The strange case of doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Introduction

Life is beautiful! In order to increase the beauty of life people indulge in different activities and hobbies. One of the most common habits that people adopt is to read book, novels and poetry. In our lives in general and during the period of academic life we read a lot of stories, novels, books and poetry but, there are some stories and novels that leave an ever lasting impression on us. The aim and objective of this paper is also to discuss the story of a novel from variegated perspectives. The story that is selected for the purpose of this assignment is “The strange case of doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson. The following part of the paper undertakes discussion about this story from the perspective of vistorian. The discussion would show how the vistorian era can be related to the story.

Discussion

The story of “The strange case of doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is the original title of a novel. This novel was written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This story of “The strange case of doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” was first published in the year 1886. This story is remembered today or talks about with the names of Jekyll & Hyde. The novel is based on the story of a London based lawyer whose name is John Gabriel Utterson. In this story, Utterson conducts the process of investigation about the events that occur with his old friend whose name is Dr. Henry Jekyll and the evil Edward Hyde. The nub of the story revolves around mental and psychological problem that is commonly known as “split personality”. In this problem and psychological illness, within the personality of an individual there exist a number of other distinct personalities. The presence of other distinct personalities takes over the original personality of the individual suffers from the illness.

The first and foremost thing through which the story and the Victorian era can be related is the writer of the story Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson was born in an era that is considered as the height of the Victorian era. Living and growing up in this era makes it obvious that inspiration of that era should be reflected in the writing of the author.

The story is based on the life in London. The era that is shown in the story is ...