Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a story about a young boy, Jim, who goes on an adventure to an island in search of a treasure. Along the way, he meets several different people who all practice different codes of conduct. Jim is greatly influenced by all of these people and their different forms of conduct and life. Throughout all his adventures, Jim grows up a great deal due to the many codes of conduct he experiences in his daily life. Although not all the codes he experiences…

Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well known and respected scientist who does dangerous experiments. One of his experiments created a clone of himself, but only his evil side. Whenever he takes the special potion he created, Henry Jekyll turns into a new man. This man he created was Edward Hyde. After Hyde is created, the rest of Jekyll’s days are spent fighting off Hyde’s attempts to control the body. Stevenson shows how the bad temptations…

In the story Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, it shows two characters, who represent good vs. evil. Good decisions in life can result in gaining people's trust and making lots of friends. Bad decisions in life can result in severe consequences, like long periods of jail time, or loss of friends, sometimes it also can lead to death. One can choose to be good or evil because every human is born with a conscience which helps them decide whether they want to make good decisions or…

The Destruction of Desires “I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end” (54). The more someone tries not to think of a desire, the more the desire will take over their minds. Henry Jekyll wants to be able to do evil things without ruining his reputation. So, he turns into Mr. Hyde for the first time, which makes him feel satisfied. Over time he realizes what happens when he turns into Mr. Hyde and stops himself for a while. Only, he cannot stay away from turning and inevitably…

Zack Curtis Dr. Swenson English 1212: British Literature II April 4, 2016 Split Reality Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, depicts the constant struggle between virtue and desire with a man by the name of Dr. Jekyll, and his counterpart, Mr. Hyde. The story of these two sides of the same coin shed light on the internal battle between right and wrong. While Dr. Jekyll represents the acceptable, lighter side of humanity, Hyde portrays the selfish side with…

In the book “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,” written by Robert Louis Stevenson, a London scientist by the name of Dr. Henry Jekyll made a potion which brings his evil side forward; now he can’t control it. Now he became the first man to bring forward his evil side, Dr. Jekyll turns into Mr. Hyde, he doesn’t feel guilt, and he has little to no debt because Dr. Jekyll is a different person, and Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are two different people. To begin, Dr. Jekyll turns into for the…

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish writer, more drown into novels, that became famous with his “Treasure Island” (1883) and “The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” (1886). He was born in the capital of Scotland Edinburgh. His father was the notable engineer Thomas Stevenson. He had very over protected parents that didn’t allow him to leave his house much, due to his chronic bronchial disease. It was lying in bed that he developed his artist side, and came up with some of his…

same man. The events of Robert Louis Stevenson 's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are fictitiously uncommon. But though the situation Stevenson presents is “strange”, the uncertainties of human nature that he explores are thoughtfully familiar. How can one reconcile the human inclinations to do good and evil? Stevenson makes an effort to explain this enigma in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll…

In the story, “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, the element of moral ambiguity appears through Dr. Jekyll and his experimentations. Dr. Jekyll lives in an era known as the Victorian Era, in which there are many strict rules and social constraints. By the demands that he should be good all the time, Dr. Jekyll creates a potion to separate his personalities. The separation creates Mr. Hyde, his alter ego, who represents the darker side of Dr. Jekyll,…

of doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1885. The story is set in the late nineteenth…