Robert Louis Stevenson

If not for the medically inspired separation of the two parts of Dr. Jekyll’s whole, this novella by Robert Louis Stevenson might only be the sad tale of a man who is forced, by society and societal morals, to be a man he never wanted to be. Much like Mary Shelley’s monster of Frankenstein, Mr. Hyde is a by-product of society, but, in this case, he is also a by-product of the suppression of self, frequently based on moral and religious beliefs. Mr. Hyde is a reflection of the inner self we…

unfolds as he is tricked onto the slave ship and later meets a Jacobite named Alan Breck. They go through a series of events that both threaten and build their friendship. In order to demonstrate that loyalty surpasses any unfavorable situations, Stevenson portrays two characters with clashing ideologies and backgrounds that eventually resolve their…

“Requiem,” one of many works that Robert Louis Stevenson produced during his lifetime. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the best authors during his time and captured the hearts of many with his unique way of writing. He had many accomplishments within the writing realm which he had to endeavor. Despite Robert Louis Stevenson’s many flaws and unhealthy life, he still managed to have a successful career which ended with a tragic death. As a result of Robert Louis Stevenson’s yearning to write at…

Robert Louis Stevenson’s created a mind-blowing suspense and intrigue in his novel “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” One such example of literary tension is in the very beginning. First, the reader is not introduced to the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in chapter one; this is unlike how most books are introduced. Instead the readers are introduced to entertaining characters Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson: MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance… lean, long…

The Concept of home and abroad Robert Louis Stevenson was an important and renowned literary celebrity of his time. He was born in 1850 in Edinburgh and belonged to an upper middle class family. His father Thomas Stevenson was a well-known leading lighthouse engineer in the Victorian era while his mother was from a lawyers and clergymen family. In 1857 he with his parents moved to 17 Heriot Row a four story Georgian town house in Edinburgh’s new town. Stevenson had a prosperous life different…

evil be controlled. In this classic of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson shows the difference between the gentleman Dr. Jekyll and his alter ego Mr. Hyde. In the year of publication in Victorian England because of crimes many people were frightened after reading the novel. This novel takes readers on a mysterious journey through a case of murder and the transformation of Dr. Jekyll into a hideous creature. Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde showed…

Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, referenced Carl Jung’s theories and played with the idea of what made someone good and another evil through characters and events of the book. Firstly, Carl Jung, a Swedish psychologist, believed in archetypes of humans, especially the shadow archetype. The shadow archetype, according to Carl Jung, is one’s darker side and is filled with impulses, darker intentions, and others of the like. Additionally, Carl Jung stated…

with even a deeper trench than in the majority of men, severed in me those provinces of good and ill which divide and compound man’s dual nature,” (169). In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson; romanticism and modernism show up frequently. Robert Louis Stevenson wanted to see duality, and he did this through romanticism and modernism. Romanticism is prominent because many emotions with Dr. Jekyll and Hyde. However, within the novella, non traditional themes,…

centuries. In Robert Louis Stevenson's mystery novella, “Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” the author illustrates good and evil through the characters of Mr. Hyde and Dr Jekyll. The use of physical and personality descriptions in Stevenson's work is said to emphasize Hyde’s depravity. After Utterson meets Hyde in Jekyll's courtyard, he is in shock at Hyde's wicked appearance. Utterson describes Hyde as “pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation” (Stevenson,…

The theme of good and evil exists in this world. A famous book written in the Victorian Era embodies the description of evil. In Robert Louis Stevenson’s mystery novella, Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Stevenson uses descriptive language to create a mood. Throughout the book, Stevenson uses metaphors to depict Hyde as evil. Dr. Jekyll has known Hyde is evil. Yet, he enjoyed it until he realized how Hyde was destroying him physically and mentally. Jekyll was losing control of his mind, his actions,…