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"Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" and "Mary Reilly", 2006.
A comparison and critique of two novels: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Mary Reilly".
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 57.95
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This paper compares the Victorian Age novella "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and the 1990 novel "Mary Reilly", which attempts to expand on the original work. The author openly criticizes "Mary Reilly," calling it a wretched and ill-advised. The paper critiques Reilly for its lack of character development and even poor writing, while lauding the original piece for its timeless intrigue and captivating characterization.
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"The high quality of the writing in the original gives us a rather complete picture of Jekyll, and how it could have been possible for him to turn into Hyde. There is no such insight in Mary Reilly. She sees Hyde, he turns, and her comment to herself is "He is no gentleman", and her major fear seems to be that Mr. Hyde will tell Master that "I frightened your housemaid". Sometime later, Hyde sinks his teeth into Mary's shoulder, easily at first, then harder until she cried out with pain but had enough strength left to tell him "Please, sir. Do not do this." Someone should have said the same thing to Ms. Martin: Please, teach. Don't write. Do not do this. But, she did, and now I was not only forced to read this drivel, but comment on it and compare it to a small classic of 19th century fiction."
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"Frankenstein" and "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", 2006.
A literary comparison of "Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus ", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", by Robert Louis Stevenson.
1,589 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper analyzes the books of "Frankenstein" and "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". The paper examines how Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 work, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", looks backward to "Frankenstein", another scientific experiment which contains potential for good but unerringly heads for disaster. The paper concludes that the connections between these two novels runs deep and when closely compared reveals that Stevenson was attempting to imitate "Frankenstein" through the use of human psychology while also showing the dangers inherent with tampering with the unknown.
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"Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde contains a similar scenario, for in the novel, Dr. Jekyll, via the use of a secret formula, transforms himself into Mr. Hyde, a human monster bent on destruction. Told through a series of narratives, much like the diary entries of Captain Walton in Frankenstein, Jekyll's professional associate Dr. Lanyon relates that "Jekyll and Hyde are the same person" and in order to "separate the good and evil aspects of his nature, he invent(s) a transforming drug. His evil self takes the form of the repulsive Mr. Hyde" and when the supply of drugs needed to concoct the potion dry up, "he finds himself slipping involuntarily into. . . Hyde" ("Robert Louis Stevenson," Internet)."
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"Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", 2007.
An analysis of drug dependency in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
1,001 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper discusses how "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" has often been read as a novel on the duality of character and how, to a large extent, this kind of interpretation was extended to the readers by Jekyll's own admission that his life could be studied as one "committed to a profound duplicity". The writer proposes that closer reading of the novel reveals that Jekyll's personality disorder was caused by severe dependency on a drug. The writer argues that this heavy consumption of some psychoactive substance results in duplicity of personality which closely resembled the author's own life. The paper concludes that the "Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was not a simplistic study of good and evil but instead of one man's heavy dependence on chemicals, which caused a psychotic disorder.
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"We cannot say that Jekyll was doing all this because his mind of incapable of seeing what was morally correct because he himself calls Hyde an epitome of "pure evil" (p. 128) and calls him "[t]hat child of Hell" (p. 150). But it was addiction that had sapped his will power and thus he couldn't let go of the monster. It is important to understand that Jekyll like other drug addicts is not fond of the drug itself but the state that it induces. I mentioned this earlier and it is worth repeating to prove his addiction. Jekyll liked being in that liberating state of being completely evil as he said once: "I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil; and the thought, in that moment, braced and delighted me like wine" (p. 126)."
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"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", 2002.
Outlines the case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as a cautionary tale.
1,687 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper provides a synopsis and analysis of the classic horror story, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". The paper suggests that the main theme throughout the story is that of fear and that this theme manifests itself in the character of Dr. Jekyll. The paper focuses on the different facets of Dr. Jekyll's fear and concludes with a short discussion on what may be learned from reading the story.
