Jekyll Essays

In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Louis Stevenson uses duality to prove the theory that two polar opposites can balance out one another. Generally, human beings are “dual creatures”. Dr. Jekyll explains in his “moral” state “that [he] learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality of man…even if [he] …

In the story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde science brought out the darker side of human nature and dominated over all compassion. Dr. Jekyll uses a scientific potion which Jekyll has created in order to transform himself into an another person in order to experience an …

Robert Louis Stevensons Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a gothic novel in many of its aspects, but one of the most important reasons is that there is constant building of suspense. There are many ways that this is done: through his characters, through his vocabulary, the setting and even …