Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Thomas & Dylan
Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
1991
Robert Louis Stevenson
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13,
1850
Died December 3, 1894 in Vanilla
Some other works he did; Treasure Island,
Kidnapped,and The Master of Ballatrae
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Setting
The story took place in 19th century England
Characters
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Mr. Edward Hyde
Mr. Gabriel Utterson
Dr. Hastie Lanyon
Mr. Poole
Mr. Enfield
Mr. Guest
Sir Danvers Carew
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Plot Summery
This book is about a man named Dr. Jekyll, who
discovers a potion to make him change into
another person (Mr. Hyde). When he is changed
into this person, he can do whatever he wants
without feeling guilty or having a conscience, and
without getting caught once he changes back to
Dr. Jekyll. The book revolves around a group of
people including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The
other friends don’t notice that Jekyll and Hyde is
the same person.
Plot Summery
Gradually, when Jekyll turns into Hyde, he
becomes addicted to doing wrong and it is harder
to transform back into Dr. Jekyll. He also realized
that he was having random transformations while
he’s sleeping, out of his control. Then after a while
he starts getting them while awake, and randomly.
He starts running out of the potion to reverse the
transformations and is stuck in a bad spot. He has
to hide these transformations from his friends, but
Lanyon witnesses one of his transformations;
which made his health go downhill quickly till his
death.
Plot Summery
One night, he transforms into Mr. Hyde and gets
the urge to do wrong and he goes out and kills Sir
Danvers Carew. He was seen from a window by a
maid, and then disappears after being seen. A
note from Hyde was compared with one from
Jekyll and there is a huge similarity in hand
writing. To save other people after the
transformations are out of his hands, he locks
himself in his laboratory and commits suicide.
Literary Elements
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Themes
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The Duality of Human Nature
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Mr. Hyde's evil acts against innocent people
The split of all mankind into good and evil
The importance of Reputation
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That no matter what no should know of what
really is going on with Dr. Jekyll or his
reputation will be ruined. (ex. The suspected
blackmail, sheltering of Hyde from the cops)
Also entails to the importance of appearances
which often hide something underneth.
Literary Elements
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The tone of the book is very dark
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The silence of the book and the sense of
terror all around
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The book was very mysterious and that is what
I think gave the book a very ominous tone to it.
Literary Elements
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Point of View
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The point of view in the first chapter is a third
person limited because you're hearing how
Mr. Enfeild recalled the incident.
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The point of view changes however to third
person omnipotent.
Quotes
"I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a
very strange--a very strange one. It is one of those
affairs that cannot be mended by talking." -Dr.
Jekyll
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An ivory-faced and silvery-haired old woman
opened the door. She had an evil face, smoothed
by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent.
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Critical Analysis
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a interesting book it show the
inner struggle in mankind between good and evil. It was also
an easy book to follow. I would recommend this book to my
friends who like murder and mystery.
I thought this was a great book overall and would recommend
it to anyone that likes a good mystery story. It was a book that
takes a lot of thinking to figure out what is going on in the
story. There is a lot of different, but very similar names in the
story that make it hard to lay out the plot. I do like how the
book gives you subtle clues that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are
the same person. The idea of the plot is a very smart idea
and overall I would rate it as one of my best reads!
Reference
Stevenson, Robert. The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover
Publications Inc., 1991. 54. Print.
Merrimam, C.D. "Robert Louis Stevenson." The
Literature Network. Jalic Inc., 2008. Web. 30 Nov
2010. <http://www.onlineliterature.com/stevenson/>.
Work Slide
Dylan: Mini Bio., Setting, Characters, Plot
Summery
Thomas: Lit elements, Quotes,Critical
Analysis