...The Sybil Beauty In life we, as children, are taught to be ourselves in this world. There’s nothing else you can be, or so I thought. This novel has given me a better look into what being “two-faced” or, on a more ironic note, a “Jekyll and Hyde” means. Stevenson’s right, “man is not truly one, but truly two.”, and sometimes more. Me at school, and me at home are two extremely different things. At school I’m quiet, shy, and drastically soft-spoken. I always have been, and probably always will be. My friends like me for that quality. That’s with friends though. One of my teachers this year constantly harps on my quietness. He says hi to me in the mornings, and it seems to me that he always says something like, “Why do you always sound so timid when I say hi to you? You’re not like that during class. So, why so shy now?” I’ve never legitimately answered him. But, I honestly don’t know why, because I’m only like that in school. Sure, I’m a little soft spoken, and sure I’m not the most talkative in that class, but I’m not unconfident. I’m just naturally soft spoken. I don’t normally raise my hand and blurt out answers, or go up to a teacher and have a random conversation. I don’t like talking in front of people, because I’m afraid of what they think. I’m afraid of being judged. It’s like I’m a whole other person. Frightened, and timid. On the other hand, at home I am a COMPLETELY different person. If my mom was to hear any of my teachers say, “She’s just an angel.”, or “She’s...
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...The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 'I incline to, Cain's heresy,' he used to say. 'I let my brother go to the devil in his quaintly: 'own way.' In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men. And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour. No doubt the feat was easy to Mr. Utterson; for he was undemonstrative at the best, and even his friendship seemed to be founded in a similar catholicity of good-nature. It is the mark of a modest...
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...Marketing in practice (Pre Assignment -1) Nandit Pathak (0225/48) Definition of a brand: A brand is a name, symbol, phrase, picture or any other such object that is used to identify a product (or service), giving it certain intangible characteristics other than those that the commodity would have and instill trust and assurance of consistency of product in the user of the product. The antonym of brand (in the marketing context) is commodity, which is undifferentiated, undistinguishable and traded purely by amount. (This is an oversimplification that disregards Levitt’s product levels premise). A brand can also be defined as the focal point for all the positive and negative impressions created by the buyer over time as he comes into contact with the brand’s products, distribution channel, personnel and communication. Brand of choice: Batman (fictional character, superhero category) Purpose / Philosophy of the Brand: Providing entertainment, delight and peace of mind for the audience in the idea of a world with absolute justice being served, adulation for the perpetrator of absolute justice. Human insight / truth that the brand is based on: People would relate strongly with a definition of justice that entails a strong moral code and self-restraint, and the triumph of man’s intellect over everything else. Benefit: Entertainment, reassurance at idealistic identity. What makes it believable: Vulnerability, lack of superpowers – human-like, sentimental nature of the...
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...Known to be one of Stevenson’s best novels, the novel is about a doctor named Henry Jekyll who struggles with the inner conflict of dual personalities with his hidden evil persona, Edward Hyde. Dr. Jekyll was a prominent doctor who is widely respected in his era. In addition, his friendly demeanor made him well connected and well liked. But despite being so well made, Dr Jekyll was seen spending a great deal of his time battling strong evil urges which he found repugnant for his stature. Believing that two entities were living inside his body, he tries to develop a serum in an attempt to repress such urges, but in doing so, Dr Jekyll unleashed an even more dreadful representation of the pure evil that resided within him, who is known as Mr Hyde. With no moral vindication, Hyde committed heinous acts of brutality and murder with often no remorse. As time went by, Hyde became a larger entity in his body as Jekyll was slowly succumbing to the thrills and immoral freedom that Hyde gave in his rampage. The aforementioned novel was written as a fiction in the Victorian age of the 1800s, but dual personalities are still apparent and very real in today’s context. This behavior is scientifically known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), or better known for its previous appellant, Multiple personality Disorder (MPD). Much like Jekyll and Hyde’s dual personality, these mental disorders are characterized by two or more distinct entities in the mind. People suffering under such disorder...
