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    I strongly disagree with the first interpretation that ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ “is a seven minute tom and jerry film” for the pure fact that contains ideas of revolution that is appropriate to that time period ‚ the ideas of evolution and the battle between science and religion. The novella emphasizes this very clearly as there key references to God “cried out loud to God” and other reference to the evolutionary idea of human from apes by Charles Darwin “ape like fury”. I clearly contradict that

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    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

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    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ Robert Louis Stevenson presented dualism by the obsession of Dr. Jekyll’s own darker/ evil side of his own. Before the climax of the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde they revealed that Hyde and Jekyll are the same person‚ and the duality of their own personalities will creates a tension between the good‚ social Jekyll and Hyde who seems to be causing harm and mayhem‚ and it looks like it is Jekyll who will be overtaken somehow by Hyde. One of the interesting

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    be mysterious is difficult or impossible to understand‚ explain‚ or identify. Robert Louis Stevenson uses a mysterious mood In the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In order for the book to display this mood in his writing he uses imagery‚ diction‚ and details. Stevenson thought the theme up for this book in a nightmare and it certainly is one. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde could be described as mysterious‚ dark‚ dreary‚ and scary. This book uses imagery to create a very dark and mysterious mood. “lamp-lighted

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    In this novel Dr. jekyll and Mr. hyde‚ Robert Louis stevenson uses Imagery‚ Diction‚ & Details to create a ¨ Frightful¨ mood. This story is about a lot of crazy and creepy things i think the best word to describe the story. There is a lot of plot twist in this story for instance when they are looking in the lab and find a ¨ more than conscious of the generous tide of blood.¨(95) There are a lot of weird things that happen. Most of it isn’t that scary but it might be creepy. I’m gonna give you three

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    Stevenson shows a sense of humour throughout his novel “strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by exploring such elements as the dark isolated atmosphere‚ a strong sense of fear and a presence of evil. He exploits each individual gothic convention by using several devices and techniques to put the reader into a state of chaos. In Stevenson’s book “Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” he explores the convention of a dark isolated atmosphere really well by inviting us into his fantasy world filled

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    for a different reason. Serial killers want to be known as very ordinary people. “From behind this veneer of ordinariness their Mr. Hyde personality‚

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    when the truth is that life is filled with many different shades of grey. All humans have two different sides to them‚ whether they admit it or not. A clear representation of this can be seen in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Throughout the novel‚ we see these two sides shown in one being. Stevenson portrays through setting‚ that humans are not simply good or evil - they are both. This can be seen through Jekyll’s beautiful and appealing home. This can also be

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    really grasp the concepts. Even now‚ those types of papers are still being recycled and perfected. Which leads to my strengths and weaknesses of these papers. Recently‚ we have completed a novel analysis on the book and movie variation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Strengths I had were in the overall synthesis. There were many examples of analysis of the relationships and why the author or director may have done what they did. One example

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    to big role in society. With that‚ Stevenson wrote his famous story “the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in 1886. What so significant about the story is because he based during the Victorian era. A time which social class and reputation was important to Victorians. Also‚ around the publication of the book was when the Victorian era was still going around. “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” showed and demonstrated the true value on social class. In addition‚ how the Victorian era

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