Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Strange Cases of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Fiction and Film Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) and the film adaptation, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), directed by Maurice Phillips, are accounts of the same story but told differently. Stevenson’s novella, as well as Phillips’ film version, follows a respected English physician and scientist named Dr. Henry Jekyll as he secretly struggles to suppress his dark side, and the experiments he…

the term “Jekyll-and-Hyde”? Jekyll-and-Hyde is a term referring to having conflicting personalities or having both distinct good and bad personalities in one person. The central theme for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the idea of duality. Duality can be defined as the state of being in two or in two parts, and in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the two parts are good and evil, Dr. Jekyll representing good, and Mr. Hyde representing evil. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are…

controlled. In this classic of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson shows the difference between the gentleman Dr. Jekyll and his alter ego Mr. Hyde. In the year of publication in Victorian England because of crimes many people were frightened after reading the novel. This novel takes readers on a mysterious journey through a case of murder and the transformation of Dr. Jekyll into a hideous creature. Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde showed both…

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish writer, more drown into novels, that became famous with his “Treasure Island” (1883) and “The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” (1886). He was born in the capital of Scotland Edinburgh. His father was the notable engineer Thomas Stevenson. He had very over protected parents that didn’t allow him to leave his house much, due to his chronic bronchial disease. It was lying in bed that he developed his artist side, and came up with some of his…

Henry Jekyll to an end” (54). The more someone tries not to think of a desire, the more the desire will take over their minds. Henry Jekyll wants to be able to do evil things without ruining his reputation. So, he turns into Mr. Hyde for the first time, which makes him feel satisfied. Over time he realizes what happens when he turns into Mr. Hyde and stops himself for a while. Only, he cannot stay away from turning and inevitably turns into Mr. Hyde. Eventually Dr. Jekyll turns into Mr. Hyde but…

character having an epiphany (54). In Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll experiences the struggle between good and evil that occurs in every person and the devastating effects it can have when evil overcomes good. In the story, Dr. Jekyll has the epiphany the evil personality of Mr. Hyde was overcoming the good in Dr. Jekyll. The quote illustrates the idea the choice Dr. Jekyll makes when alternating between Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde, as well as the choice between life…

novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson with the characters in the story having a good side mainly but have an evil side also. The main character Dr. Jekyll is a good example of this being the case because he is the epitome of being both good and evil. His normal identity Dr. Jekyll has a mostly good side with good intentions and thoughts. His other side, Mr. Hyde is pure evil with no conscience and no moral compass. The identities of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.…

“The Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson are two Victorian Era mystery stories with two completely different plots. Despite having two completely different plots and two completely different main messages, they both explore the similar theme of good and evil. Both of these stories express this theme through different cases and perceptions. One of the hopefully blatantly obvious evils in both stories is murder. Both…

gives an in depth into the Stevenson’s Book of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The book depicts a vivid representation of a psychiatric turmoil that causes a person to possess two or more discrete personalities or identities with individuality conflicting to each other. The topic of women and doubling of the male body surfaces as the mindset of the writer in the late nineteenth century. The case of perverse violence of men is portrayed through Hyde, the necessarily pleasures of…

theme used to enhance textual integrity and introduce a fresh complexity to characters. Such is the case within the novel, “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. “I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.” – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The metaphor, “…such a dreadful shipwreck” hyperbolises the psychological conflicts of Jekyll and Hyde. The word, “doomed”…