External Influences on Stevenson’s Writings
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis
Stevenson was a familiar title to me and prior to reading it I
believed I was well versed about the story. I knew that Dr.
Jekyll was an intelligent man who experimented with the idea
of creating a more powerful version of him that would release
his deepest inhibitions. In addition, I believed that the
people of the town were not fully aware of Mr. Hyde, only that
there was a monster running about the city creating havoc. The
townspeople would not be directly affected by Mr. Hyde and I
most certainly never thought that Mr. Hyde was capable of
murder. Furthermore, it was my thought that when people
referred to another person as being like Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde that they could switch from being kind one minute to
being irrational and short tempered the next. I never believe
the cliché to be in reference toward one’s physical aggression
or anger.......

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