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Treasure Island - A Mirror Of Robert Louis Stevenson’S Childhood? Treasure
Island - A Mirror of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Childhood? ...
Robert Louis Stevenson Influences. ... Stevenson did not conform to these norms and at
times would allude to his atheistic views and beliefs (Teuber). ...
Robert Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson began writing during the Victorian
era. ... Robert Louis Stevenson began his travels in 1870. ...
How Does Stevenson Represent Victorian Society In His Novella 'Jekyll And Hyde'? ...
Stevenson is implying here also that the Victorians contradict themselves. ...
The Impacts of Robert Louis Stevenson. ... Many things that many people take for granted
came from the life and novels of Robert Louis Stevenson. ...
Submitted by jo_boiss on January 8, 2006
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INITIAL EXPLORATION OF THEMES
A careful reading of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde can reveal multiple levels of meaning. At one level it is a story about a mad scientist gone wrong, at another level it is a reflection on human nature.
Students can be supported in reading for different levels of meaning through activities that help them think about the themes in the novel before they begin to read.
By establishing an atmosphere of mutual questioning and seeking insight at the beginning of the unit, students will be encouraged to openly question and discuss their attempts at developing understanding with other members of the class.
Dual Nature or Split Personality
1. In order to explore how persons can engage in both positive and negative behaviors, you can free write about a time when you showed kindness to an animal or another person and then about a time when you were cruel or unkind. After ouy have written, students should privately read their journals to analyze why you might act in these opposite ways at different times. With the class, you should analyze the causes of different types of behaviors. What causes a person to act in such radically opposite ways and what does this suggest about human personality or human nature?
2. Many religions use the concept of dual nature to explain the struggle within a person to choose between good and evil.
In the Hebrew Bible evil is personified as a force outside the person in the story of Adam and Eve. In another story, evil nature and good nature are personified as existing in two separate persons, Cain and Abel, who struggle against each other.
Read the story of Cain and Abel. See that this story can be interpreted at different levels—as a story about a brother’s envy and a story about the qualities of human nature. Write in your journals about human nature. Is it essentially good or evil or somewhere in between?...
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