Stevenson’s Portrayal of Good an Evil and the Dual Nature of Men in Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

Stevenson’s Portrayal of Good an Evil and the Dual Nature of Men in Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the

late1800. This novel portrays the idea of a dual nature in man; it

shows this as good and evil. Stevenson was fascinated with the duality

in man and how in public there were outstanding gentlemen with high

status but in reality liked to indulge in the pleasures but their

status stopped them.

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He had two main influences for the novel one was his Nurse. As a child

Stevenson was very ill and spent most of his time in bed, during this

time his Nurse would tell him stories and read out the Old Testament.

The second influence he had was where he grew up. He was born in

Edinburgh. Edinburgh had two sides to it; one the extremely

respectable and highly religious, the other represented brothels and

shadiness. This idea of good and evil strengthened his fascination

about duality. Both his nurse and wher...