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"Novels or films often have several themes running simultaneously together, and authors or directors often highlight more than one theme so that they can portray a maximum amount of their thoughts to the reader. There are certain writers who portray these themes in almost all their novels, and thus earn a reputation for using them. The introduction and use of a theme often depends on the experiences of these people and their ability to put these experiences into words. In putting some of these themes into words, addition of other themes is often unavoidable (Nabokov, pp184). In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde one may say that the main theme is that of fear, but along with it this there are others too. However, it is better to focus on the theme of fear because it seems to be the main one and the most important one in the character of Dr. Jekyll."
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"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", 2007.
An analysis of dissociative identity disorder within "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper analyzes the psychological aspects of the split personality and the role of good and evil in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. It analyzes the modern psychological theories on dissociative identity disorder (DID) or "split personality" symptoms and discusses them within the interior narrative of the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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"In conclusion, this study has analyzed the psychological elements of the split personality or what is otherwise known as Dissociative Identity Disorder in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The symptoms of DID are ever present in the polarized personalities that Dr. Jekyll's potion releases in the evil personality of Mr. Hyde. In this manner, Dr. Jekyll and Mr., Hyde effectively represent the good and evil sides of human nature, but is depicted in Stevenson's novel through the scope of mental illnesses found with Dissociative Identity Disorder."
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Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", 2006.
An analysis of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and its influence on modern literature.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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In modern literature the dark and the urban have become mainstays for readers. From crime related novels to those that deal in humanity's darker more sinister and sinful side, such themes and issues are much more common and interesting to the modern reader than those which merely deal in fluff or happiness. The modern reader sees that his or her own world is not perfect and through literature possibly hopes to understand why this is so. This paper looks at how Robert Louis Stevenson's novella, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" helped usher in an acceptance and reverence for the dark.
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"Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and Victorian Society, 2004.
An analysis of the ways in which Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" critiques Victorian society.
1,212 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper analyses the novella "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" first as a straightforward "shilling shocker" horror story and then discusses it as a Gothic work for the Victorian era. Finally, a large proportion of the paper deals with Freudian readings of the text as a conflict between the superego, ego and id and the duality of man.
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"The story includes many of the signature characteristics of Gothic fiction, such as supernatural events, horror and stylistic, complex narrative. Usually in works of Gothic fiction, the supernatural elements are subtly intermingled with realistic aspects of the story, and this text is no exception. The fantastical idea that a drug could transform a person into the physical form of the pure evil in their soul is juxtaposed with the everyday actions of Utterson, such as his walks and dinner parties. This is very similar to the method Shelley uses in Frankenstein to develop the plot : the creating of a creature from dead tissue in a lab is utterly fantastical but necessary for the plot to progress. Another way in which supernatural forces are brought into the plot is the constant references by everyone to Mr Hyde as Satanic, such as Enfield describes him "really like Satan". This gives a sense that Hyde is allied with the devil, a strong supernatural force."
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 2003.
Discusses the theme of good versus evil in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
2,122 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper describes the battle between good and evil in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". It compares instances in the book to instances today to show that the battle between good and evil will continue forever.
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"Conflict moves society. Without it, life would be bland, and motivation would be diminished. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, the struggle between good and evil is at the heart of the story. The tale of a troubled schizophrenic, it shows that man will forever be battling between the two conflicts. An amicable elderly doctor, Henry Jekyll drinks a potion and morphs into Mr. Hyde, the personification of evil. Not only does it display the struggle between good and evil, but this novel also proves that it?s a time-tested matter. Written in 1886, this novel?s values parallel what occurs today and what occurred before it was written. Because even though many parts of society change over time, there will forever be the struggle of good versus evil. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde proves this by having Dr. Jekyll in the midst of the struggle. To prove this, one must look at Dr. Jekyll?s addiction to becoming Mr. Hyde, Jekyll waking up as his evil self, and the doctor?s indecision over which identity he really is. The aforementioned, coupled with modern day equivalents confirm that the battle between good and evil will forever wage on."
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"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", 2002.
An analysis of ?The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? , a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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A paper which analyzes the characters and themes of British author Robert Louis Stevenson's great novel, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", written in 1885. The essay discusses several main themes such as the duality between good and evil and the theme of hypocrisy.
