10. 4 Narrators
Enfield
Utterson
Lanyon
Jekyll
1872 Oct 1883 20 March 1885
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11. Narrative structure
Will Letter Letter Letter Letter
Oral narrative
Written narrative
Full statement of the case
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde belongs to a category of fiction known as
Enfield the novella, novelette, or short novel. Novellas are longer and more
Utterson complex than short stories but shorter and simpler than novels. The
novella form has appealed to many great writers. Among the best
Lanyon known novellas are Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Henry
James’s The Turn of the Screw, Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, and
Jekyll Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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16. By the 1880s, however, pessimism
THE TIME AND PLACE and worry had begun to cloud the thoughts
The novella takes place in London in the 1880s. of many Victorians. With the increase in the urban
The settings include Jekyll’s fine home in a formerly population, poverty became a formidable problem.
grand neighborhood now in decay; Lanyon’s The strength of Britain’s vast empire was challenged
comfortable home in Cavendish Square, where by difficult foreign wars. Workers demanded more
many distinguished doctors have their houses and power, and women were entering the workforce in
offices; and Hyde’s house in Soho, a part of greater numbers. The changes in traditional society
London known for its immigrant populations. disturbed and frightened many Britons
Victorian Society
In The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson describes life in London during the
1880s, the latter half of the Victorian period. During that time, society was sharply divided into distinct
social classes and their corresponding communities. In Forlorn Sunset (1947), Michael Sadleir described
the city as “three parts jungle” noting that very few districts were truly public in the sense that people
could move in and out of them with ease. Generally, people were uncomfortable and often unwelcome in
parts of town that were not inhabited by their own social group. To avoid wandering into an unknown
area, most Londoners stayed in their own neighborhoods. This geographical and social fragmentation is an
essential part of the setting of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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17. Duality in London Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Duality of London By A. Ullah
Soho
Soho’s character stems partly from the neglect by
rich and fashionable London, and the lack of
redevelopment that characterized the neighbouring
Cavendish Square areas.By the mid19th century, all respectable
families had moved away, and prostitutes, music
halls and small theatres had moved in.
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21. Themes summary
1 Social zoning
2 Social and economic inequality
3 Return of repressed impulses
4 Science VS religion
5 Survival of the fittest
6 Political fear
7 Duality
8 Hypocrisy
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25. Monsters....a decalogue
Monsters are created mostly by scieentists. They do not exist in nature Pull
Once created Monsters become a threat, just for the fact they exist Pull
Monsters have to be killed to get rid of their threat Pull
Monsters and their creators perish together. One cannot survive Pull
without the other
Monsters are outcasts and as such kept hidden or relegated to Pull
particular areas
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26. Monsters... a decalogue
Monsters are ugly and repulsive but vital and energetic. They
have powerful sexual appetites. They tend to get the upper hand Pull
Monsters have disruptive effect on the narrative.They multiply points
Pull
of view and documents, scatter timelines, blur distinctions, twist plot
Monsters create suspense and mistery. Crimanl deeds mushroom Pull
whenever they apper and violence and rage seed
Monsters challenge authority at all levels. They have to be put out of the Pull
way to restore order.Normal social rules do not work for them
ty and tend to be create in Pull
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27. Further Reading
The beast within
The Annotated Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Review of a cartoon version
Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Barbara T. Gates, Alumni Distinguished Professor of English, University of
Delaware
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29. Allegati
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