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Joseph Avallone English Craft Period 9 Sir Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland on August 6th, 1881. He attended Louden Moor School, Darvel School, and Kilmarnock Academy before moving to London where he attended the Polytechnic. He spent four years in a shipping office before entering St. Mary's Medical School, London University. He qualified with distinction in 1906 and began research at St. Mary's under Sir Almroth

Stevenson’s Portrayal of Good an Evil and the Dual Nature of Men in Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the late1800. This novel portrays the idea of a dual nature in man; it shows this as good and evil. Stevenson was fascinated with the duality in man and how in public there were outstanding gentlemen with high status but in reality liked to indulge in the pleasures but their status stopped them. =================

made The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde a classical story known by young and old alike, we must look at where it began. As a child, Stevenson was very much obsessed with William Deacon Brodie – a notorious criminal from Edinburgh in the 18th Century. Stevenson had a cabinet that was created by Brodie’s company in his bedroom, and was fascinated by the

Scotland, like many other countries throughout the western world, was changed in 1517 when Martin Luther published his 95 theses. Through his publication, Luther exposed the sins of the Roman Catholic Church and denounced its credibility. John Knox, a Scottish Reformer, spread the teachings of Protestantism throughout Scotland. He exposed the truth behind the wealth and riches of the Catholic Church and helped move the country towards the establishment of the Church of Scotland. The church in the

Stevenson uses details to characterize both sides of his main characters. The author writes, “He was the usual cut-and-dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh agent.” (Stevenson, 6) The author created a mood, mild and honorable.To find the mood there’s a phrase from the quote, “a strong edinburgh agent” that tells the reader Dr. Jekyll seems like a sophisticated and calm man. This quote characterizes Dr. Jekyll, because it clearly tells the reader this is the gentle personality

Walking in to University on the first day was intimidating as well as exciting. Surrounded by big tall buildings and thousands of fellow students. The University of Edinburgh was not what I expected. From being nervous to talk to someone new, to now being able to talk to anyone in my year. I will reflect on my experiences from the past semester and how I thought about things such as dress code, attitudes. Challenges I faced, successes I accomplished and the future ahead. I expected university to

follows a well-respected doctor - Henry Jekyll - and his struggle between good and evil when he takes a potion and becomes Mr Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson - the author of the novella “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”- was born in Edinburgh in 1850 and died at the young age of forty-four. He wrote the book in 1886. As a child he was very close to his nurse and when he was ill she used to read him Bible stories as he was brought up in a strict Catholic tradition, which he later rebelled

Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland Throughout his childhood, he suffered chronic health. A Study of Robert Louis Stevenson’s use of settings, characters and symbolism in ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland throughout his childhood; he suffered chronic health problems that confined him to bed. He lived in constant fear of death and some people believe that this was where

Penny Fielding highlights his point of view on Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that the novel paints ‘a damning portrait of society defined by repression and its inevitable twin, hypocrisy’. Fielding also insists later that the relation between repression and hypocrisy is one theme of this novel that cannot be overlooked. This opinion can be approved of a truth after reading the novel. Repression and hypocrisy run through the whole story which reflect on descriptions

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Author Biography: Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13th, 1850 to (father) Thomas Stevenson and (mother) Margaret Isabella Balfour. Stevenson grew up in Edinburgh. At the age of 17, he enrolled at Edinburgh University where he planned on studying engineering. He instead took courses to study law, and passed all of them in 1875, but he later abandoned this because he wanted to be a writer. His first published work was an essay entitled