Dr. Strangelove

The Impact of London on the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The setting of a story creates the atmosphere from which a story grows and progresses. Locale, public setting, and other attributes to a good setting allow the story to be personal to the reader. A great setting influences the story. In the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, historic 19th Century London is the backdrop for the fascinating Robert Louis Stevenson tale. True to it’s historic value, London thrives in the novel as…

Just by reading the title, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, readers can quickly realize that mystery is a major topic in the novel. Within the first chapter in the novel, the author catches the reader’s attention by introducing a mysterious character whose appearance is displeasing. The only information that is given of the character is his name and his strange disappearance after trampling a young girl. “I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed…

According to the statement, humankind tries to suppress their primal desires such as “revenge, conquest, lust and greed” but these attempts will always be contended by our inherent bestial nature. Referred to as ‘The Beast Within’, our dark side has been heavily featured within literature since time immemorial, which only substantiates our perverse (albeit secret) attraction to it. Throughout time the representation of ‘The Beast Within’ has evolved in literature, from biblical myths such as…

It may be something simple and embarrassing like a football player liking to watch Gossip Girl after practices or a girl having a secret fan account for One Direction. It may be a little more extreme like in the case of Dr. Jekyll in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that…

themes that can be found or interpreted from the text of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One that is most apparent is the idea of filth which is explained in the city and the characters. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines filth as foul, putrid or moral corruption (“Filth”). Examples of this filth are established in both the setting of the story as well as in the development of the characters. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde provides many opportunities for a reader to…

Duality is essentially a universal 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”…

double personality that is taken as a new persona that the person has created with their own mind. One of the most famous works that uses Dualism is The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde plot have inspired similar plot for movies such as Fight Club and Secret Window. The dualism that is shown in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is like the dualism in the films Fight Club and Secret Window because their protagonists started showcasing strange behavior, takes a major…

Robert Lewis Stevenson discusses the dual nature of human beings in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He is trying to show the two sides: evil and good, that every person has, and how they try to overcome their evil side. Jekyll wants an opportunity to reveal his evil side without disrupting his respectable image, so he creates Hyde. He is able to explore new avenues in science, which conventional scientists, such as Lanyon cannot even imagine. I argue that human beings do have a dual…

especially with the Farragut family. He has “preserved the polite demeanor” when in the presence of Miss Bella Farragut and her mother, continuously bows, and smiles with teeth “like an illumination” to the point where Bella calls him divine (Crane 7). Like Dr. Trescott, Henry is a well-known member of the community; the customers at Reifsnyder’s barber shop behaved like fish in an aquarium as Henry Johnson walked past in his “graceful form” (Crane 6). As he walks past the streamed ejaculation…

Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reveals the tale of a well-known physician, Henry Jekyll, whose experimentations in the realm of human consciousness lead to his transformation into the horrifying, violent Edward Hyde. Many literary critics have speculated that the novella is a metaphor for multiple personality disorder, however, I believe that Stevenson was symbolizing a darker fear present during the Victorian era: the rise of cocaine use and the unexplainable disease of addiction. Dr.…