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Consider the writers' intentions in writing their Gothic stories - To what extent do you consider them to be effective horror stories?
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How effectively does Stevenson create a sense of horror through his descriptions of settings and characters in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? The Horror genre relies on an absence of reason because this creates a sense of mystery not knowing why something has happened. Absence of reason is used in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde when Dr Jekyll has left his will to Mr Hyde but no one knows why. The qualities to the horror genre are tension and nightmare; in the book you can experience tension in the chapter about the door and nightmare is related to the writing of the book as before Stevenson wrote the book he had a nightmare that he based the story on. Readers of fiction can expect to experience shock that in Jekyll and Hyde is experienced when Hyde killed Carew. Also you can expect to experience being frightened when Mr Hyde so brutally murders Dr Carew. The Setting in the novella is mostly in fog, dark grim and dangerous conditions. This can relate to Stevenson's real life experiences when he used to walk home in the dark in the old town of Edinburgh that was also very derelict and also dangerous. The idea of using potions could have come from before he wrote the novella when he was very poorly with three days of haemorrhaging and nightmares, he was surrounded with lots of bottles for medicine also the curtains would have been rarely opened as he was spending all of the day in his
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Discuss Stevenson's representation of evil and the concept of duality in 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. How was Stevenson influenced by the concerns of his Era? The novel 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson was first published in the year 1886. The novel focuses on the concepts of good and evil being in everyone from birth, also the struggle of keeping the evil held back. In this essay I am going to focus on the main themes of the novel 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. The main two themes Mr. R L Stevenson focuses on in this novel are the concept of duality and the representation and symbols of evil. This novel really shows how the world around Stevenson influenced his writing of this novel. Victorian England was a repressive society with strict codes of morality but with high crime areas in the cities. Stevenson wrote 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' based on London with the dark underground parts of the city being used quite often. I think that whilst R L Stevenson was being treated for his lung ailments he would have been influenced greatly by his nurse, Alice Cunningham. I am led to believe this as his nurse used to scare him greatly with threats about what god would do to him if he didn't do the moral thing. When Jekyll and Hyde was written, Gothic literature was very popular. Stevenson may have been influenced by the book Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley, as this uses
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Consider atmosphere and setting in the 19th century stories you have read, and discuss how the authors have created fear and atmosphere.
English Coursework Consider atmosphere and setting in the 19th century stories you have read, and discuss how the authors have created fear and atmosphere. I am going to discuss how three Gothic stories written by authors in the19th century create fear and atmosphere. The three stories which I will be considering are The Monkeys Paw, by WW Jacobs, The Body Snatchers, by Robert Louis Stevenson and also The Signal Man, by Charles Dickens. The gothic genre was very popular in the late 18th and 19th centuries and was a very fashionable aspect of lives in that era. Almost all gothic stories included similar aspects which made the atmosphere spooky and scary. Most gothic stories included elements such as grave yards and dead bodies creating a sense of death and killing of people. The weather in gothic stories is often the kind that scares you for example thunderstorms, fog and almost all gothic stories are set in the dark of the night. Some gothic stories may include a supernatural aspect, curses, spells, wishes, ghosts , this was very popular in this era because the Victorians were very in touch with the supernatural side of their lives and believed strongly in the presence of ghosts and life after death. Gothic stories would usually include elements of surprise and realism to make the story more believable. A gothic story will always be full of suspense and tension to make the
Explore the Significance of the Character Edward Hyde and the Way he is perceived by Readers in Dr
Explore the Significance of the Character Edward Hyde and the Way he is perceived by Readers in Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde In 1859, when the book was written class and religion was very important to the Victorians. People were given more respect if they were higher class. Hyde represents a very low class and doesn't have a lot of admiration from other people. Hyde has a house in Soho and always uses the back door leading to Dr. Jekyll's laboratory because Jekyll is ashamed of him and doesn't want anyone to connect Hyde to himself because he does not want to damage his reputation. The front door symbolises that this is what he wants people to think of him, that's why he does not use it with Hyde because he is seen as a monster. Hyde would be seen by the Victorian audience as evil and devilish, he is described as 'a gust of devilish fury', and people would be scared of him because of his deformity and the way he looks. Dr. Jekyll is upper class and if anyone found out that he was associated with Mr Hyde, who was the lowest of the lower class then he would lose all his respect he had gained. Jekyll creates Hyde because he wants to fulfil his needs to be wrong and do things that he couldn't do as his normal self. He was fond of things that society didn't approve of and was tired of hiding in his real personality. This suggests that the class system in Victorian was very wide; there
How Does Stevenson Create a Sense of Mystery & Horror?
