The Nature of Good and Evil in Stevensons The Strange case of Dr Jekyl

The genius of Good and Evil in Stevensons The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Introduction Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the score of a gifted doctor who discovers a drug which can break the evil side of ones nature. This drug changes Dr Jekyll into Mr Hyde. Stevenson does not reveal the details of Jekylls chronicle until the end of the novel, but presents the tale as mystery, in which the main characters tense to figure out the identity of Mr Hyde and understand his strange relationship with Dr Jekyll. This stratum follows the gothic genre and below I will explain few gothic features that are utilized in this story This story follows The Faust Motif. This is The use of a monster (Mr Hyde) Due to the fact that he looks abnormal, disabled and is evil-looking people feel uncomfortable around him and scared to stand anyplace near him. An new(prenominal) feature would be that Dr Jekyll has a second self-importance or in other words an alternate ide ntity creation Mr Hyde. This book uses multiple narratives. This is when the story is told through many different scenes so that the reader can make up his own mind rough what the story is actually most. This story we first hear through the perspective of Mr Utterson and Mr Enfield as they try to discover the relationship between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Then as the story progresses we hear Mr Hydes story and towards the end we hear Dr Jekyll story. I recover that Stevenson was trying to show that good and evil cannot be changed or intervened with victimization the aid of science. He generates his point across when we find out how Dr Jekyll ends up suffering and leading to his own downfall by trying to get rid of hi... ...t they seduce seen, experienced and had evidence of rather than talking about what they have heard Conclusion In this essay I have gone through the main points of the story. From the beginning where Mr Hyde tramples the young g irl and Mr Utterson and Mr Enfield set to track Mr Hyde. Then I carried on by going onto how the doors of houses and other places can symbolise what is behind them and what type of person uses them. After that I analysed Mr Hyde in depth and discussed his actions. Including when he trampled the young girl and paid her family bills to avoid any sort of trouble. Then he brutally kill Sir Danvers Carew, even though from the maids perspective it seemed as if they were friends. Then I commented on the use of multiple narratives and the relationship between the narrators.