of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novella written in the 19th century by Robert Louis Stevenson. In his writings‚ Stevenson was fascinated by the ideas of concealment‚ double life‚ and the broader issue of human duality. The characters‚ Dr. Jekyll and his evil half Mr. Hyde‚ experience the behaviors of a split personality or that of the divided self. The divided self can be compared to a drug addict‚ where Jekyll would be the sober state‚ and Hyde would
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Emily Goodman Dr. Ngezem Engl 2122 31 March 2014 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Representation of the Duality of Human Nature From the beginning of time‚ stories have been passed down through generations that have depicted the wild adventures of the unorthodox hero. Stories like The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ where the hated and feared outcast of society becomes a beloved hero. Or in Robin Hood‚ where the thief helps put away the bad guy‚ saves the townsfolk from poverty‚ and gets the girl. The made
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738358/ In the novel‚ Stevenson creates a hero in Dr. Jekyll‚ who aware of the evil in his own being‚ and sick of the duplicity in his life‚ succeeds by way of his experiments on himself in freeing the pure evil part of his being as Mr. Hyde‚ so that each can indulge in a life unfettered by the demands of the other. As Dr. Jekyll says‚ “With every day and from both sides of my intelligence‚ the moral and intellectual‚ I thus drew steadily to that truth
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Compared to Dracula Staring London The city of London has had many staring roles in countless pieces of art ranging from paintings to movies to novels. In the story‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ London adds color to the tall of personal discomfort. In comparing that story with Dracula‚ London again has an interesting role in expressing not only how vast London culture is but how vast the cultures range from west to east. Both stories
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novella Dr‚ Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. After having a nightmare with the same story line he began writing the book and finished it three days after. The spooky novel is based in Victorian London. The classic book had been used in many movies‚ television shows‚ and more. Little did Stevenson know his nightmare would become one of the most well known horror books in the world.The author helps create an eerie mood in the book using imagery‚diction‚ and details. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde uses imagery
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influential times in English history. In the book "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ the author uses images of crime‚ urban life‚ and in heritance to portray the culture of the Victorian Era. The gruesome crimes committed by Mr Hyde reflect the views of his animalistic and lower class way of behavior. The beginning of the story starts of with the introduction to Mr. Hyde by narrating about the first crime that he commits. During this crime‚ Hyde comes upon a little girl on the road and "the
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‘church rang out the hour of twelve’ when ‘he would go gratefully to bed.’ Yet Stevenson presents Utterson as ‘dreary’‚ he also gives the lawyer many good qualities‚ such as his loyalty to his friends. This is evident when he suspects his friend Jekyll of committing criminal activities of blackmail and the sheltering of a murder; however he decides to sweep away what he has learnt and tells a clerk to ‘not speak of this note‚’ instead of ruining his friend’s reputation. Another quality Stevenson
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consequences. Anonymity is a major plot in the novel‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll‚ a well respected man high up on the social ladder‚ had his public image which he had shaped to society’s liking and was keen on keeping it that way. But he was able to explore his more devious side with Mr. Hyde‚ who was a secluded‚ odd and mysterious man. So whenever Jekyll took the identity of Hyde and his high class cohorts couldn’t recognize him‚ he executed mischievous deeds that
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The book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made the biggest impact on me. This book was written in the late 1800’s and the theme still has deep meaning today. In my opinion‚ the theme of the story is based on the idea that we all have a good side and an evil side. I believe that there are life lessons to this idea. I also enjoyed the theme because I could relate to it in some ways. Dr. Jekyll was a very kind and friendly man‚ unsuspected to be the cause of any evil. However Dr. Jekyll had a dark side bottled
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