Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Essay -- English Literature

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published in 1886 as a shilling shockernovella written by the young novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. At thattime at that place was a surfeit of cheap horror novellas. Stevensons novellawas different because it explored the poisonous inside human kind. I willlook into puritanical attitudes and how these influenced Victorian life.The cultural and historical context of the text is typical of theauthor exclusively not his time because there was a contradiction in the midst of erudition and religion and this novella scared people aboutpossibilities of evil. Victorian value at this time were very strictand those people who broke them were looked belt d declare on in the socialorder. Jekyll was the perfect upright Victorian man, he was t totally, wellmannered, rich and had earned his place in society. Hyde on the other(a)hand was short, ugly and evil. Because Jekyll is so good he needssomething to hold in his mind off his 9 tenths life of relentlessstruggling and grinding. He created Hyde to do just that, to take hismind off and be evil and careless when he feels identical it. This wholestory reap would have shocked a Victorian reader because of theparadox between religion and science. People were very duplicitous atthis time because they all knew about the underground prostitution,drug-abuse and pornography, yet they did not talk about it or lettheir friends know about their drug habit or hebdomadary trip to thebrothel. his shows the corruption of the community and the fraudulentmorals.In the text there are elements of thriller and horror. In chapter tenHenry Jekylls Full Statement of The Case there is a horrificdescription of Jekylls transformation into Hyde. The most rackingpan... ...sickliness ofJekyll. This means that the more than Jekyll is disgusted at Hydesactions, the more Hydes powers of evil and destruction grow step by stepstronger.Jekyll now wants out f the whole double life and plans to cl eanup himselfand Hyde as well.Henry Jekyll feels some remorse about leaving Hyde in the world. Hesays Will Hyde die on the scaffold? Or will he find the courage torelease himself at the last moment? divinity fudge knows I am careless this ismy true hour of death, and then as I lay down my en, and proceed toseal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyllto an end.Her Henry Jekyll has ended his own life rather than see himself turncompletely into Hyde. This novella has dickens morals one is not to messabout with your body and not to indulge too heavily in anythingbecause it turns out bad like the life of Henry Jekyll.