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...How has your study of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and an appropriation of your own choosing enhanced your understanding of how and why cultural values are maintained and changed? “The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, follows the duplicitous notion of a single body containing both the erudite Dr. Jekyll and the depraved Mr. Hyde. Stevenson’s novella imagines an inextricable link between civilization and savagery, and the palpable influence of cultural value and standard. Set within the height of the Victorian era circa 1886, this duality of human nature is examined by a specific Eurocentric interpretation, narrated by the mild-mannered lawyer Mr Utterson. Steven Moore’s filmic appropriation of the original novella is the BBC television series “Jekyll”, which encapsulates the similar split personality of Dr Tom Jackman and his alter ego ‘Mr Hyde’, within today’s current context. Through analysis of both the novella and the first episode of the film adaptation, a clear similarity between both protagonist’s circumstances is observed. However, the effects societal interpretation has on this controversy is varied in such a way, which distorts the very nature of duplicity, and thus the definition of the classic trope of Jekyll and Hyde. Social respectability and the desire to pursue pleasure both offer the fantasy solution of having a second self to carry the burden of one’s vices. Dr Jekyll explores the circumstance of an educated, Victorian...
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...Create a character chart detailing description and personality and appearances of Jekyll and Hyde. Hyde. 1. “He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.” In this quotation it appears in Chapter 1, “Story of the Door,” when Enfield relates to Utterson how he watched Hyde trample a little girl. When Utterson asks his friend to describe Hyde’s appearance, Enfield, as the quote indicates, is unable to describe a clear portrait. He claims that Hyde is deformed, ugly, and inspires an immediate revulsion, and he cannot say why. 2. “I looked down; my clothes hung formlessly on my shrunken limbs; the hand that lay on my knee was corded and hairy. I was once more Edward Hyde.” The above description implies that Jekyll, in becoming Hyde, is regressing into the primitive and coming closer to the violent, amoral world of animals. 3. “It was on the moral side, and in my own person, that I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my...
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...The attempt to separate the evil from the good didn’t end well for Dr. Jekyll because his dark side took more control. He tried to not turn into Mr. Hyde but the monster arose within him at times unwillingly and unplanned. Dr. Jekyll really tried to stop the creature inside him but “The powers of Hyde seemed to have grown with the sickliness of Jekyll.”(Greenblatt) The bad side within him was growing stronger and doing bad things that made him somewhat complete. I think that even though he didn’t want to do bad things that side sort of balanced him out. His evil side got even worse as the story progressed. The horrible Mr. Hyde was “a creature new to me; shaken with inordinate anger, strung to pitch of murder, lusting to inflict pain.”(Greenblatt)...
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...The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the greatest examples in literature showing the faults of humankind. Many of Dr. Jekyll’s colleagues and other scientists warned against him pursuing the path of unknown science, however, he was careless and ignored all of them. Both Jekyll and Hyde suffered addiction and were too weak-willed to overcome their temptations. The two sides of one person, Jekyll and Hyde, representing the battle between good and evil. The body below shall prove the three faults of humankind that can be found in the novel. The first point shows that there were much carelessness and ignorance in the novel. In the novel, Jekyll explains how the science community advised against going through...
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...Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by author Robert Stevenson, is a story about Dr. Jekyll, a well respected wealthy doctor, who believes that man is truly two separate people. One evil, and one good. As he goes down the path of finding the best of both worlds he creates a potion that allows him to become the darker half of himself, named Mr. Hyde. As murders and strange encounters start happening, those close to Dr. Jekyll notice that he is acting strange. Not knowing about his other side, they realize that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have some sort of relationship. As Jekyll’s transformations become out of control, his friends soon find out the truth, that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person. In this novel, Stevenson illustrates that every person has a good and evil side, it is just a matter of making sure one doesn’t overpower the other....
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...As stated from the book on page 63 “... there is no statute of limitations…”, this gives more insight on the character's personalities and how some of them think. “Killing being out of the question…” this was on page 50, this gives some more details about the attitude of the character Mr. Utterson and helps the reader understand his peaceful attitude. “ I had every reason to believe it was forgery.” This quote was on page 51, this statement gives even more detailed proof on how Mr.Utterson thinks and how cautious and superstitious he is. In conclusion the book Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde uses specific details to make the story better and to help us understand the...
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...Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Cases of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Born November 13 1850 in Edinburgh Scotland. Robert Louis Stevenson started to have breathing problems at a young age and later it developed into tuberculosis. His father Thomas Stevenson was in the business of lighthouse design, so Robert enrolled at the age of 17 to the University of Edinburgh. The lighthouse design business wasn’t what Robert wanted to do but he wanted to help his family. After a short time in the lighthouse design program he decided to go into law school as a compromise with his father. He entered what was called the Scottish bar, which was an organization for lawyers. Around this time in his life he traveled a lot to places like France, Europe, and England all so he could be around young artists while he was still finishing law school. Robert graduated from law school in 1875, he never really put his law degree to use. Stevenson had a good eye for fashion. He adopted a wide brimmed hat, a cravat, and a boy’s coat, which got him the nickname of Velvet...
