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The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (late 19th century)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
Scottish
Calvinistic (focus on the separation between good and evil
tuberculosis - travelled a lot
Italy, France, Australia and finally Thaiti and SAmoa
first book "Treasure Island"
The theme of the double
Every person has a good and an evil part
SYMBOLISM: Jekyll (with his double nature) represents the dual nature of the Victorian society
The evil part is kept under control (repressed) by the laws and conventions of society
When Jekyll drinks the potion, he sets his evil (hidden) part free
PLOT
Basic plot
Detailed plot
Setting
London (Edimburgh)
Gothic: night scenes, mystery, fear, suspence, horror
STYLE
Novella (long story)
3 narrators whose accounts make up the story
1) external narrator 2) Dr Lanyon
3) DrJekyll
TITLE: the word "case" refers to a) a medical/scientific case; b) a police investigation