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  • Essay / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of this short story, has written it very intelligently, with certain techniques used that have a greater impact on the reader and make it more than just any thriller/shock. Every short story has a purpose, just like this story. The purpose of this short story was designed to narrate the reader and it very clearly reflects the thriller/shocking genre. On top of that, the novella was made as a shock film that relies on sensationalism and depicts an immoral lifestyle that can include violence in extremities. Stevenson begins the story by introducing us to Mr. Utterson who is a discreet lawyer who is “never enlightened”. by a smile” and his enigmatic friend Mr. Enfield. It does this because it uses the technique of foreshadowing when the authors put in little hints to then explore in more detail later in the story. Further, we can see that Utterson is a microcosm of the rest of the story; However, this is not the only reason Utterson is in the story as soon after, he begins to become the narrator alongside Enfield. As they talk, the audience finds out what's going on. Then, later in the story, we discover that Utterson actually represents the schizophrenia and duality that characterizes Jekyll's personality. On the one hand, Mr. Utterson is presented as a rather typical lawyer, but at the same time he fights his temptation to drink vintage. wines because it is considered immodest in Victorian morality. So, to console himself he decides to drink gin which is considered better than vintage wines, this creates a difference in society. Also, he likes to go to the theater but he has not passed through the doors of a theater almost “close to a generation”. S...... middle of paper ... you would think that Jekyll should have thought about his behavior and when he came up with the idea of ​​separating the two sides he should have stopped, because then he wouldn't would not have played with God and became a heretic in the eyes of society. To conclude the way Stevenson described Hyde and what Jekyll did in most cases, he linked him to the devil who in the Victorian era was considered very dangerous, although today he does not is not considered so powerful that it would still have a big impact. Stevenson managed to use many of the elements of a shock/thriller to write a short story with much deeper moral significance, as every aspect of the story relates to Victorian morality from 1837 to 1901 and, for a reader of the 21st century, to certain parts of the short story. will make them think about what is really happening around them right now and whether it is good or not!