The Sandman Doppelganger

I never gave doppelgangers a second thought when I would see them represented in shows like “How I Met Your Mother” or in the old Facebook trend of posting a celebrity doppelganger as a profile picture because it is always represented in a light hearted way. This surreal tale made me think about the doubling motif and how often it is used in modern literature and media. The idea of doppelgangers are used in a manner that seems much more explicit than the more subtle way it was originally used in “The Sandman.” The Coppelious/Coppola doppelganger is so creepy because of the uncanny resemblance between the two characters. The element of uncanny is somewhat fantastic because there is the hint of doubt of whether or not Coppola is a true manifestation of the man who tortured Nathaniel’s childhood.