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A. Using this novel as your basis, discuss the nature of "good" and "evil," or "the double" and the duality of man's nature, as presented in this novel.
B. Contrast Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Lanyon in their basic responses to scientific medicine, to metaphysics, to the basic nature of evil itself, and to man's duality.
C. At the beginning of the novel, Dr. Jekyll is in total control of Mr. Hyde, yet at the end of the novel, Mr. Hyde is in control of Dr. Jekyll. Show how this reversal came about.
D. Justify Utterson's reluctance to read Lanyon's statement until after "the death or disappearance" of Jekyll.
E. Utterson as a narrator is objective and honest, and yet he often comes to the wrong conclusion about matters such as forgery, Hyde's existence, Jekyll's motives, and other matters. Discuss the character of Utterson and how he is so often misled in his opinions.
A. Using this novel as your basis, discuss the nature of "good" and "evil," or "the double" and the duality of man's nature, as presented in this novel.
B. Contrast Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Lanyon in their basic responses to scientific medicine, to metaphysics, to the basic nature of evil itself, and to man's duality.
C. At the beginning of the novel, Dr. Jekyll is in total control of Mr. Hyde, yet at the end of the novel, Mr. Hyde is in control of Dr. Jekyll. Show how this reversal came about.
D. Justify Utterson's reluctance to read Lanyon's statement until after "the death or disappearance" of Jekyll.
E. Utterson as a narrator is objective and honest, and yet he often comes to the wrong conclusion about matters such as forgery, Hyde's existence, Jekyll's motives, and other matters. Discuss the character of Utterson and how he is so often misled in his opinions.
posted by MC at 10:22 AM
2 Comments:
A. I think that Robert Louis Stevenson used the good and evil concept because people in the Victorian period were somewhat obsessed with good and evil. For example Mr. Hyde kills Sir Danvers Carew just because he is good and a nice guy.
B. Dr. Jekyll has a more of a trial and error philosophy in science Dr. Lanyon is more experiment over and over until your positive it will work again and again
C. When Dr. Jekyll started turning into Mr. Hyde he had more control of him because Mr. Hyde or the evil in side of Dr. Jekyll was in his control. When he started turning into Mr. Hyde on a daily bases Mr. Hyde got stronger. So Dr. Jekyll was unable to fully control him.
D. Mr. Utterson didn’t read the letter because his friends last wish was for him not too and because a proper English gentlemen wouldn’t do anything against another mans will unless it was a case of life or death.
E. I think Mr. Utterson is often misled because a per wouldn’t think that there best freid was turning into a monster and terrorizing a town especially back then when they didn’t have Hollywood making crazy movies about Science fiction and how people transform from drugs.
Andy Bush
Hyde is evil in the book he likes killing people which is bad. Jekyll is a good british Gentlemen. Jekyll is 90% good and 10% evil. Utterson wants to open a letter from Jekyll but doesnt cause he is a British Gentle men. Utterson is miss lead this whole time because Jekyll and Hyde are so different.
Garza
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