Mr. Hyde

In our G. C. S. E English class, we have been reading the Stevenson classic of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Whist reading this, we have been discussing how effective the book is as gothic literature and now we have to write an essay around the question, including the elements of a gothic narrative and how Jekyll changed when he got older. First of all, I will talk about a gothic setting. Similarity to Frankenstein (by Mary Shelley) Before reading…...

Discuss the ways in which Stevenson explores the idea of 'good' and 'evil' in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Why, in your opinion, did the book become so popular in Victorian England? '... I stood already committed to a profound duplicity of life'. In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson delves into the theme of 'good and evil' comprehensively. As the novella unfolds from chapter to chapter, the theme of…...

Read the excerpt from The Unusual Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I therefore drew progressively nearer to that reality, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that male is not genuinely one, however truly 2. I say two, since the state of my own knowledge does not pass beyond that point. The mood of this excerpt can…...

"There are some things that must be kept private" The weird case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has to do with a person who is a popular researcher that believes the concept of each individual having 2 different personalities, this is what is revealed in the story on how the 2 different personalities effects Dr. Jekyll and is enjoyed one around him. The story was released in 1888, a vital time in the British history when the Victorian had…...

In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson uses three main characters to represent Freud’s theory of the Superego, Ego and the Id to warn readers of the dangers of not playing by society’s rules. Freud’s theory talks about the three parts of personality: id, ego and superego. Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde and Mr. Utterson are the three main characters and they represent the three parts of personality. The superego is the policeman of the personality. In the story,…...

The world as we know it is constantly moving and changing; events occur that can affect people’s lives even if they are thousands of miles away. Whether or not these happenings are good or evil can shape one’s mindset and outlook on the actions they take themselves. Both have distinct strengths and weaknesses; however, the real question one must ask is which side of the spectrum is more capable of influencing humanity. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by…...