Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde is a novel which is arguably entirely about duality. The most obvious example is of course that of the contrast between Jekyll and Hyde themselves, but underneath that is a multitude of smaller...
“I learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality of man if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both” . So says Henry Jekyll in a heartfelt letter to his best friend, Henry Utterson. His final...
With his Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson presents encounters between several upstanding members of Victorian society and Mr. Hyde, a man who seems to disregard all social conventions in favor of selfishness and barbarity. To be sure, Hyde’s actions merit disapproval, but...
Edinburgh, Gothic fiction, Novella, Psychological repression, Repression and Conformity, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sigmund Freud, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Two-Face, Victorian era
In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson employs Utterson as the narrator and voice of the novella, as well as the investigator or detective figure that allows the story to be ‘discovered’ dramatically by the reader. Utterson also provides a contrast as a the voice...
Edinburgh, Gothic fiction, Keeping Up Appearances, Novella, Novellas, Reputation, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Duality of Human Nature, Two-Face
The story of Jekyll and Hyde from beginning to end has a vast mystery around it. The whole story is based on this mysteriousness leading straight away to crimes with no suspects in mind and a huge case ahead of them. The people in this...
When reading literature and viewing movies much of the important messages and ideas can fly right by the audiences head without their knowledge. The best way avoid this is by entering the art we view with a purpose. The perspective in which we obtain information...
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel, Carl Jung, Edinburgh, Gothic fiction, Novella, Psychoanalysis, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sigmund Freud, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, investigates the effectuality of language as a means of rational and logical communication when confronted with situations that represent the intangible and supernatural. Throughout the text, it becomes evident that there is...
Edinburgh, Face, Gothic fiction, Lack of Communication, Novella, Robert Louis Stevenson, Science and Reason, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Rational vs. The Irrational, The Supernatural
The novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson elaborates the ideas of the duality of human nature and the nature of good and evil. The story revolves around Dr. Jekyll and a strange character named Mr. Hyde. The...
The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written by Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson and was set in the 19th century during the Victorian-era London, where expectations are high and reputations are valued. This novella explores the dual characteristics of a Victorian...
In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the author, R.L. Stevenson uses the views of a repressive society and Dr. Jekyll’s conformity to show when people are held under harsh principles and expectations some are forced to find an outlet to compensate...
The representation of science is a trope often used in Gothic Literature. In this essay, I will compare how two Gothic texts, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and “The Stolen Bacillus” by H. G. Wells, represent science in...
Bram Stoker, Charles Darwin, Edinburgh, Evolution, Fictional scientists, Gothic fiction, Mary Shelley, Novella, Robert Louis Stevenson, Science and Reason
All language exists with two definitions. The primary, literal meaning is defined as what the object physically is, and the secondary, symbolic meaning is what the object represents. An object’s literal meaning remains a stationary constant, as it exists in a physical reality, and can...
Stevenson uses many motifs in the novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One of them that stands out the most is duality and opposites which are used throughout the novel in every chapter. Duality comes from the word “dual”, meaning it...
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said “The battle between good and evil runs through the heart of every man”. This problem is presented in the novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley and the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Stevenson....
Dr. Jekyll and Victor Frankenstein decided to push the boundaries of science and take the supernatural into their own hands. Both of the scientists’ experiments yielded creations that got out of control, but the men had very different intentions in mind when creating these monstrosities,...
Edinburgh, Fictional scientists, Gothic fiction, Novella, Robert Louis Stevenson, Science and Reason, Science vs Nature, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Duality of Human Nature, The Supernatural
Robert Louis Stevenson and Kurt Vonnegut use ideas of evolution to imagine — respectively — horrific and satiric future scenarios of humanity. Stevenson’s secondary intent is to use Edward Hyde in order to find a literary language for the emerging findings of evolution. I will...
Gabriel John Utterson, Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde, Richard Enfield, Dr. Hastie Lanyon, Mr. Poole, Inspector Newcomen, Sir Danvers Carew, MP, Maid
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