Which Literary Classic is Better?
The Time Machine and The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are two pieces of classic literature bound together by the Victorian age. While both stories have underlying themes about the struggle of man, both present them in different ways. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells, presents its struggle of man as a society where each class of peoples is against each other, being thoroughly influenced by politics of the time. Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde details the duality that many people lived their lives as during the Victorian age. Both of these literary pieces are classics, but The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presents a much more enjoyable experience through …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde being a more enjoyable read is due in part by the settings and how they are introduced. Whenever the reader is introduced to a new setting in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it doesn’t feel like that place is rushed or put there for come convenience. The reader is introduced to places such as Hyde’s house at Soho and Jekyll’s compound which, in the end, reflected the character of the owners. Stephenson wrote of Hyde’s house at Soho, “In the whole extent of the house, which but for the old woman remained otherwise empty, Mr. Hyde had only used a couple of rooms; but these were furnished with luxury and good taste” (30). When introduced to some of the settings in The Time Machine, some of them feel circumstantial, like they are simply there to help the Time Traveller and that’s it. The text states, “Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a most strange, as for me it was a most fortunate thing. Yet, oddly enough, I found a far unlikelier substance, and that was camphor” (Wells 110). When the Time Traveller was introduced to the porcelain museum, it felt like that setting was only there to provide the Time Traveller with more matches and camphor. When comparing both settings and how they’re used, the settings in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde feel more consequential and well thought out. This is against The Time Machine’s settings, which feel inconsequential and not connected to one
The Time Machine and The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are two pieces of classic literature bound together by the Victorian age. While both stories have underlying themes about the struggle of man, both present them in different ways. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells, presents its struggle of man as a society where each class of peoples is against each other, being thoroughly influenced by politics of the time. Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde details the duality that many people lived their lives as during the Victorian age. Both of these literary pieces are classics, but The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presents a much more enjoyable experience through …show more content…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde being a more enjoyable read is due in part by the settings and how they are introduced. Whenever the reader is introduced to a new setting in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it doesn’t feel like that place is rushed or put there for come convenience. The reader is introduced to places such as Hyde’s house at Soho and Jekyll’s compound which, in the end, reflected the character of the owners. Stephenson wrote of Hyde’s house at Soho, “In the whole extent of the house, which but for the old woman remained otherwise empty, Mr. Hyde had only used a couple of rooms; but these were furnished with luxury and good taste” (30). When introduced to some of the settings in The Time Machine, some of them feel circumstantial, like they are simply there to help the Time Traveller and that’s it. The text states, “Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a most strange, as for me it was a most fortunate thing. Yet, oddly enough, I found a far unlikelier substance, and that was camphor” (Wells 110). When the Time Traveller was introduced to the porcelain museum, it felt like that setting was only there to provide the Time Traveller with more matches and camphor. When comparing both settings and how they’re used, the settings in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde feel more consequential and well thought out. This is against The Time Machine’s settings, which feel inconsequential and not connected to one