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Sometimes it is genuinely surprising how different novels and cinematic arts can be, don’t you think? One example of this comparison is found in the Hound of the Baskervilles novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The novel written by, Arthur C. Doyle, while the movie adaptation(2002 edition) directed by, David Attwood. In the movie adaptation Richard Roxburgh plays as Sherlock Holmes and Ian Hart plays as Dr. John Watson. These two different portrayals of the same story show how much a novel and a movie

Can there be good without evil, or respectable without disreputable? The Author of "Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", Robert Lewis Stevenson, did not think this was possible. He painstakingly riddled this book with quotes, imagery and events to promote his ideas of the duality of human nature. By portraying Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as two contrasting characters with completely opposite appearances and habits, it allows the reader to formulate their own opinion of the two chapters who the author has made appear

personalities. One which wants to do the right thing and the other that abandons his creation, allows an innocent women to die in his place and ends up causing the death of father and fiancé. It is clear to see within The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde where there is a double of a Jekyll’s personality; a man within a man. “Both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no

From Mr Hyde’s physical appearance to the transition between Jekyll and Hyde, these attributes explore the discoveries of mental illness, specifically multiplex personalities. The focus of this chapter is on how Stevenson’s novella explores the connection between multiplex personalities and degeneration while examining how his depictions of the main characters mirror society’s shifting perception of mental illness. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, England saw an influx of new theories,

How can the truth hurt and heal? Tuth, a contradictory term, unveils many sides to a story; in some cases blurring the barrier between right and wrong. The novel, A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness reveals the power of truth through the story of a young boy named Connor. Struggling to come to terms with his mother’s fatal illness, Connor is guided by an ancient yew tree monster, who helps him find peace within the toxic truth that plagued him through his mom's sickness. The monster is a symbol for

Patrick Süskind’s seminal 1985 novel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, achieves that rare feat of creating a main character that portrays a protagonist that lacks conventional heroic qualities or in other literature term, an anti-hero. The novel discusses the main character Grenouille, who became an infamous criminal who lived in the unhygienic and uprising rebellion in Paris, France, 18th century. He had experienced life chiefly through his highly developed sense of smell. Süskind’s did a marvelous

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson discusses the consequences of repression through his characters Jekyll and Hyde. In this story, Jekyll attempts to live the suffocating expectations of Victorian society, but he ultimately creates an alter ego in order to deal with his suffering. This alter ego, Hyde, was created at a “considerable cost” to Jekyll.

every action. From Mary shelley's Frankenstein the character victor Frankenstein the monster experiences evil for the first time. In Robert Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same person trying to be free but falling into evil. Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case Of Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde convey a common theme of even the best of people are subject to evil. Mary Shelley uses the character and events to develop the theme of the monster. The monster

Two other changes in the narrative level can be found in chapter 9 in the form of an embedded letter from Lanyon and Hyde’s letter addressed to Lanyon. The first narrative change is the retelling of Hyde’s visit at Lanyon’s house. The narrative level is an internal- homodiegetic narration with an internal focalization because Lanyon does speak about his experiences and is also a part of his retelling. This is the first time the reader can’t separate Hyde and Jekyll anymore because Hyde transforms

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