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...CHARACTER EVALUATION STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL and MR. HYDE (Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1886) BERTHA THOMAS PSY/230 FEBRUARY 12, 2012 PURVI PATEL CHARACTER EVALUATION: STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL and MR. HYDE, (Robert Lewis Stevenson, (1886)) “I learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality of man . . . if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both” (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Lewis Stevenson (1886). Dr. Jekyll’s self-description of his personality, toward the beginning of his impending and irrevocable metamorphosis, fit comfortably into the category of what is known as psychoticism. Hans Eysenck (1952) proposed that a susceptibility to psychosis represented an important dimension of Personality and might, in fact, be present, in mild form, in the general population. Consequently, Dr. Jekyll seems to be the subject of this mental disorder, coupled with scientific product. Although it is safe to say that most of us would score somewhere at the low or high end of the Big Five characteristic traits, there is usually a plateau upon which we can be scored. Contrarily, Dr. Jekyll fluctuated between these two extremes, enjoying each in its totality, until the pressure of the duality became too much to bear. I believe the concept of humanity’s sense of good and evil (our duality) can be represented by the low and high ends of the Big Five characteristic traits that dwell within...
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...Chapter 7 Utterson and Enfield are taking their walk. They come to mr. Hydes door again, and they both thinks that they never will see Hyde again. Enfield also knows that Mr. Hydes house has a back exit, which leads right into dr. Jekylls house. They got into the home and look out of a window, where thet see Dr. Jekyll looking out of one of his windows as well. The persons begins a casual conversation when suddenly Jekyll gets a horrified expression on his face and is suddenly thrown back from the window, which is ”instantly thrust down”. Utterson and Enfield are in chok. Chapter 8 The scene begins with Poole, Jekyll’s butler, making a surprise visit to the home of Mr. Utterson. Poole proceeds to explain that he thinks "foul play" has occurred in the laboratory of Dr. Jekyll, in which he has kept himself isolated for the last two weeks. Poole tells Utterson that he thinks Hyde is involved, because the voice of the doctor has changed.Quickly Utterson and Poole return to the doctor’s house, explaining to the rest of the servants that they plan to break into the laboratory and find out what has happened to Dr. Jekyll. After knocking and being told to go away, Utterson and Poole force the door down, and witness the dead body of Mr. Hyde lying on the floor. Thinking that Hyde killed Jekyll and then killed himself, the two men frantically search the laboratory for the remains of Jekyll. Yet "nowhere was there any trace of Henry Jekyll, dead or alive."After searching the...
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...In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll conducts a scientific experiment in which he creates a mixture that he consumes and transforms into an ugly, repulsive creature (Mr. Hyde), representing the pure evil that exists within him. The human nature is comprised of a variety of natures, but Stevenson splits Jekyll into two contrasting ones: good and bad. Hyde is the embodiment of all evil in Jekyll Representing a conflict between good and evil. swlf absorbedIn order to illustrate the theme of moral corruption, the author incorporates many literary devices including imagery, characterization, and symbolism. Mr. Hyde was first introduced in the beginning of the novel where Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield were taking a leisurely stroll through london. Enfield had witnessed a short, deformed man trample a girl, and instead of calling the police, Enfield forces the man to pay the girl’s family money. However, the check was signed by Jekyll, a respectable doctor and friend of Utterson. A year later, Hyde murders Sir Danvers Carew. Afterwards, we learn that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person, but Hyde is pure evil. Hyde is described by many as hideous and disfigured, yet people cannot pinpoint the reason why he looks so ugly. In addition, Stevenson uses imagery show the appearances of Jekyll and Hyde. They contrast each other; Jekyll is an elderly friendly man of good fortune and good nature but hyde is a young, cruel and violent person with...
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...issues that affect people every day in modern society. Alexander Solzhenitsyn writes, “Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society, that does not warn in time against threatening moral and social dangers-such literature does not deserve the name of literature; it is only a façade.” The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, reflects Solzhenitsyn’s quote by warning the individual of the evils found in the duplicity of human nature and the threat this may pose to society as a whole. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reflects Solzhenitsyn’s belief that literature must inform readers about issues that society faces, or otherwise it is merely a superficial illusion. The story reflects this statement, by exploring the duplicity of human nature, showing how this duplicity can corrupt an individual’s mind, and revealing why humans have this dual nature. The duplicity of human nature is revealed in the book through various aspects of behavior displayed by the characters. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reveals the dual nature of humans in the form of an uncontrollable mental disorder. However, Stevenson is not necessarily giving a literal interpretation of this chemically...
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