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THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE - Coggle Diagram
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
AUTHOR
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish writer
Victorian Age
Published in 1886
Gothic / mystery novel
PLOT
Dr Jekyll → scientist
↓
creates a potion
↓
becomes Mr Hyde
↓
Hyde commits crimes
↓
Jekyll loses control
↓
Jekyll and Hyde are the same person
SETTING
London – Victorian Age
dark and mysterious atmosphere
respectable society
importance of reputation
CHARACTERS
Jekyll → good + evil
Hyde → evil, violent
Utterson → lawyer, investigates
Lanyon → doctor, friend of Jekyll
THEMES
Good vs Evil
Duality of human nature
Appearance vs Reality
Science and its limits
Secrets
CONNECTION
Frankenstein
dangerous scientific experiments
science goes beyond its limits
Gothic atmosphere
STYLE
Third-person narrator
Mystery + suspense
Formal language
Descriptions + dialogues
Truth revealed gradually
MY OPINION
I liked it because...
mysterious
exciting
makes me think about human nature
I didn't like...
difficult/old-fashioned language
some slow parts
RELEVANCE TODAY
Still relevant because
people hide parts of themselves
appearance vs reality
limits of science
good and evil exist in everyone
CONCLUSION
A Gothic story about the double nature of human beings.