The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are similar in many ways‚ but like the other 120+ films based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella‚ it is also very different. Both Mary Reilly’s theme and story line are different from the book’s. To begin‚ The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has different dynamic characters. The story is told mainly through the eyes of a no funny business lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson. Utterson sees a strange man known as Mr. Hyde; trample a girl in the
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Robert Lewis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - How does Stevenson establish intrigue in his novella? - Intrigue: to interest someone a lot‚ especially by being strange‚ unusual or mysterious (Cambridge Dictionaries Online). The novella “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Lewis Stevenson manages to catch the reader’s interest and attention throughout the story by using diverse methods‚ mediums and literally devises which cause the reader much intrigue
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Chapter 3: Dr Jekyll was quite at ease (p.19-20) Q.1: How does Jekyll describe Lanyon? What does it suggest about Jekyll’s feelings about his own abilities? Jekyll describes Lanyon just after Utterson mentions Jekyll’s will. He compares Utterson’s ’distressed’ attitude about the will with Lanyon’s about his scientific work. Jekyll also calls him a ’hide-bound pedant’‚ which has obviously a negative meaning. Then‚ he shows disagreement for a scientific matter. He says: ’what he called my scientific
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case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ to exlore the duality of human nature? Throughout the novella ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ Robert Louis Stevenson explores the duality of human nature. Duality is shown not only through the various characters‚ but also in the setting to portray facets of the duality within the novella. The title and front cover of the book itself creates duality the word ‘case’ suggesting the genre to be that of a detective novella‚ whereas the gothic cover points
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quite the epitome of the gothic novel. Towards the beginning of the story‚ the setting takes place in an old and ominous castle‚ which is highly characteristic of gothic literature. Harker’s tribulation begins when “the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle‚” (Stoker 18). There is also a gloomy and menacing tone given to the setting of the novel‚ as in most pieces of gothic literature. This gloom is evident early on in the novel‚ as it reads‚ “Then
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by Charlotte Brontë‚ is considered by many to be a "gothic" novel. The use of "supernatural" incidents‚ architecture‚ and a desolate setting helped to decide this classification for Jane Eyre. <br> <br>Many cases exhibited the use of "supernatural" occurrences. For example‚ when Jane Eyre was ten years old‚ she was locked in a room called the "Red Room" for misbehaving. In this room‚ it was written that her uncle passed away there. Because of being told this‚ Jane Eyre believed that the light she saw
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR.HYDE Schizophrenia and the split personality of Dr. Henry Jekyll After becoming familiar with the characteristics of the world known mental disorder-schizophrenia‚ one may say that the peculiar events in the considered novel show that the protagonist may have been a victim of the mentioned disorder. By having this possibility in mind the novel eventually develops into a provoking mystery thus triggering a strong sense of interest in whoever is fortunate to be reading it
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In the strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Steveson used the architecture of Dr. Jekyll’s house very intelligently. The house can be regarded to be parallel to Dr. Jekyll’s double personality. Throughout the book‚ the house lends itself as a powerful prop‚ by which it is possible for Dr. Jekyll to use his house even when he is in the form of Mr. Hyde. The house‚ like Dr. Jekyll‚ has a dark side. On the front side of the house‚ it seems to be an elite‚ upper class‚ respectable home
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Both Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tell cautionary tales of scientists abusing their creative powers to exist in another sphere where they cannot be directly blamed for their actions. Though Frankenstein’s creation is a "Creature" distinct from his creator while Dr. Jekyll metamorphoses into Mr. Hyde‚ the "double" of each protagonist progressively grows more violent throughout his story. By doing so he symbolizes his creator’s repressed desires in
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The realisation of the reader from this extract‚ that Jekyll has only been experimenting with science produces dramatic tension. Throughout the extract‚ Jekyll confesses that he can only speak ’by theory alone’ regarding his attempts to create the potions to transform himself into Hyde. This represents his constant uncertainty about the results of his experiments. Therefore if even Jekyll‚ the man performing the experiments‚ is uncertain of the results‚ dramatic tension is caused for the reader to
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