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Stevenson writes ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ with the intention of showing the reader the duality of man and explores this through the juxtaposition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this novella, Stevenson also uses the environment and setting of the story to represent the contrast between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Good and Evil in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novel written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and published in 1886. It concerns a lawyer, Gabriel Utterson, who investigates the strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the reclusive Mr. Edward Hyde. This novel represents an ideology in Western culture; the perpetual conflict between humanity’s virtuosity and immorality. It is interpreted as an accurate guidebook to the Victorian era’s belief of the duality of human nature. This essay will explore Mr. Edward Hyde and whether Stevenson intended for him to be a mere character in the novel or something of wider significance.

In the novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson provides insight into the inner workings of the duality that exists within humans. Dr. Jekyll is a well-respected doctor in his community while his differing personality Mr. Hyde is hideous and considered by the public as evil based on appearance. As the novel progresses Dr. Lanyon begins to investigate Mr. Hyde, he begins to realize similarities between both Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll such as their handwriting which results in the discovery that they are the same person. Dr. Jekyll is able to transform himself into Mr. Hyde by drinking a serum he has created which was intended to purify his good. Stevenson stresses the duality of good and evil that exists

In Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species of Natural Selection, man's dual nature is illustrated in terms of evolution and morality. In this essay I will argue that Stevenson's description of both the interior and exterior struggles of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde echo Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection. Through close readings, comparisons, and the juxtaposition of the novel and theoretical genre, I will explain how Stevenson's physical description of Edward Hyde can be divided into three streams (the primitive being, the animalistic, and the childlike) and mirrors Darwin's argument that "man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible

“All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.” Robert Louis Stevenson was no fool when it came to understanding the duality of human nature evident within mankind. In his novella, the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson is able to explore his interests concerning the dark, hidden desires that all human beings are guilty of possessing. In his story, a well-respected professional by the name of Dr. Jekyll experiments with the idea of contrasting personalities and successfully undergoes a physical separation of such identities—one which would soon wreak havoc upon his very existence. As a result of his success, Edward Hyde is born. Hyde, characterized as a miniscule and terrifying, apelike figure from the start,

In the novel “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde” there is a theme of good vs evil. Good being Dr. Jekyll and evil Mr Hyde they have the inner fight between themselves, because they are the same person.Robert louis Stevenson uses Diction,imagery,and details to contrast the character of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The sophisticatedly-constructed novel ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ was devised in 1886, during the revolutionary Victorian era, by the author, Robert Louis Stevenson. Stevenson developed a desire to write in his early life and ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ cemented his reputation. The novel is widely known for its shocking principles that terrified and alarmed the Victorian readers. ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ plays with the idea of the dual nature of man, his two identities. On the surface, Dr Jekyll is a conventional, Victorian gentleman, but below the surface lurks the primitive, satanic-like creature of Mr Edward Hyde. One of the elements that play a significant part in the novel is setting. Stevenson subtly uses the setting to

This essay will focus on how Robert Louis Stevenson presents the nature of evil through his novel ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. Using ideas such as duality, the technique used to highlight the two different sides of a character or scene, allegories, an extended metaphor which has an underlying moral significance, and hypocrisy; in this book the Victorians being against all things evil but regularly taking part in frown able deeds that would not be approved of in a ‘respectable’ society. This links in with the idea of secrecy among people and also that evil is present in everyone. The novel also has strong ties and is heavily influenced by religion. Stevenson, being brought up following strong

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. The novel is set in Victorian England and follows a man by the name Dr. Jekyll, a respected doctor. Dr. Jekyll is a revered man in society and has every intention of remaining that way. However, one day he goes too far with one of his experiments and he creates a draught that unleashes a split personality within him. This personality goes by the name of Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll does not seek a cure at first because he enjoys having an outlet for all of his desires that are deemed unacceptable by society. Hyde commits evil deeds, such as murdering an old man and trampling a young girl, which Dr. Jekyll could never normally let himself go through with. Dr. Jekyll believes that he can remain a good, reputable man even when a part of him is doing wrong. However, he soon learns that this is impossible. Soon after, Dr. Jekyll loses control over his ability to transform into Mr. Hyde. At first, he would only change during the night. Then, he started transforming during the day as well. Dr. Jekyll finally admits that the problem is starting to get out of control. However, he cannot create a remedy any longer. Dr. Jekyll is eventually completely overtaken by Mr. Hyde and the reader does not hear from him again. In this novel, Dr. Jekyll illustrates the duality of human nature through his struggle to choose between good versus evil, societal expectations versus unacceptable desires, and

By using a simile, where this phenomenon of Hyde transforming into Jekyll is related to a man being restored from death, Stevenson creates a sense of unfamiliarity and thus cultivates a sense of fear within Victorian readers. Moreover, this contradicts peoples’ ideals during the time; Victorian readers believed that death was the final stage of one’s life by God’s will, and this would have horrified readers as it would have gone against the foundations in which they had built their life on. Stevenson also describes Hyde as a ‘creature’. The use of the noun ‘creature’ implies that Hyde is inhuman, and this is corroborated by the use of zoomorphism, which degrades Hyde to the status of an animal and gives connotations of violence and hostility. This also links to the Origin of Species, which introduced the Theory of Evolution to the Victorian people.

Stevenson uses the Gothic genre in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to make the reader face up to the dark and frightening regions within themselves by commenting on the Victorian fear of de-evolution. Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species (B1) which introduced the idea of evolution to the public in 1859 which would mean Stevenson would have grown up watching this gradual rise in opposition to religion and how it contributed to developments in science. This theory of evolution may have inspired Stevenson’s imagery of Hyde as being ‘primitive’ and therefore animalistic as with this theory came fears of de-evolution within society where the thought of industrialised, wealthy, and modernised Britain declining to a more primitive state terrified Victorians.

Man's dual nature The human nature is difficult to be explored, because it is ambiguous to describe by one attribute. We could not make conclusion by what we see, because all human conceal their bad side from others and does good thing in order to impress people, like making fake smiles, fake manner and pretend to care about others. In novella, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson talks about duality of human nature. The novella is about Dr. Jekyll, scientist, who is "very pink of the proprietiess, celebrated" and respectable man, has conflict between evil nature and good nature, therefore he starts his research to separate these two. From his research, he only successfully releases his bad side, Hyde,

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is about two men, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde who seem to not have much in common except for one thing that cannot be overlooked. Dr. Jekyll is a well respected member of society and a scientist who had given up his regular practice to work with non-traditional medicine. Mr. Hyde is a soulless man who is almost the exact opposite of Jekyll, he is of the lowest social class and he gets in to quite a bit of trouble. Through out the tale, a series of criminal events occur which all lead back to Mr. Hyde.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – or simply known as Jekyll & Hyde – by Robert Louis Stevenson is novella that was originally published in 1886. The story covered the investigation conducted by a lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson into the strange events happening between a friend, the titular character, Doctor Henry Jekyll and his evil counterpart – Edward Hyde. The ensuing and peculiar events embellish on the simple duality of humanity. This duality, as O’Keeffe mentions, has become a prominent adjective within the literary world.3 It brings to light how duality affects human nature and the people around them. Ultimately, thinking that there is a duality of human nature may lead to ones fall from civility.