in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It examines the dual aspects of human nature by reflecting the conflict between good and evil qualities of individual characters. Stevenson presents the dark aspects of Victorian society through the representation of Gothic techniques such as intense emotions, suspense, mystery and murder. To analyse the role of gothic existence in shaping the novella's themes and narrative structure, this research examines the Gothic atmosphere, psychological conflict and symbolic representation in the text and how these elements contribute to the exploration of identity and repression. This study employs qualitative methodology with a textual analysis approach to examine the role and importance of gothic elements in the novella. Gothic literary theory and psychoanalytic perspectives are used to interpret the psychological conflicts and dark aspects of human nature. The findings reveal that gothic elements presented in the novella effectively expose the fear, anxieties and moral uncertainties of Victorian society. Findings also reveals that repression of forbidden desires leads to psychological conflict and self-destruction. By applying gothic techniques, Stevenson not only creates suspense and horror, he criticizes Victorian hypocrisy to explore the complexity of human identity. This research concludes that gothic existence is central to understanding the novella because it reveals the hidden fears and divided self of modern humanity. This research recommends further studies from feminist and psychological perspectives, as well as comparative analysis with the works of other famous Gothic writers.</p> Rajendra Prasad Bhatt Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of Development and Social Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-07-01 2026-07-01 7 4 01 10 10.47205/jdss.2026(7-IV)01