Became a writer after university.
Born November 13th, 1850 in Edinburgh.
Main works: -Treasure Island (1883) -Kidnapped (1886) -The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) -The Master of Ballantrae (1889)
Son of a lighthouse maker and a French mother; inherited her breathing problems.
Early life
Literary caree
SMoved often because of health, changed many schools.
Biography
Travelled a lot, moved to the South Seas in 1888.
Later Life and Death
studied engineering first (family tradition), then jurisprudence, but never practiced
Education and studies
Died December 3rd, 1894, probably from a cerebral hemorrhage; buried on Mount Vaea with his poem “Requiem.”
Setting
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
PLOT
London, 19th century, in the Victorian era,
Jekyll’s experiment to separate good and evil fails, and he dies as Hyde takes control.
Mr. Utterson becomes suspicious when he learns about Mr. Hyde and his connection to Dr. Jekyll.
Main Characters
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Dr. Lanyon
Mr. Edward Hyde
Utterson investigates and discovers that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same person.
Mr. Gabriel John Utterson
Hyde commits violent crimes and disappears, while Jekyll begins to act strangely and isolates himself.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic novel and a psychological thriller.
Reflects Victorian fascination and fear of science, challenging moral and religious beliefs.
dark, suspenseful settings, the inner conflict between good and evil within the human mind.
Literary Style and Genre
Science and Social Hypocrisy
Reveals the contrast between appearance and reality through Jekyll’s double life as Hyde.
Set in the Victorian era of moral rigidity and scientific progress.
Genre of the novel
duality of human nature
limits of human knowledge
society’s hypocrisy and Jekyll’s struggle between respectability and hidden desires.
Themes
Victorian Context
science vs. morality
Biography
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Became a writer after university.
Born November 13th, 1850 in Edinburgh.
Main works: -Treasure Island (1883) -Kidnapped (1886) -The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) -The Master of Ballantrae (1889)
Son of a lighthouse maker and a French mother; inherited her breathing problems.
Early life
Literary caree
SMoved often because of health, changed many schools.
Biography
Travelled a lot, moved to the South Seas in 1888.
Later Life and Death
studied engineering first (family tradition), then jurisprudence, but never practiced
Education and studies
Died December 3rd, 1894, probably from a cerebral hemorrhage; buried on Mount Vaea with his poem “Requiem.”
Setting
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
PLOT
London, 19th century, in the Victorian era,
Jekyll’s experiment to separate good and evil fails, and he dies as Hyde takes control.
Mr. Utterson becomes suspicious when he learns about Mr. Hyde and his connection to Dr. Jekyll.
Main Characters
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Dr. Lanyon
Mr. Edward Hyde
Utterson investigates and discovers that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same person.
Mr. Gabriel John Utterson
Hyde commits violent crimes and disappears, while Jekyll begins to act strangely and isolates himself.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic novel and a psychological thriller.
Reflects Victorian fascination and fear of science, challenging moral and religious beliefs.
dark, suspenseful settings, the inner conflict between good and evil within the human mind.
Literary Style and Genre
Science and Social Hypocrisy
Reveals the contrast between appearance and reality through Jekyll’s double life as Hyde.
Set in the Victorian era of moral rigidity and scientific progress.
Genre of the novel
duality of human nature
limits of human knowledge
society’s hypocrisy and Jekyll’s struggle between respectability and hidden desires.
Themes
Victorian Context
science vs. morality