Analysis of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson In an attempt to consider the duality tale, one narrative inevitably finds its way to the top of the heap as the supreme archetype: Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Immense disagreement permeates the pages of literary criticism relevant to the meaning of the story. Yet, for all of the wrangling focused on the psychology, morality, spirituality, and sociality of the story, it
This query is raised once more in during the Victorian era by Robert Louis Stevenson. His parabolic tale The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shows what is likely to happen if someone were to let out their darker inhibitions. In a time of snobbish propriety, Robert Louis Stevenson looked past the exterior to question the true nature of man. Understanding Robert Louis Stevenson’s insightful “The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” involves understanding the Victorian time period, Stevenson’s
Part One: Author Biography Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Thomas and Margaret Stevenson and died December 3, 1894 in Vailima, Samoa. He was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. He published his first work at the age of 28 and soon became extremely popular when works such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were released. In 1880, Stevenson married Fanny Osbourne, a 36-year-old American
The paper seeks to analyze two books namely “Treasure Island” and “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” The former was written in 1881 and published in 1883, while the latter was published in 1886 and written by the same author, Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island is a children’s adventure book written in the context of a boy coming of age, Jim Hawkins. The book’s theme revolves around Jim’s search for heroic model even after the loss of his father. The main theme revolves around
the Book: “ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” B. Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 -1894) * As a novelist, he is often noted for the powers of invention and depth of psychological insights found in his work; a skill defined by G. K. Chesterton as being able ‘to pick up the right word up on the point of his pen’. * Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. * A literary celebrity during his
of the Book: “ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” B. Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 -1894) * As a novelist, he is often noted for the powers of invention and depth of psychological insights found in his work; a skill defined by G. K. Chesterton as being able ‘to pick up the right word up on the point of his pen’. * Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. * A literary celebrity during his lifetime
iniquity of the antagonists of two classic literary works – Dracula and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – but also to analyze and explain how these villains represent human temptations and the dark side of a person’s character. Throughout this essay each section will serve to explain what the villains represent and how it ties back to human nature. The Introduction will define evil and villainy as well as the purpose of both villains – Dracula and Hyde – and why this topic is relevant. The
Introduction Robert Louis Stephenson's masterpiece, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) symbolizes Hyde as a representative of the specific Victorian anxieties. He is seen as the ugly, deformed, apelike, but also reflecting Victorian fears about Darwinian evolution theories of humanity's deform from ape, and fears the newly enfranchised working classes. This essay will explore the function of the narrative which helps the readers to perceive the meaning of the narrative. It will do so in terms
what made it so changeable in the nineteenth century. It is the aim of this dissertation to show the treatment of social and medical discourse in Victorian literature by exploring Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886). Roger Smith’s essay on psychology in periodical literature was the main inspiration for this dissertation. His statement inspired this research to explore how the medical discourse sparked public debate. Although