“The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson who is a Scottish writer. This novel is based on a secret that hides behind what’s seen and presented to the reader as a person very similar to the Evil, and very mysterious: Mr. Hyde. In fact, mystery and secrecy are what Stevenson uses to catch the reader’s attention and to make the plot interesting. Mr. Hyde is introduced at the very beginning of the book, just like Dr. Jekyll and almost immediately, the writer makes understandable that something is wrong with these two men, but the secrets that hide behind all the strange situations presented in the book, are revealed only at the end of the novel, so secrecy accompanies the reader through the story.
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Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which, as mentioned in the previous paragraphs, is only revealed at the end of the novel. The reader doesn't get to know much about this relationship and neither about the men themselves. All we know about Mr. Hyde is that he is wealthy, short, not too thin, strange looking, almost like he has kind of a deformation, and strange. On the other hand, all we know about Dr. Jekyll is that he is a very wealthy and allocated man, tall, sociable, caring and wise man. They seem to have nothing in common, however, the reader gets to feel and notice the tension and bond between the two since the first chapter of the novel when Mr. Enfield tells Mr. Utterson that he once saw Mr. Hyde entering with a key into Dr. Jekyll’s laboratory. The fact that the progression of this mysterious relationship through the story is very slow, as well as the pieces of information given, which are very few, this makes the reader questioning and actually paying attention to the story to understand more about the two men. Throughout the whole novel, the reader is given kind of a freedom of thought about what’s really going on, because of the few information we have. Indeed, the reader can suppose what is happening for the whole book, because the story is summed all up and made truly understandable only at the very end of the novel. This constant mysterious and unclear between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and mentioned above, catches and keeps the reader’s attention, but also makes him supposing and actually thinking about what's going on to make the story comprehensible and clear for himself. By creating this relationship, Stevenson not only increases the secrecy into the story but also makes it look like there is always a climax, which is only destroyed at the end of the
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which, as mentioned in the previous paragraphs, is only revealed at the end of the novel. The reader doesn't get to know much about this relationship and neither about the men themselves. All we know about Mr. Hyde is that he is wealthy, short, not too thin, strange looking, almost like he has kind of a deformation, and strange. On the other hand, all we know about Dr. Jekyll is that he is a very wealthy and allocated man, tall, sociable, caring and wise man. They seem to have nothing in common, however, the reader gets to feel and notice the tension and bond between the two since the first chapter of the novel when Mr. Enfield tells Mr. Utterson that he once saw Mr. Hyde entering with a key into Dr. Jekyll’s laboratory. The fact that the progression of this mysterious relationship through the story is very slow, as well as the pieces of information given, which are very few, this makes the reader questioning and actually paying attention to the story to understand more about the two men. Throughout the whole novel, the reader is given kind of a freedom of thought about what’s really going on, because of the few information we have. Indeed, the reader can suppose what is happening for the whole book, because the story is summed all up and made truly understandable only at the very end of the novel. This constant mysterious and unclear between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and mentioned above, catches and keeps the reader’s attention, but also makes him supposing and actually thinking about what's going on to make the story comprehensible and clear for himself. By creating this relationship, Stevenson not only increases the secrecy into the story but also makes it look like there is always a climax, which is only destroyed at the end of the