Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Essa

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic offense novellawritten by Robert Louis Stevenson in the Victorian era. The novellafollows a well-respected doctor - Henry Jekyll - and his strugglebetween good and sliminess when he sop ups a potion and becomes Mr Hyde.Robert Louis Stevenson - the author of the novella The Strange Caseof Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde- was born in Edinburgh in 1850 and died atthe young age of forty-four. He wrote the book in 1886. As a child hewas very close to his soak up and when he was ill she used to read himBible stories as he was brought up in a strict Catholic tradition,which he afterward rebelled against. This led to his fascination for hiscitys low biography and for ridiculous characters, which proved rich materialfor later stories.Deacon Brodie lived in Edinburgh in the eighteenth century. His doublelife is thought to have been the inspiration for Robert LouisStevenson to drop a line Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Deacon Brodie lived anextravagan t lifestyle, which even his high position in Edinburgh night club could not support, so he turned to crime to finance hislifestyle. This plan of a doppelganger - a shadow of a differentside of a human - was used in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to create thesame effect.Stevenson may similarly have found inspiration from a book, calledFrankenstein by Mary Shelley as it is of the gothic villainy genrejust like Stevensons book. A gothic horror story contains a plothinged on doubt and mystery, which often involves the supernatural.Another writer, who may have influenced Stevensons writing, isCharles Darwin and his theory of evolution.inside Stevensons gothic horror story - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde -suspense is added by the descrip... ...nerable. He portrays evil to be strong,as you only think of yourself and what you want, and this is why Hydeattempts to take over Jekyll. Although Hyde seems to take over Jekyllthere is still a lot of Jekyll there, which makes Hyde take thepotion to become Jek yll again, so that he can then expiry the evil of thebeast he created which also means ending his life too.In conclusion I feel Stevenson has successfully portrayed evil throughhis characters, setting and language. I enjoyed the different ways itsuggests evil and I believe Robert Louis Stevenson has accomplishedhis aim to write a gothic horror book and The Strange case of DrJekyll and Mr Hyde is truly a book of its period as creating an evilside that, if made subject to, would alter typical civilized behaviourand conduct horrific violence was unheard of at the time the book waspublished.