Mr. Hyde

Morality is the extent to which an action is defined as either wrong or right. It can also be viewed as a set of values that guide society in distinguishing good and evil. In Stevenson’s strange case of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll, morality is in whirlwinds since evil is the order of the day. In the first chapter, Enfield narrates the sad story of the evil man who comes out of the strange door and knocks a little girl…...

Understanding the nature of human beings is a complex task considering the two forces or two distinct identities existing in each person. The divide between good and evil is clearly illustrated in the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Stevenson. The book revolves about the mysterious events surrounding Jekyll and Hyde and how they are related to one another. The objective of this essay is to explore the duality existing in human beings based…...

As a writer setting is what engages the reader. As a writer you have to respect where the story is set in real at the time of your writing. “The real success lies in finding the right character to carry that story”(Joan Lingard). Setting is very important because it sets the mood and what's going on during it the setting enguages the reader by how the setting creates mood it folds about how the rest of the story plays out.…...

The duality of humanity has an ideology that there is hidden madness in everyone leading to the battle between good and evil. In Stevenson’s novel, ​The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, ​double consciousness was an ongoing theme with the main characters. Stevenson illustrated the conflicting nature in mankind from morality. Jekyll represented goodness within while Hyde was the evil embodiment of Jekyll. The man who represented the good in society (Jekyll) realized he could only be outstanding…...

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…...