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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Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published in January 1886. It recounts the horrific tale of a scientist whose experiment backfires and leads him to his own end. It was the author’s masterpiece and sold around 40‚000 copies in six months in England and became a popular sensation in America. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ a novella written in Bournemouth and set in London was one written in the late nineteenth century in the backdrop of the scientific
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Every Sunday‚ Mr. Utterson‚ a prominent London lawyer‚ and his distant kinsman‚ Mr. Richard Enfield‚ take a stroll through the city of London. Even though to a stranger’s eyes‚ these two gentlemen seem to be complete opposites‚ both look forward to‚ and enjoy‚ their weekly stroll with one another. One Sunday‚ they pass a certain house with a door unlike those in the rest of the neighborhood. The door reminds Mr. Enfield of a previous incident in which he witnessed an extremely unpleasant man
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The overall premise of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one that is familiar to many. In this novella‚ Robert Louis Stevenson explores the contrasting qualities of good and evil and also shows that there is indeed some gray area between the two. The main subject of the text is Dr. Jekyll‚ a well-to-do doctor in London attempts to purge himself of what he considers is his evil half. He does this by developing a special formula that transforms himself into an unrecognizable creature.
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Summary Mr. Utterson is a lawyer‚ who is friends with Dr. Jekyll‚ and knows of the mysterious and troublesome Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll has given his will‚ which has some strange requests‚ to Mr. Utterson in case anything should happen to him. While reading the contents of the will‚ Mr. Utterson begins to realize that Dr. Jekyll’s handwriting is very similar to that of Mr. Hyde’s. One day‚ Poole‚ an employee of Dr. Jekyll‚ calls the lawyer and tells him that Dr. Jekyll has locked himself in a closet
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Talented Mr. Ripley. The two novels relate greatly when it comes of acts of evil and dishonesty. The motivation for their evil is dissatisfaction with their current lifestyle. Dissatisfaction comes in many forms it can stem from boredom‚ self judgement‚ rage‚ and many more that won’t be covered in this paper. The feeling of not living up to one’s full potential can lead too many unacceptable actions. Even though Dr. Jekyll has a good reputation
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Within ’Macbeth’ and ’Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ the theme of psychological deterioration and terror are particularly explored through the characters Lady Macbeth and Dr Lanyon. Lady Macbeths deterioration is manifested through hallucinations and her speech; ‘here’s the smell of the blood still’‚ Shakespeare utilises the technique of olfactory hallucinations‚ conveying to the audience that her guilt has affected her to the point that she can smell the hallucinated blood on her hands. The adverb ‘still’
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In The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman‚ both represent how doubles are reflections of characters inner desires. Double’s are objects or people who contain attributes a person represses‚ and does not have. But put the two objects or characters together they are equivalent to a human. However‚ the acts the doubles do in both novels are hidden by the characters to protect their identity. Both protagonists from both narratives enjoy their
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of strong passions or sensibilities. Indeed‚ Stevenson intends for him to come across in this way: from the first page of the novel‚ the text notes that Utterson has a face that is “never lighted by a smile‚” that he speaks very little‚ and that he seems “lean‚ long‚ dusty‚ [and] dreary.” Yet‚ somehow‚ he is also “lovable‚” and dull and proper though he may be‚ he has many friends. His lovability may stem from the only interesting quality that Stevenson gives him—namely‚ his willingness to remain
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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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