Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The first, "The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" written in 1886 by Stevenson, containing in itself all of the double theme features. Where Jekyll is highlighted, Hyde is overshadowed, and there is not any overlap between the two characters: When Jekyll drinks the potion He turns into the murderer Hyde changing appearance as well. Going beyond the narrative gimmick for an instant, we get that Stevenson's vision is not encouraging. To make Dr. Jekyll emerge by keeping Mr. Hyde…

Ostracism is a common experience among individuals in a social group or community. Many of these outsiders often question the reason for their exclusion – is it because they are misjudged or misunderstood by their peers? Franz Kafka’s short story “The Metamorphosis” and the Christmas song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” demonstrates that outsiders are those with unique qualities that cannot contribute back to their community as opposed to those who are misjudged or misunderstood. In “The…

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s character in Stevenson’s novella is a popular and mainstream example of a duality which makes the public question if they are two separate entities, or if they are two personalities but part of the same person. A parallel could be drawn…

How Social Darwinism Impacted Society Social Darwinism justified many decisions during the latter 19th and early 20th century. Particularly it was used to further laissez-faire capitalism, immigration control, eugenics, colonialism and, in an extreme case Nazism. Thus, Darwin 's theory of evolution had a profound effect on the late 19th and early 20th century through its application to human society, Social Darwinism. Before the theory of Darwinism religion was utilized to explain the workings…

dissociative identity disorder, was misunderstood, mistreated, and inquired brief conversation amongst 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…

Hyde, with its all-male world where no character has a significant relationship with a woman; they are “men who thoroughly enjoyed each other’s company” (9). Utterson and Enfield treasure their Sunday walks together, though “it was a nut to crack for…

The historical fiction A Tale of Two Cities set in London, England and Paris, France depicts the French Revolution. The novel by Charles Dickens is understanding towards the overthrow of French aristocracy, but very harsh towards the Reign of Terror that followed. From the title and throughout the book, Dickens uses the motif duality to highlight his themes and to connect the past and the present which is demonstrated through the connected cities of London and Paris, contrasting female…

¬¬To what extent are Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde tales that explore the psychological rather than the supernatural? Shakespeare and Robert Louis Stevenson both write about the psychology of man, meanwhile also exploring what is known to be the ‘supernatural’, which refers to superhuman appearances, and things such as ghosts, or witches, which are beyond human understanding. ‘Psychology’ refers to the study of the mind and how the human brain works, including human behaviour and how different…

Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll’s desires and actions exemplify certain truths about sin’s power. While writing his note concerning his transformation to Mr. Hyde, Dr Jekyll observes, “I have been made to learn that the doom and burden of our life is bound forever on man’s shoulders; and when the attempt is made to cast it off, it but returns upon us with more unfamiliar and more awful pressure” (Stevenson 75). As noticed by Dr. Jekyll, it is quite…

confront the anxieties encompassing gender and sexuality prospects in Victorian Britain. The Victorian era failed to make room for sexual candidness and gender distortion, and these ideologies are challenged in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Both novels were based around the Victorian era and both explore gender fluidity. The patriarchal views of the Victorian society imposed authority and domination of men over women and through…