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    Makes ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ an Effective Horror Story? The most famous shilling shocker of the Victorian Era was “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”‚ the 1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is set in Victorian London where the lawyer‚ Mr Utterson investigates a strange relationship between his client‚ Dr Henry Jekyll and the mysterious figure‚ Mr Edward Hyde. But the novella takes an unexpected twist when the very well respected Dr Jekyll reveals that his experiment

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    character Mr Hyde as being terrifying and animal-like by using imagery. Hyde is described as a predator‚ he ’snarls’ and breaks into a ’savage’ laughs which suggests he’s intimidating. Mr Hyde also possesses ’extraordinary quickness‚’ which is not like a human‚ this could suggest he is athletic even though he doesn’t look like it. In the extract‚ he is said to be ’hardly human‚’ that could refer to his barbaric‚ animal-like behavior. He gives the impression of being possessed‚ when Mr Utterson strongly

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    STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE CHAPTER 1 ACTIVITIES CHOOSE A‚ B‚ OR C 1.) Mr. Utterson was … a.) A rather boring but tolerant man b.) A cold cruel man c.) A kind and warm man 2.) The shops were made to be… a.) Cheering for saleswomen b.) Attractive to customers c.) Threatening to criminals 3.) The passers-by who had seen the man mistreat the child… a.) Beat him severely b.) Threatened to denounce him publically c.) Asked the woman to beat him 4.) How is Mr. Utterson

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    Other critics link The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to a particular concern of the post-Darwinian world of the late nineteenth century: the fear that British society had become too civilized‚ too cultured. British men‚ it was feared‚ had become effete and no longer able to lead the British Empire. This fear that British men were not “manly” enough had the potential to destabilize England’s sense of leadership and cultural superiority. After all‚ the British defended their subjugation of

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    "The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" explores the idea that there is evil in all of us. Therefore there are many things which represent both good and evil in the story in this essay I am going to explain how Robert Louis Stevenson achieves this. Robert Louis Stevenson set this short novella in London in Victorian times. London in Victorian times was full of dramatic inventions‚ the slow destruction of the rigid class system and the terrible conditions which poor people had to live in. London

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    His lovability may stem from the only interesting quality that Stevenson gives him—namely‚ his willingness to remain friends with someone whose reputation has suffered. This loyalty leads him to plumb the mystery that surrounds Jekyll. Utterson represents the perfect Victorian gentleman. He consistently seeks to

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    story (Stevenson 1-78). "I am quite sure of him‚" replied Jekyll‚ "I have grounds for certainty that I cannot share with anyone." (Stevenson 30). Jekyll is speaking about his good friend Mr. Hyde‚ whom no one knows is his divided "other" personality (Stevenson 30). Literally‚ Jekyll knows Hyde very well‚ but cannot disclose certain personal information about Hyde’s life that he does not wish to share; yet the reader finds out later‚ that Jekyll is merely looking for a loophole in order to diverge from

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    The Conscious and Unconscious: Analysis on the Life of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde By Bernadine SyTiong March 16 2010 “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson originated from a dream that the author once had and he described it as “a fine bogy tale” when he awoke from it. Stevenson was first inspired from the city’s low life and the bizarre characters that he came across with and that his Calvinistic upbringing and his constant fight against ill-health

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    recently had the incredible opportunity to see Jekyll and Hyde‚ written by Leslie Bricusse and composed by Frank Wildhorn. This particular production was directed by Anne Stewart Mark‚ and staged at the Grand Theatre. I adore this musical‚ and it was the perfect musical to play around Halloween. To begin with‚ one incident that made this production absolutely incredible was the dedication Tyler Brignone had for his characters Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. It was evident how much work was put into

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    truly one‚ but truly two” (Dr. Jekyll‚ pg. 108. The nlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnln Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the analysis of the fluctuation between man’s duality‚ catalysed through drug use‚ and concentrated through extremities in the foiling actions of the benevolent Dr. Jekyll and sinister Mr. Hyde. Jekyll’s obsession with conflicting virtues stems from his yearning to separate the two‚ freeing man from his original sin and purifying the being. Jekyll succeeds in his bisection of

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