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= The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde   By: Robert Louis Stevenson  = =  =

==//** "In each of us, two natures are at war- the good and the evil. All are lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in are own hands lies the power to choose- what we want most to be, we are." (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde movie 1920) **//== = =

** Author Biography[[image:http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/image-1.jpeg align="right"]] **
Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh Scotland. He suffered from tuberculosis throughout his life since his childhood. In 1867 he entered Edinburgh University to study engineering, but later switched to law. Instead of practicing law though, Stevenson devoted himself to writing travel sketches, essays, and short stories for magazines. In 1879 Stevenson moved to California with Fanny Osbourne, whom he had met in France. They married a year later and moved back to Scotland, and then moved often after that in search of better climates. Stevenson became famous with his romantic adventure Treasure Island, which he finished in 1883. He died on December 3, 1894, in Vailima Samoa, but hhis voice will live on through his stories.

"Robert Louis Stevenson." __The Literature Network__. 2008. Jalic. Inc. 10/25/08 

** The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde **
Something strange is going on. Mr. Utterson is worried about his friend Henry Jekyll who has been seperating himself from his friends and colleagues. This is all made stranger by Jekyll's will, nameing his benifacter as the unknown Edward Hyde. In a search for answers Utterson soon meets Hyde, and realizes that he is a nasty, mean man who is hardly human. His worries grow when Hyde murders Sir Danvers Carew, a wealthy and important man in the city. Utterson goes to Jekyll about the murder and Jekyll tells him that Hyde is gone and never coming back. But Hyde is never truly gone, because he is a part of Jekyll, who changes himself between his good self (Henry Jekyll) and his evil self (Edward Hyde) with a potion that he creates. Who will win the ultimate struggle, good or evil?

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a classic tale of psychological terror. It focuses on the good and bad side of human beings and the struggle to find one's true self. This was a great book because of the way that Stevenson incorporates written letters into the story to make it more understandable through the perspectives of the characters. I also love the vivd characters that were in this story. Stevenson describes his charcters so that you can easily picture them in your headand get a sense of what thye were llike,       //** "Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish; he gave an impression of deformitywihtout any namable malformation,he had a displeasing smile, he had bourne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidness and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and sometimes broken voice,- all these were points against him; but not all of these togethercould explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fearwith which Mr. Utterson regarded him." (Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde p18 Search for Mr. Hyde) **//


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 * Mary Reily, (VHS, DVD). Tells the story of Jekyll and Hyde from the point of view of a maid in Jekyll's house.
 * Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (VHS, DVD). Black-and-white 1941 film.
 * Sibyl, by Flora Rheta Schreiber, tells a stroy about a surviver of child abuse who was eventually diagnosed with 16 seperate personalities
 * "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)." __Internet Archieve__. 2001. 10/26/08