Dr. Livesey

A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine was written by the author Mike Jay and tells the story of James Tilly Matthews. The story provides us with a vivid picture of the psychiatry, political and social aspects of the late eighteenth-century and shows the importance to present incidences of madness, conspiracies, mind control and manipulation. Matthews was introduced to the audience reading the book by interrupting a debate in the House of Commons. He…

Henry Jekyll, a highly regarded doctor, struggles to repress his darker side. In Robert Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jekyll is faced with the archetypal theme of struggling between the two forces of good and evil. From early on in his life he chooses the former, but his mind is still tempted by dark urges. It’s this suppression of his second nature that causes him to go to extremes to escape the life he feels trapped in. Despite this, he is still internally torn…

GOTTA’ DO IT THESIS: Curiosity leads to the downfall of a person. Exploration is acting upon one’s curiosity. These two themes are very prominent in the two texts; Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The themes have many strong ties in both texts, with the characters and ties the overall plots of the stories. Jekyll has created a potion which turns him into what we learn is Mr. Hyde. Jekyll originally did not intend to drink the potion but his curiosity and…

In the book, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” written by Robert Louis Stevenson, it is about one man with two different personalities. Dr. Jekyll is the protagonist in the story and Mr. Hyde is another form of Dr. Jekyll, who plays the antagonist. They are the same person, but with two different personalities. The character struggles in the story because he is unable to control the other personality in the actions he takes. The two different personalities are different from each…

where others see madness, and even goes as far as to argue that neurological disorder is not the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the human mind, but rather an inherent part of it. Sacks central argument, further supported through the use of ethos, logos, and pathos, is that identity and disease should be studied together in order to "restore the human subject at the centre" (Sacks viii). In an example of Ethos, Dr. Sacks demonstrates himself as an ethical narrator by openly sharing his personal…

Do you think a person has two sides? If a person hides the side they feel ashamed of will it come back to haunt that person?In society there are many people who have different sides to themselves in my opinion. For example,when a student goes with one group to another they have different personalities because they can change personalities that quick. Well,in the novel,Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde a mad scientist makes a potion or drug that is impure where he then drinks it and it turns…

Sinning Isn’t Winning The Picture of Dorian Gray: A novel that shows the drastic influence of a sinful person on a youthful, loving individual. Dorian Gray starts out as a young and innocent character, but over time, with the influential push of Lord Henry Wotton, develops an ugly soul with a still-youthful face. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland on October 16, 1854. He wrote many fairy tales along with other works. Some of these include The Soul of Man, Lady…

his good name as Doctor Jekyll. In the book, we never get the opportunity to see Hyde’s point of view, and that is because he doesn’t have one. