SEPT 9TH 2015:
EQ: HOW CAN WE ANALYZE THE BACKGROUND
INFORMATION OF JEKYLL AND HYDE?
TOPIC: INTRO TO JEKYLL AND HYDE
DO NOW: FOCUS ACTIVITY
How do you approach a friend who you believe is in trouble?
Think-Pair-Share
Think of a situation from your own life when you had to
approach a friend you thought needed help with a problem.
Discuss with a partner the difficulties in confronting a friend,
and explain how you addressed the situation.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
1850-1894
• Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction
and travel books
• Many stories have horror and supernatural
elements
• Characters often prefer unknown hazards to
everyday life of Victorian society.
• Gained first fame with the romantic adventure
story Treasure Island (a combination of travel
adventure and romance)
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Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis as a child.
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He spent much time in bed and composed stories
even before he learned to read.
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To improve his health, Stevenson travelled the
Continent and the Scottish Highland.
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The trips provided him with inspiration for his writing.
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He died of a brain hemorrhage on December 3, 1894
 "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
was published in January of 1886.
 Stevenson was interested in a person’s character.
Why could they be bad as well as good?
 He was fascinated by the "dregs of humanity,“ but
came from a good family.
 After a nightmare, Stevenson wrote the story of
Dr. Jekyll in just three days.
9-11-15
TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO THE STRANGE CASE OF
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON
EQ: HOW CAN WE ANALYZE THE BACKGROUND
INFORMATION OF THE STRANGE CASE OF DR.
JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE?
• QUICKWRITE: Discuss three things you
learned about Jekyll and Hyde in
yesterday’s powerpoint.
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• What do you know about Dracula and Frankenstein?
• • Discuss the common elements of these stories with your
students and list them on the board. Among your notes there
may be some or all of the following:
• -atmosphere of horror human beings who are not quite human
ghosts supernatural happenings castle or house with strange
rooms and/or architecture death madness murder horrifying
secrets
• • What do you know about life in the 1880s when the story is
set.
• Talk about transport, houses, servants, shopping, eating and
clothes.
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Novella
Longer and more complex
than short stories but shorter
and simpler than novels.
Victorian Era
•1830s-beginning of 1900s
•Queen Victoria ruled 1837-1901
•Britain world’s leading economic and military power
•Controlled a vast empire
•Period of intense changes in many areas (Railroads,
postal system, medicine, industry
•People flocked to cities in search of work
•1880s poverty began to become a problem
•Changes in traditional society frightened many
Britons.
• Jekyll’s fine home in a formerly grand
neighborhood is now in decay
• Lanyon’s comfortable home is in
Cavendish Square (many
distinguished doctors have their
houses and offices)
• Hyde’s house in Soho is a part of
London known for its immigrant
populations.
9-11-15
• Topic: Objective: Introduction to The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• EQ: How can we continue to analyze the background
information of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde?
• Quickwrite:Please discuss three important aspects of
Victorian England and the setting of D.r Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde.
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Victorian London Readers
•Sold over 40,000 copies in 6
months
•Conflict between Jekyll and Hyde
reveals era’s class phobias
•Story of double personality and
metamorphosis appealed strongly
to Victorian readers
Doppelganger
Concept of a “double-self” or “twin”
Alter Ego: The continual struggle of
who we are and who we are expected to be.
Popular in 1800s
Genre began with a story about this type of double
when Dr. Frankenstein created his monster in 1818
Characters have become part of cultural
mythology
Good/ Evil
Does everyone have a
little bit of both?
Hyde and Go Tweet
Dual Nature/ Split Personality
Think about a time when you showed kindness
to an animal or another person and then about a
time when you were cruel or unkind.
Why might you act in these opposite ways at
different times? What causes a person to act in
such radically opposite ways and what does this
suggest about human personality or human
nature?
Dual Nature/ Split Personality
•Many religions use the concept of dual nature to
explain the struggle within a person to choose
between good and evil. (Adam/Eve; Cain/Abel)
•Films and fiction often explore the dual nature of a
criminal by showing an evil person performing an act
of kindness.
DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
• Discuss the nature of evil. Consider using the following
questions:
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• Are people basically good or basically bad?
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• Can “good” people do “bad” things?
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• Is everyone capable of doing horrible things such as the
crimes described in the articles?
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If not, what sets apart the people described in the articles from
others?
• Is it possible to know a person so well that you can say with
assurance that he or she would never commit a crime like those
described? Why or why not?
• Support your answers with specific, detailed examples from life,
literature, or personal experience.
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