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This passage is taken from Jekyll’s statement of the case, explaining the process behind the act of splitting himself into two separate identities and therefore answering any questions a reader may have. Rose states that ‘evil is embodied in the villain’ , throughout the passage, Stevenson uses split personalities to give depth to the villain and to show where the true evil lies. An original reader would be shocked at the violence and aggression that is weaved throughout the novel, therefore…

critiquing his audience and their repressive society that leads men and women down dangerous self destructive paths. He criticizes high English society and its repression of desires, and how only certain things should be…

women were seen in the Victorian era. Stevenson’s book does not mention women very often and when he does they are referred to as ambiguous. Martin’s novel is written in a female perspective and how the poor and the rich are in different levels of society. There are many comparisons and differences between both of the books and they show gender, social class, realistic, un-natural, and morals. Hierarchy in both of the books is very evident and it showed who was on the top of the social class…

“Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Theme Of Friends” At the beginning of Robert Louis Stevenson book “the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” a strong sense of relationships is given based on the fact that all of the characters have known each other for a great deal of time, besides of course the strange Mr. Hyde who is new to these characters lives. The book opens with Mr. Utterson and gives a lengthy description about him. “ Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance…

This essay will analyse Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Lord Byron’s the “Darkness” in terms of humanity and its animalistic characteristics that lie deep within our species. Stevenson’s novel opens with a description of Mr. Utterson. He is “cold, scanty, […] lean, long, dusty, dreary” (1645) and so on. Most of these adjectives could better describe a hanger than a person. Nevertheless, Utterson is “somehow loveable” (1645) in a way that cannot be…

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were mentally ill by Victorian standards, an exploration into the Victorian mindset on mental health issues can begin. Although modern society still holds a stigma against mental health, as well, professionals in the field have determined that many mental illnesses are out of an individual’s control, caused by chemical imbalances, trauma, genetics, etc. During the Victorian Era, this understanding…

Do the pressures of society and external influences determine one’s disposition, or is everyone born with his or her own good and evil tendencies? The novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde establishes and discusses the question of nature versus nurture. The author, Robert Louis Stevenson, prompts the reader to inquire how an individual can determine his or her place on the spectrum of good and evil. To establish the universal struggle between good and evil, Stevenson introduces the…

imperfection of society and by studying…

novel, he is described as “ape-like”, “troglodytic” and “hardly human” (Stevenson). Having the conscious split into two- the decent side that works hard and succeeds, this is the side that can hide it’s desires that go against what is acceptable in society; and the immoral side that wants to satisfy his desires. Stevenson explores the frights that every one of us have. As Dr. Jekyll observes ‘I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly…

Jekyll and Mr Hyde due to its strong theme of sexuality between Mary Reilly and Mr Hyde and Dr. Jekyll. In the society of the original novel the tension and immorality of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde’s relationship and the mystery between them was enough to engage and attract audiences to the novel however the audience of the 1990’s needed something to increase the stakes…