映画『ジキル＆ハイド』と解離性同一性障害—自己分裂の不安に立ち戻る

The Movie, "Jekyll ＆ Hyde" and Dissociative Identity Disorder: Reverting to the Care for Self-Fraction Anxiety in Our Modern Society

『ジキル博士とハイド氏』は，英国で1886年に刊行された小説であり，解離性同一性障害の代名詞として語られてきた。それは繰り返し映画化されてきたのだが，それはそこに描かれている自己分裂の不安が現代人に広く見られるものだからであろう。原小説のサイドストーリーを映画化した1996年の『ジキル＆ハイド』は，住み込みのメイドとジキル，ハイドそれぞれとの交流が描かれており，そこに現代人の自己分裂を癒す治療的示唆を見出すことができる。

Abstract

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a novel written in 1886 by RL Stevenson, is considered a representative case of dissociative identity disorder, which has also been adapted in a number of movies, supposedly due to the story being a pertinent sketch of anxiety of self-fraction, which is common in modern society. The movie, “Jekyll ＆ Hyde” released in 1996 made on the basis of a side story of the original novel has efficaciously illustrated the calm and sincere communication that lead to mutual caring relationships between a maid named Mary Reilly, the main character in this story, and each of Jekyll and Hyde. It is considered that forming individually approving relationships with fractioned parts of patients would be the key for providing some hope for recovery of the patients debilitated with this anxiety.