Category: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson’ Ideas Concerning the Duality of Human Nature: Analytical Essay
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, tells the story about a man named Mr. Gabriel Utterson and his investigation of his good friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Mr. Edward Hyde. The story is centered upon the themes good vs. evil and repression. The author, Robert Louis Stevenson, spends majority of…
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Idea of Duality in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Analytical Essay on Robert Louis Stevenson’s Works
He wanted to respect him. Mr. Poole was his loyal servant continuously until Dr. Jekyll’s death. Although propriety was extremely important, his faithfulness and devotion towards Jekyll was more prioritized. Poole, my butler, has his orders; you will find him waiting your arrival with a locksmith (36). At times like these, even friendship and loyalty…
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Enduring Narratives of Robert Louis Stevensons and Gwen Harwoods Bifurcated Protagonists
Enduring narratives play a powerful role in challenging social and cultural expectations through the manifesting in social divisions which reflect a particular type of literary characterisation, the bifurcated protagonist. This is demonstrated through in social divisions illustrated within the characterisation of a bifurcated protagonist, and also in the use of setting to generalise divisions to…
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The Importance of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Novel ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’
‘Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind’ is a well-known quote from Albert Einstein. Gothic literature is defined as a style of writing that utilizes a dark and picturesque setting, astonishing and melodramatic narrative devices while also having an atmosphere that is full of mystery, exoticism, fear and dread. In this essay…
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The Duality of the Human Mind
In The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, the audience is introduced to a situation that at first seems very peculiar and fictitious. Upon later examination however it becomes abundantly obvious that the author is utilizing his position as a writer to bring attention to the double nature of humanity, by referencing the…
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Anxious Society in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
In the late 19th century a clear shift occurs in Europe from a content society who though it had everything figured out to an anxious one, where everything could be questioned and argued. It is important to understand these changes of the modern times because they played a big part to cause World War I.…
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Various Moral Themes in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevensons ’The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ was originally published in 1886 during the Victorian era. This was a period where almost every sphere of society was changing in some way, for better or for worse. The story is about a man who finds out a way to separate the…