Robert Louis Stevenson

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a book by Robert Louis Stevenson based in the dark streets of 19th century London, England. The protagonist is Dr. Henry Jekyll, a doctor of medicine who is well known and respected by the community but also experiments in his spare time. His main experiment of late is to separate the good and evil of a single man, as he believes that they are two separate entities confined in one person. He succeeds at first, splitting himself into two personas: his normal Dr. Jekyll,…

Victorian physicians. Robert Louis Stevenson started the discussion of dissociative identity disorder with his ground-breaking novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Steven’s novel signifies a medical breakthrough of the dissociative mind and its misfortunates during the provocative years of late-Victorian England. As time passes, man acquires a better understanding of its own dual nature through the advancement of medical science and psychology. However in 1886, Stevenson was far…

The book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is mysterious story written by Robert Louis Stevenson. The plot of the story, focusing on the disturbingly unpleasant Mr. Hyde and the good guy Dr. Jekyll, tells of the process of a normal person transforming, at the sip of a potion, into a villainous alter ego. This book is a classic work of literature and is highly representative of human nature. Also, this novel uses much symbolism to be later discussed. The theme and purpose of this book…

evil. You might not think so, many people may seem wholly good, but everyone has evil in them. You might not see it right now, but trust me, it’s there, lurking in the shadows. This is, at least, what Bram Stoker, the writer of Dracula, and Robert Louis Stevenson, the writer of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, want you to believe through their characters of Dracula and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, respectively. These characters use their supernatural abilities to disrupt peace and cause…

internal and external, but they just motivate him more. The day gets saved by him and everyone has a happy ending, at least for that day. This whole concept of good defeating evil appeared long before Batman came around. Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shows how good will always triumph over evil throughout the telling of the story through characterization, plot, and imagery. For both books, the characterizations of one of the major…

Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) is the story of the well-respected Dr. Jekyll who brews a concoction that when imbibed, allows him to become the embodiment of his repressed sinful nature. As Mr. Hyde, the man into whom Dr. Jekyll transforms, slowly takes more and more control over their body, Dr. Jekyll must face the consequences of his actions. The story is highly complex, interweaving themes of the duality of human nature, morality and immorality,…

There are many morels that have happened over time from now and from back in the Victorian eras. There was different sets of morals over time based on religion and other perceptions of good and evil in literature and different forms media going back from the Victorian era till now. In the books the strange cases of Dr .Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the hunger games, Dracula and Beowulf this are some of the literate that support the morels and how good and evil was perceive and how their actions were…

the seed of both good and evil. It 's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” The quote by Eric Burdon can be put into constant play in the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. With a strong sense of mystery and danger, the theme of good and evil fits perfectly into Dr. Henry Jekyll’s personality. Today, some think that good and evil are two polar opposites that can be split apart in one’s personality. But,…

Hyde, the author Robert Louis Stevenson uses the theme of dual identity to make a commentary on Victorian society and human nature. Stevenson is critical of the repression that exists within Victorian culture. He uses the motif of the double to demonstrate the dangers of refusing to acknowledge the animalistic nature of man. When this aspect of man is repressed and alienated, it grows even stronger and takes on a life of its own. Mr. Hyde is the frightening result. Thus, Stevenson is…

point of view. This is because the play had included most of the classic gothic tropes such as supernatural beings and dark setting most of the time, very much similar to ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ (DJAMH) that has been written by Stevenson, but from an aspect that have already been exposed to this genre. However, their similarities and differences does not limit to only just their genre but also the way the authors divulged their reoccurring theme of evil.…