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"Dr. Jekyll, is emotionally detached from a society that expects him to fulfill various obligations, and he accordingly responds with physical detachment. According to an eyewitness, Hyde ?trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground...He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running?. Hyde is a deformed character who evokes horror and disgust in those who contact him. He lashes out in this seemingly chance encounter, but his trampling a child's body, a figure of innocence that would find his scarred visage doubly repugnant, is indicative of his deep-rooted discontentment with his environment and his own psyche. The reaction he provokes from the crowd confirms his masochistic tendencies."
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"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", 2001.
A book review of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
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A review of Robert Louis Stevenson?s novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The author provides a brief summary of the novel and examines the main themes.
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"In Robert Louis Stevenson?s novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll struggles between two opposing personalities within himself, which eventually leads to his death. He knows that our society deals with dual personalities and the problem that everyone has to choose between good and evil. His fascination with this made him to create a potion that brought out his evil personality. This experiment ends up taking over his life, which leads him to kill himself."
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"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", 2005.
A discussion of the main themes and the use of metaphor in Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" .
1,414 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper analyzes the themes of conflict between the self and the unconscious self and between good and evil in Stevenson's novel and then looks at how, in the literary sense, Mr. Hyde?s character developed as a form of metaphor.
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"Nineteenth century Western society marked the emergence and developed of psychological studies and analyses of human beings, especially those that focus on introspection and the ?untapped? consciousness of individuals (more often associated with psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud). It is then not surprising that literature, as reflection of the lives and experiences of human society, reflected this prevalent trend in Western society. One of the most popular works of literature that emerged from this genre is The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), written by Robert Louis Stevenson."
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"Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde", 2002.
An analysis of the novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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This essay analyzes critical sources regarding the 1886 story, and demonstrates classical Victorianism of the novel as well as the duality of the characters as representative of then contemporary social themes.
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The Sources of Duality in Stevenson?s "Jekyll and Hyde", 2002.
A paper which examines the influences in the life of Robert Louis Stevenson that led him to write a novel on duality, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
860 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a perfect example of a story whose inspiration derives from experiences and emotions within its author?s life. The paper shows how Robert Louis Stevenson, who published the now famous tale of duality in 1886, was, without a doubt, influenced by several factors that he had seen, felt and read throughout his life. The paper examines how the idea of duality, a major theme embodying the work, was witnessed and experienced by Stevenson throughout his entire existence. As a result, it is reflected in the pages of the author?s chilling tale of split identity. The paper shows how these influences formed the basis for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?s storyline, characters and, most importantly, major theme.
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"Stevenson?s years as a young man in Edinburgh are then directly laid out in Jekyll and Hyde. Remembering his own desires, which he then acted out, as a student, Stevenson created a doctor with similar desires, who takes his wants to extreme levels. Though he was able to balance a dual life, virtuous student by day and rabble-rouser by night, it is very likely that Stevenson at times flirted with disaster. Perhaps his less respectable actions, at some point in time, almost caught up with him and could have tarnished a bit of his name. With this scenario as a strong possibility, one can see where Stevenson?s idea of one in a similar (though more elaborate and obviously fictional) scenario could end badly. Though the author never had his name hurt by insidious rumors or events, his main character is destroyed by them. Stevenson played the game, and won. However, disaster was always a possibility, and with this previous knowledge, Stevenson?s Jekyll loses a parallel game."
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Jekyll And Hyde: Study in Ambiguity., 2002.
Examines the life of the author of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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A six page essay that briefly examines the life of the author of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and how his life and times affected how he recast the ancient struggle between good and evil that thrives in the heart of every man.
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"Jekyll and Hyde", 2002.
Analyzes the theme of duality in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and explores what the main character of the story is meant to represent.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", is an exploration into the intense duality of life within the Victorian era. Stevenson and many other writers explored the duality of humanity, of man vs. god, and of cultured man vs. animal man. According to author Dragan Svrakic, "the structure of the narcissistic personality involves a chronically fragile sense of self-esteem, which is defended by an exaggeration of a second, 'grandiose' self. "Jeckyll and Hyde" is a novel about shifts, changes in ourselves and the dualities of our lives.
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