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The Summary of The Mysterious Benedict Society The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart is about a team of orphan children who are on a mission to stop the Sender. This team is the Mysterious Benedict Society; consisting of Reynie, Kate, Constance, and Sticky. With the help of Mr. Benedict himself, as well as Rhonda, Number Two, and Milligan; the team is to pose as students at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened. Here is where they would hopefully gain knowledge about…

The Riddler seems to suffer from a narcissistic personality disorder, one of the hybrid methodologies of DMS-5 personality disorders. There are very few biological symptoms that The Riddler has other than having a slim frame, but that hardly constitutes a biological symptom (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). His slim build could possibly be due to his high energy, which could be due to his constant anxiety. His psychological symptoms however are high in amounts and all vary on a spectrum…

Horror fiction in the 21st century has gradually developed far from its origins, to the extent where classic horror novellas of the Victorian period are considered to be parodies of how people interpret horror now. Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of the novella has written it very cleverly, with particular techniques utilized that have a greater impact on the readers that make it more than just any thriller and shocker. Moreover, the novella has been made as a shock which depends on…

“All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy” - The Joker. This quote expresses that it takes just one experience to shape a person's character, one negative experience is all it takes to influence and inspire an individual to think differently and utilize this dark psychological thought process to cause destruction as a means of revenge or to dispense the same suffering on others. Consequently, becoming an evil and sinister individual similar to The Joker. An execrable…

In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson, portrays the subject curiosity very well because other subjects such as duality and temptation are a result of it. Each character in the story has a different and distinct curiosity and those who do not choose to unravel the mystery are considered as bland and unimportant. All big ideas start off as small and innocent ones, but it is up to a person’s curiosity to where and how far they will take it. This curiosity separates the ones…

Uncanniness plays a large part in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: that which is familiar yet mysterious, recognizable but distorted, not fully understood and therefore frightening. Using these elements Robert Louis Stevenson intentionally brings attention to the alienation of self that humans experience. As Dr. Jekyll becomes more dependent on his serum, his ideals of working through scientific method, maintaining connections with society, and caring for a clear idea of his self,…

Duality characterizes someone who has two different and distinctive personalities, as is the case with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his alter-ego, Mister Hyde. Dr. Hyde who lived in England during the nineteenth century is a famous example of split personalities. The book, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is a narrative of the the events which took place resulting in the now famous story. It shows how one individual can be both good and bad. The individuals often conceal the bad…

Discuss Stevenson’s portrayal of the dual nature in the novel ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ The question we all have when finishing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is, what was the purpose of Jekyll splitting his personality? Was it a selfish act? Jekyll was a man of science in the Victorian Era. During that time Darwin’s theory had just surfaced and people were intrigued. Darwin had mentioned that we descended from animals and that we all had dual personalities. This was a huge…

While Victorian society is often praised for its pristine lifestyle, Robert Louis Stevenson argues that this lifestyle was a pretense for what was actually going on and often brought about the worst of society. In Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson advocates for the necessity of moral responsibility through his portrayal of dualism in Victorian era. Victorian culture produced the desire of perfection and admiration among higher-class individuals, which manufactured the…

Emily Loper Mrs. Tamayo English 5/2/2017 Jekyll/Hyde vs. John Nash The plot of Stevenson’s novel is based on a theory that there is a duality of human nature. This duality is expressed as a struggle between good and evil, or as a conflict between civilized man and his older, more barbaric nature. Jekyll believed the human soul consisted of both good and evil, and that one would always be the dominant force in determining a person’s behavior.…