Robert Louis Stevenson

Victorian Decadence In, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” by Robert Louis Stevenson consists of Victorian Decadence or Fin de Siècle aspects throughout the story. One aspect of Victorian Decadence is the anti-Romantic belief in original sin and in the fallen man and nature. The omnipresence of evil, lack of health, balance, innocence, and the grotesque can belong with the first aspect, also. An example in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” would be Mr. Utter son’s interest in the fallen man…

The archetypal theme that good and evil exists in everyone is what I would say as the main theme in the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson with the characters in the story having a good side mainly but have an evil side also. The main character Dr. Jekyll is a good example of this being the case because he is the epitome of being both good and evil. His normal identity Dr. Jekyll has a mostly good side with good intentions and thoughts. His other side,…

The Strange Cases of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Fiction and Film Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) and the film adaptation, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), directed by Maurice Phillips, are accounts of the same story but told differently. Stevenson’s novella, as well as Phillips’ film version, follows a respected English physician and scientist named Dr. Henry Jekyll as he secretly struggles to suppress his dark side, and the experiments he…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or The Time Machine: Which is better? Both The Time Machine, by H.G.Wells, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, are great books but, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is better to read. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tells a story about Dr. Jekyll and his lawyer, Mr. Utterson. In the story, Dr. Jekyll finds out a way to transform himself into another person, one that is his bad side, Mr.…

Q: Compare and contrast the personalities of Dr Henry Jekyll and Mr Hyde- how do they develop throughout the novel? Introduction: In Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, two men embody the polar opposites of good and evil and attempt to keep the two sides completely separate to the eyes of Victorian society and the Victorian reader; however the constant battle of sides is eventually won by evil. Evil is embodied in the form of Mr Hyde and good in the form…

The Polarity of Good and Evil and Victorian Society In the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, the themes of good versus evil, the duality of man and Victorian society are perpetual. Further, the Law of Polarity is a universal law that states that everything has an opposite and everything exists as a result of positive and negative forces. The Law of Polarity applies to different aspects found in the book The Law of Polarity is evident in the…

the Victorian Era, and what they truly represent. by: Jenny Nguyen A paper submitted to Mr. Matsalia in partial fulfillment of Honors English II, Period 7 November 21, 2014  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson was published in 1886 around the time of the Victorian Era.The Victorian Era, the time between 1837 through 1901, was a time of significant economic and social changes, as well as a period of scientific breakthroughs, which the short…

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…

Throughout chapter 8 of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson employs an external narrative voice and dialogue, in order to describe the weather of London, analyse themes of the novella, and explore the fears of people living in London, during the 1800s. Throughout the chapter, the weather is dark and wild, much like the events that are yet to come in the novella. The door of the cabinet in which Hyde is hiding explores themes of class division, while the exploiting…

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sold forty thousand copies in six months. This fact helps show that the book was instantly popular, but does not show that it is a classic. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a classic because there are multiple morals, students read the book in school, and it changes the reader. First, there are morals in the story. One moral is everyone has both good and bad in them. For example, Mr. Hyde is the evil in Dr. Jekyll. Another example is in the…