How Does Stevenson Create a Sense of Mystery & Horror? "So ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running." Several factors contribute to the creation of different emotions and feelings. Stevenson uses a multitude of ways to give the overall effect of mystery and horror rather than a sudden, obvious indication. In the first paragraph the author starts making a list to describe the house in an eerie way. His use of vocabulary at this point is obvious but effective, using words like 'sinister', 'sordid negligence' and 'blistered.' No longer does it seem as if the author is describing a door on the street but a corrupted infected corpse and by provoking thoughts of death and suffering horror comes to play. Inhabited by tramps and used as a shop by children as if abandoned "and for close on a generation no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages." Mr Enfield's account starts of in a mysterious way as he tells us that it was three o'clock of a 'black winter's morning' when nobody is awake and everyone is inside for the cold and that he was walking through a part of town where "there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps." As we absorb the circumstances Enfield starts to talk as if saying a hypnotic chant "Street after street, and all the folk asleep - street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession, and all as empty
'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is not just the story of a brilliant but flawed man who succumbs to temptation, it is also the story of a man who is a victim of his own society and culture.'
Vishal Sookur 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is not just the story of a brilliant but flawed man who succumbs to temptation, it is also the story of a man who is a victim of his own society and culture.' In 'The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' it seems that an upstanding gentleman is pressured by his society and own endeavours into ultimately separating the apparent bodies of good and evil. However the cause of the eventual, tragic demise of Dr Jekyll is rather complex and it is not enough to excuse his actions by placing the blame solely upon the restrictive society of late Victorian London. There seem to be other significant factors that can explain Jekyll's actions and depict his character more clearly therefore providing a wider spectrum for determining as to what extent he is a victim or not. As one is given a description of what life in London was like for a man of such high status a sense of sympathy is developed towards Jekyll's plight and also upon reading his 'Full Statement of The Case' the reader is given a mostly honest insight into Jekyll's mind; this again, brings forth some sympathy because he explains the pressures of society and the repression of his pleasures which condemn him to 'a profound duplicity of life'. Also despite the understandable reasoning behind Jekyll's actions the reader is confronted with the facts
In his statement of veto of the "Cat Bill," Governor Stevenson manifests sarcastic diction to appeal to common sense and knowledge, and uses examples of personification and dramatization to craft his effective argument ridiculing the bill.
Shin, Eunice Period 06 0/22/01 AP English "Cat Bill" Essay In his statement of veto of the "Cat Bill," Governor Stevenson manifests sarcastic diction to appeal to common sense and knowledge, and uses examples of personification and dramatization to craft his effective argument ridiculing the bill. Governor Stevenson organizes his veto using common knowledge so that anyone of any background can comprehend his reasoning. He implies the impracticality of the bill by juxtaposing the basic effects it would have on both owners and the cats themselves. He uses subtle mockery by portraying cats as innocent and attributing their roaming behavior as a part of their nature. He depicts the cats to be naturally unbounded and indicates the absurdity of an owner trying to domestic them to the degree of escorting them on a leash. He predicts what possible conflicts passing this bill create, and the specific effects the bill would have on different areas, such as farms, villages, and cities. Stevenson even alludes to the writers of the bill to simply dislike cats, sarcastically calling the entire roaming cats situation as a "worthy cause to which its proponents give such unselfish effort." Through his arguments relevant and understandable to anyone, Governor Stevenson is able to reveal the absurdity of the proposal, and allows his point to be clearly stated. Stevenson's use of