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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850 - 1894) - Coggle Diagram
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850 - 1894)
BOHEMIAN LIFESTYLE IN UNIVERSITY
1876 - MET FUTURE WIFE
FRIENDS WITH HENRY JAMES
1888 - MOVED TO SAMOA
WORKS
TREASURE ISLAND (1883)
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR HYDE (1886)
PLOT
A DOCTOR INVENTS A DRUG THAT SEPARATES THE CIVILISED PERSONALITY FROM THE ANIMAL ONE, WHICH IS IMPERSONATED BY MY HYDE. THIS PERSONALITY IS EVIL AND MURDERS PEOPLE. THE EVIL SIDE SLOWLY OVERPOWERS THE GOOD ONE AND DR JEKYLL IS FORCED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
THEMES
GOTHIC ASPECT (DARK/ SUPERNATURAL)
THEME OF THE DOUBLE - GOOD AND EVIL PERSONALITIES - DERIVES FROM STEVENSON'S CALVINIST UPBRINGING
STRICT MORALITY OF VICTORIAN ENGLAND - REPRESSED
DARWIN'S THEORY OF EVOLUTION - MORALITY AND RACE
CHARACTERS
DR JEKYLL
MY HYDE
UTTERSON - THE LAWYER
