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    What - Not having enough cash or not being able to meet the basic needs such as food clothing and shelter is known as poverty. But, poverty is much more that tat. In other words, it is much more than just not having enough money or not being financially stable. (http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/esic/overview/content/what_is_poverty.html) - More that 3 billion people live with only $2.50 each day. - Almost a billion people in the world entered the 21st century without having any education

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    linguistic dualities inherent in Scotland's relationship with the wider Britain and the English language, respectively, and also the repressive effects of the Church of Scotland on the Scottish character. A further parallel is also drawn with the city of Edinburgh itself, Stevenson's birthplace, which consists of two distinct parts: the old medieval section historically inhabited by the city's poor, where the dark crowded slums were rife with all types of crime, and the modern Georgian area of wide spacious

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    Instead of choosing Stevenson’s hometown, Edinburgh, the obvious choice of setting, he chose London to locate the novel. An example of the streets of London and why this proves to be a suitable location is “The street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood…the line was broken by…a certain

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    In this book, there exist a battle between good and evil in the main characters where we are bound to ask ourselves what is superior between good and evil? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are easily seen as an allegory of the evil and good that exists in men. The book depicts the struggle with two sides of the human personality. Since Mr. Hyde seems to be taking over Dr. Jekyll, one could claim that evil is stronger than good. Nevertheless, Mr. Hyde ends up dead at the end of the story, which strongly shows

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    Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the greatest authors to hail from Britain. His writings have been enjoyed by countless since he masterfully wrote them down. Stevenson uses characterization, imagery, and conflict to keep his readers captivated by his works in Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped. Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850 in Scotland. Being the only son of a famous civil engineer, Stevenson was expected to continue

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    Background of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was published in 1886 and is one of the best known of Stevenson's novels. It concerns the way in which an individual is made up of contrary emotions and desires: some good and some evil. Through the curiosity of Utterson, a lawyer, we learn of the ugly and violent Mr Hyde and his odd

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    Malcolm Fraser Born on the 21st of May, 1930, Malcolm Fraser was born in Toorak, Victoria. He was taught in the Melbourne Grammar School, from 1943 to 1948, then was taught in Oxford University, located in London, from 1949. Graduating from Oxford University in 1952, Malcolm Fraser took his career path to becoming a cultivator. He married Tamara Beggs on the 9th of December 1956 and Tamara’s named was changed to Tamie Fraser. They had four children whose names were Mark, born in 1958, Angela, born

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    Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13th, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland his given name Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson (Harris and Fitzgerald 385) (Davidson 3).His father Thomas Stevenson and his mother Margaret strictly upheld Presbyterian, a form of Christianity, and mid-victorian standards (He contracted a lung condition as a child which caused him to get sick very often and miss a lot of school (Harris and Fitzgerald 385). him .When Stevenson was a child he would write stories that were

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    The novella, ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. The author was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850. His family included engineers, scientists, a professor of philosophy, and a religious minister. The scientific and religious sides of Stevenson's family reflected in both his personal life and in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (disapproval between Dr Lanyon and Dr Jekyll). In 1859 Charles Darwin published his famous book called the ‘Origin of Species’

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    linguistic dualities inherent in Scotland's relationship with the Britain and the English language, respectively, and the repressive effects of the Church of Scotland on the Scottish character. A further parallel was also drawn with the city of Edinburgh itself, which is Stevenson's birthplace. This consisted of two distinct parts. One of the part was the old medieval period that was historically inhabited by the poverty of city, where the dark and crowded slums were spread with many types of crimes

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