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What happens when an adorably entertaining dog combine with the gothic wonder of Robert Louise Stevensens novel “The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde? The real question is “how does one strategically adapt a version suitable for kids?” Knowing what is necessary material to give acknowledgement to the source text is essential. The chapter “The Ethics of Infidelity” in “Adaptations Studies New Approaches” edited by Christa Albrecht-Crane and Dennis Cutchins perfectly explains the infidelities of…

Published in 1868, Wilkie Collins’ detective novel The Moonstone is unique in the mystery genre in that it does not have one primary detective. Instead, the story unfolds through the writings of eleven distinct characters. Approximately half of the story is narrated by Gabriel Betteredge, a man who is decidedly Anglocentric. Throughout the story, biases play a role in its deeper meaning with regards to India and its relationship with Britain. Gabriel Betteredge’s biased narration, Mr.…

A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine was written by the author Mike Jay and tells the story of James Tilly Matthews. The story provides us with a vivid picture of the psychiatry, political and social aspects of the late eighteenth-century and shows the importance to present incidences of madness, conspiracies, mind control and manipulation. Matthews was introduced to the audience reading the book by interrupting a debate in the House of Commons. He…

Henry Jekyll, a highly regarded doctor, struggles to repress his darker side. In Robert Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jekyll is faced with the archetypal theme of struggling between the two forces of good and evil. From early on in his life he chooses the former, but his mind is still tempted by dark urges. It’s this suppression of his second nature that causes him to go to extremes to escape the life he feels trapped in. Despite this, he is still internally torn…

GOTTA’ DO IT THESIS: Curiosity leads to the downfall of a person. Exploration is acting upon one’s curiosity. These two themes are very prominent in the two texts; Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The themes have many strong ties in both texts, with the characters and ties the overall plots of the stories. Jekyll has created a potion which turns him into what we learn is Mr. Hyde. Jekyll originally did not intend to drink the potion but his curiosity and…

In the book, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” written by Robert Louis Stevenson, it is about one man with two different personalities. Dr. Jekyll is the protagonist in the story and Mr. Hyde is another form of Dr. Jekyll, who plays the antagonist. They are the same person, but with two different personalities. The character struggles in the story because he is unable to control the other personality in the actions he takes. The two different personalities are different from each…

In the hands of one less skilled, the novel “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” may have well been little more than a book of records, a compilation of strange neurological tribulation; when written in this way, it removes all of the humanity from something that is essential to what makes it. Oliver Sacks, a professor of clinical neurology, sees the method where others see madness, and even goes as far as to argue that neurological disorder is not the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the human…

Do you think a person has two sides? If a person hides the side they feel ashamed of will it come back to haunt that person?In society there are many people who have different sides to themselves in my opinion. For example,when a student goes with one group to another they have different personalities because they can change personalities that quick. Well,in the novel,Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde a mad scientist makes a potion or drug that is impure where he then drinks it and it turns…

Men are equally balanced between the good and bad, ever since they are born. The novella shows two sides of men named Dr. Jekyll, the good side being named Dr. Jekyll and the bad side being named Mr. Hyde. Each side has a different point of view towards the meaning of good and evil. As one gets older becoming more mature, the actions that are taken in life is what determines if they are either good or bad. The nature of good and evil can be pretty hard to describe. Good can be determined as an…

Revolutionist and political thinker Edmund Burke once said that “Writers . . . have great influence on the public mind”. Throughout human history, authors have had a huge impact on the minds of the young and old because of their ways of being able to evoke feelings into the reader. By doing this, writers are able to enhance the reader's experience of the book. One of the most famous examples of this type of writing is the great author by the name of Robert Louis Stevenson. In his writings, he is…