Robert Louis Stevenson

In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson uses imagery, diction, and details to create an eerie mood. He has creepy imagery, unsettling diction, and strange details. When he mixes them together, the result is an eerie mood that lasts throughout the whole book. Robert Louis Stevenson uses imagery to make the book creepier. He describes Hyde as “something wrong with his appearance...displeasing…detestable...deformed somehow” (53). Hyde looks different than other people, but no one

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Jekyll and Hyde was written by Robert Louis Stevenson during the Victorian era. This is significant because during this period, society is very different from today’s society. When looking at this novella it is also important to consider the ideas of good and evil in the characters of Jekyll and Hyde. During the Victorian era men were more powerful and the women had a lower ranking. The belief of society were such that people were covered completely

“It was for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills. Sir, if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face?” (Stevenson 84 ). In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Mr. Utterson realizes that Dr. Jekyll has been acting strange and locking himself up in his laboratory. When Mr. Utterson meets Mr. Hyde for the first time he is weary of him. Mr. Hyde does many questionable things, such as killing a man and attacking a child. This leads Dr. Jekyll

Henry Jekyll revealed that he held back all his emotions for many years, as he wanted to appear to be a placid man of great reputability (Stevenson 76). To his dismay, Jekyll changed throughout the novel. Not in the sense of him becoming physically changed into Mr. Edward Hyde, but psychologically he accepted who he was, which was something he had never done before (Tudor and Hojbota 206+).

In Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the author draws attention to a contradiction between good and evil through the use of figurative language. I choose the passage in which a maid witnesses the Carew murder committing by Mr. Hyde to base my artwork because it creates a nightmarish and merciless scene. In the novel, Stevenson describes the crime as “the horror” that it can bring fear and distress to readers. The crime is sudden and severe as the maid observes

the book. Yet, the movie begins with a tree falling on Davie Balfour’s father and him running to get help. This is a change in plot between the book and the movie. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson to the movie. The movie Kidnapped contains far more details than the movie, therefore making it more interesting. In the movie, the very beginning started

Can Only Dream Edinburgh, a place that literary genius, Robert Louis Stevenson, called his home. There were many things that happened in the Scotland city that influenced Stevenson to write one of his best works, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A lifetime of scattered events all played roles in the forming classic novella (Stefan 212). Stevenson was a single child who was much adored by his parents, Thomas Stevenson and Margaret Balfour. Stevenson’s mother had a respiratory disease

The author, Robert Louis Stevenson presents the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a unique and compelling way. Many aspects of the short story can be interpreted in different ways as its complexity can overpower the book transient storyline. One aspect of the book that can be considered controversial is the way Stevenson presents the novella and the book's historical context. Although, Stevenson’s work can be considered engaging, it can also lead the reader to question the reasoning

The Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson, wrote an incredible novel titled The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This was a shocking piece of literature for its time and still triumphs in the thriller/mystery category even today. Many people around the world love and respect the novel for its gothic tone, character development, and use of literary devices. Another reason that this novel is still a popular work today, is because there is a connection between modern day and the time period

Robert Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850. Robert Louis Stevenson was a fragile child, who was greatly influenced by his father’s punishments and his nurse’s horrifying stories about demons. Robert Stevenson went to the University of Edinburgh to learn about law. He gave up law and turned to writing. He married an American woman. Robert Stevenson also had bad health. “The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll” was based on a nightmare Stevenson previously had. He