Essays on Robert Louis Stevenson

The poem This Be The Verse was written by an English poet and novelist Philip Arthur Larkin in April 1971. It was published the same year in the quarterly magazine New Humanist and later in 1974 appeared in Larkin’s poetry collection High Windows. This poem is considered to be the most quoted and recognizable. The title of the given poem is an allusion to the equally famous verse Requiem by Robert Louis Stevenson. Larkin not only quotes Stevenson but also echoes the rhyme scheme (abab) and the epigrammatic phrasing of Requiem (Dubrow, 2014): “This be the ...

The Dual Nature of Humanity in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The strange tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson is infamously well-known for its discussion of the dual nature of humanity. With the mild-mannered Dr Jekyll and his evil, rampaging alter-ego, Mr Hyde, the novel is an allegorical discussion of the human condition and the division between our good and bad sides which all of us harbours inside of ourselves. Each of us can relate to being happy and sad, good-humoured and grumpy, generous and selfish; good and bad. The tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an extreme examination of that condition. ...

The title of the novel ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson’ indicates a direct peculiarity between the characters and therefore provide a sensual instigate on the strangeness of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde characterization. Stevenson explores the various characterizations of his two major characters; Dr Jekyl and Mr. Hyde in his literary work. He centers his discretion on the outset of humanity on a two-fold contrivance basing it on Dr Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. The duality in the nature of human beings is an intriguing factor in the build up of the writers theme, but ...