Martin Dlouhy The book "The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a story from London, England. It is about relationship of the Dr. Jekyll and the violent, himself, Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson is the author of this book. He was raised in a strict religious family which did not believe that there is an area between good and evil. Author of the book grew up during the early times where no one questioned religious beliefs. We need to look into the time this story was written. Stevenson's ideology was changed by many different things and many of them are projected in this story. In this time science was still partially taken by public as a witchcraft. People also believed that science could become dangerous and that it was border …show more content…
Jekyll is smaller. As the whole story continues, Mr. Hyde's evil grows and later becomes more powerful than Dr. Jekyll. Main reason for this to happen be the fact that Dr. really enjoys all the things and acting Mr. Hyde does. Symbolism is the main technique used in the book. The symbolism is used to show the contrast between bad and good. Light and darkness is a main symbol used in the book. You can feel as you read that the main symbols in the story are dark, light, shadow, fog and cold. All the dark and scary places representing Mr. Hyde. Light is to represent Dr. Jekyll as they are the opposite. In conclusion I believe that author of the book had very different view on good and evil due to the time and place he grew up. The sentence from the book: "With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by that partial discovery I have doomed to such a dreadful ship wreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two" represents opinion of person who saw religion and science collide and traditional conservative opinions were conflicting with reality of science. Author is trying to express our never ending battle of human nature wrestling good and