William Edward Burghardt (W. E. B.) Du Bois made studies of self and identity. Double-consciousness and the veil two of his strong theoretical points. Double-consciousness or 'twoness" he sees as one person having two very different identities. Acting one way with a population and then acting completely different with another population. He also saw that some people lived life under a 'veil', that something was blocking their perspectives from seeing the whole picture, or life as everyone else saw it.
I think Ted Bundy would be a good example of someone who shows having a double-consciousness. Ted Bundy was a smart, atrractive man who earned a Bachelor's degree in psychology. He was confident and had is hand in politics. He fit in with his community having girlfriends and a place in society. Ted Bundy also raped and killed many women. He kept some of the heads of his victims at his house and also admitted to performing necrophilia with some of his victims. He had admitted to fifty murders but many people believe the number to be closer to 100 victims.
Some how Bundy managed to convince Carol Boone to marry him while he was on trial. She had completely believed in his innocence even with the vast amount of evidence against him.
Ted Bundy is a man who showed one facet of his personality to his girl friends and colleagues and a very different personality to the women he brutally kidnapped and killed. Ted Bundy showed the signs of having very two different identities.
Here is a link of Ted Bundy's profile. It shows how he had ups and downs but still managed to fit in with society and get people to trust him.
http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/tedbundy.htm
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