Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Story Summary
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Story Summary
- 1. A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Aditya Kashyap Roll no. 16183 Group no. - XXXI
- 2. About the Author Died on December 3, 1894 Marrried Fanny Osbourne Loved to travel Mostly Sick, suffered from various ailments Enrolled at Edinburgh University Born in Edinburgh, on November 13, 1850 Victorian Era Novelist Essayist Poet Books: 1. Treasure Island 2. Kidnapped
- 3. Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Sigmund Freud & Psychoanalysis Drug - Use and Abuse A Sign of the Times
- 4. Summary The story opens with a man ( Hyde) trampling a little girl in the street, who on being caught compensates with a cheque signed by a reputed Doctor ( Dr. Jekyll). Utterson becomes concerned when he comes to know that Hyde has access to Jekyll’s belongings. The story reaches a climax when Sir Danvers Carew is brutally murdered, it being revealed that Hyde is the Culprit, who mysteriously disappears. Utterson is summoned to the Jekyll home by Poole, where they break into his room and find his mortal coil lying in the form of Hyde. In the end, the story is explained by two narratives. The first narrative describes how Lanyon witnessed the terrible transformation from Hyde to Jekyll and how his soul sickened at what Jekyll then revealed. The second Narrative is by the Letter Jekyll leaves for Utterson.
- 5. DR.JEKYLL • Moral & Decent • Philanthropic • Reputed MR. HYDE • Embodiment of pure evil • Criminal • Hated CHARACTERS Gabriel John Utterson Dr. Hastie Lanyon Sir Danvers Carew Mr. Richard Enfield Inspector Newcomen Poole
- 6. Themes Repression Friendship & Bachelorhood Good v. Evil Reputation & Secrecy Duality of Human Behaviour
- 7. Motifs Violence against innocents The Reign Of Terror Silence - deliberate & genuine Symbols Jekyll’s house & Laboratory Mist & Moonlight Letters & Documents Hyde’s Physical Appearance
- 8. Exposition Duality of Human Behaviour Workings of Human Mind Nature of Human Society How a Human Being perceives LAW ? Preserving one’s Reputation Science becomes a Cover
- 9. In each of us, two natures are at war - the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our hands lies the power to choose - what we want most to be, we are." -Robert Louis Stevenson Conclusion
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- (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde saw instant success in 1886.) 1.Interestingly, Hyde is described as “apelike” and as moving “like a monkey” in the novel. He is also described as “troglodytic,” or like a cave man, comparing him to the first man or “natural” man. 2. , lived at the same time Jekyll and Hyde was published. Freud named the conscious part of oneself the ego. He named the unconscious part of oneself the id. He also labeled the superego as society, ethics, and morals. Stevenson was on the cutting edge of science to be writing about division in the human mind. 3. Drug use and abuse was increasing during Stevenson’s time. A popular drug of the time was opium (a highly addictive drug). It was frequently prescribed, even to children to help them sleep. Stevenson was said to be using cocaine when he wrote The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- First Interpretation: Born Evil Robert had a strict Christian and moral upbringing. The idea of good vs. evil was one the was quite familiar. Thomas Hobbes thought that humans were naturally bad and would be animals in a “state of nature” In Christianity, original sin says that people are born inclined toward evil and struggle to be good.