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    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde I initially chose to read “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson. I chose to read this story solely based on my previous knowledge of the classic tale. After reading the story, it is clear that the book is average. This book is a thriller published in 1886. At the time the novel created a lot of controversy around the gore of the novel. The controversy is completely reasonable as in the novel, Mr. Hyde goes into various

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    Georgia Mone Freshman Honors English Ms. LeeDubon Documents, Letters, and Wills in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Many different factors shape a story into what it is and can heavily influence the way that a book is read. Authors are always coming up with new and unique ways to enhance a story. In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, the use of different paper documents contribute to the overall effect of the book. The tale uses wills, letters, and sealed documents to

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    The novel “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde“ by Robert Louis Stevenson discusses dualism and internal conflict. All the individuals have two kinds of distinguishable sides exist which are good and evil; in the book, Dr. Jekyll represents the good and Mr. Hyde represents the evil. Not only Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, other character’s perspective toward the dualism is revealed. Especially in time period when the book is published, is called Victorian London, the period of Queen Victoria’s

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    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novella set in a more extreme version of the Victorian era which is littered with violence and over-the-top depictions of dual personality disorder (now known as dissociative identity disorder). This over-the-top depiction of the early struggles of the Victorian era (the inability of the masses to understand the inner conflict between benevolence and malevolence) led to the novella’s suspenseful, thrilling and exciting nature, which resulted to it

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    Stevenson’s novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to my everyday life experiences, and symptoms to help. In The Strange Case, Stevenson predominantly focuses on two individuals, Dr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll, and focuses on the link between good and evil. Dr. Jekyll in comparison to Dr. Hyde is a great man who is very much admired in his profession. Dr. Hyde on the other hand is evil. It began with a stroll between Mr. Utterson, a London lawyer, and his kinsman, Mr. Enfield. During their walk, they

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    adult of the children's classic and the adult horror story, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a story that represent the evilness and the good in one person and how far it can goes. Utterson begins an investigation to get to find out the true identity of Mr. Hyde, a man who is very close to an old friend known as Dr. Jekyll. His research leads Utterson, first, to a testament written by Jekyll, in which he makes the owner, in the case of his death or disappearance, of all

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    Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson centers on humanity as a dual in nature. We are confronted with the theory of a dual human nature explicitly only after having witnessed all of the events of the novel, including Hyde’s crimes and his ultimate eclipsing of Jekyll. The novel serves as a reminder of how all humans have some sort of darkness that is deeply rooted within them, all they have to do is release it from its hiding place. The story focuses on a man, Dr. Jekyll, and his

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    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde “All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.” (Stevenson 45) The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a gothic novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Published in 1886, this eerie novel is about a man with two personalities; good and evil and how he manages to separate the who with a potion. This book only goes to show that not everyone is

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    evil can come out and bad things will happen. In the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll tests his theory that in every man there is a good force and an evil force by making a potion that separates his two different selves. His evil side slowly begins to take over him as he struggles to regain control over his body and mind. The mystery novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reveals, through supernatural elements, contrasting settings, and changing weather

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    worse. The Strange Cases Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novel about a man who needs an exit. Dr. Jekyll is a high class man that has an addiction fueled by his desires to become a different man, and to escape his bottled up anger and evil side that he cannot part with as Dr. Jekyll. This pushes him to create a potion that allows him to become this second man. This second man is Mr. Hyde, the evil dark side of Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Jekyll becomes addicted to being Mr. Hyde and wants to be him full time

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