In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson narrates the story of the respectful and reputable doctor Henry Jekyll who transfigures into Edward Hyde, his hideous alter ego who permits the good doctor’s wild desires while maintaining his reputation in society. Thus, the indulgences of Dr. Jekyll expands beyond the personal areas of his – and Mr. Hyde’s – life, symbolizing the inner struggles, the threats to the respectful gentlemen’s society and their professional world
Robert Louis Stevenson’s book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is said to be about the duality of man. The book is also about many societal perspectives and tackles a less referenced theme of society’s view on image and reputation. It was written during a time when if you were a woman and had red hair you were told you had an excitable and hot-tempered personality, you were then told to pursue men with dark brown or black hair because he would have a more calm demeanor. Everything during that era was based
fantasy. The reason I like this film is because it's a non-stop homage to the classic universal horror films, with an MGM as well. My favorite parts of this film are in fact the monsters which range from the wolf man to Dracula to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. My favorite monster in this films roster is undoubtedly Frankenstein's Monster. Though I'll get to all of this shortly, Van Helsing was originally planned to be the first film in a series starring Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing. Though poor box office
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Victorian celebrity famous for his Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1885). He was a poet and his famous poetry collection A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885) is constantly reprinted. He wrote about the south pacific Sea Islands broadened the imagination of millions of British Readers giving them insight into far lands and strange communities. He wrote the beach of Falesa after he travelled to Samoa in 1889. The edition
becomes defined, in the Creature’s eyes, as being unable to keep his word. The Creature’s words show a parallel between himself and Hyde, and Frankenstein and Jekyll: “You are my creator, but I am your master - obey!” The use of an imperative causes the creator’s identities to be reduced to that of slaves: Frankenstein is forced
Jekyll from Mr. Hyde, when, in reality, they are the same person. Jekyll-Hyde should be thought of as just one character who displays an exaggerated level of dualism. “In the novel, Stevenson creates a hero in Dr. Jekyll, who aware of the evil in his own being, and sick of the duplicity in his life, succeeds by way of his experiments on himself in freeing the pure evil part of his being as Mr. Hyde, so that each can indulge in a life unfettered by the demands
Throughout the years, the evolution of literature and the changes to which this has led can serve as a great example to realise that there is not a specific way of writing. On the contrary, the way in which a literary work is written says a lot about it. If we go back to the Victorian period, one of the elements which did not go unnoticed in gothic literature was the narrative structure and the different techniques the authors used to apply to it. According to the literature of that time, it could