... of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It is demonstrated throughout the novel as the audience learns that these two distinct and apparently opposite personalities are in fact one person. Throughout Stevenson's novella, there are many descriptions of Mr Hyde which give an impression as to what he is like. Hyde is described as 'pale and dwarfish. He gave an impression ... never lighted by a smile', however, he is also described as 'somehow loveable' and that 'something eminently human beckoned from his eye'. Along with the dualistic aspects of Utterson, Stevenson also explores duality ...

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R L Stevenson wrote the story Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886, during the Victorian period. The story was written in the Gothic Thriller/Mystery style, and ... also a convention used in the Gothic Genre. Although there are many conventions concealed in the Gothic Genre, R L Stevenson has only used a certain number of them to give the readers a more realistic overview of the book. In his novel, R L Stevenson uses the weather to reflect gothic conventions, for example, the full moon. When the twisted mind of Edward Hyde ... to get rid of the evil side to his mind, Mr Hyde, but fails to gain perma...

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• Grade Level: High School

... diseases and if you caught one you would die. What was important to the Victorians was their religion, you had to go to a church and women had to marry. Also Stevenson has made a comparison between good and evil within his work. He suggests there is a good and bad side in everyone. The Victorian society was starting to feel less compelled to ... does this because he cannot do this while he is in the form of Jekyll. Jekyll doesn't cease to become Hyde because he enjoyed doing it while he was Hyde. Stevenson is trying to say that if you were respected in the Victorian society then you wou...

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• Grade Level: High School