To what extent is Stevenson suggesting that the tragedy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde one that is brought about more by the specific cultural contexts of a hypocritical Victorian English society or more generally an issue applicable to the notion of good and evil being inextricably mingled together in the human form and psyche?
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde In our two-part discussion about Robert Louis Stevenson’s most famous work, we addressed many issues not only specifically about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but also about Victorian society, our attitudes towards good and evil, etc. One of the discussion prompts asked you to consider a scholarly assessment of the […]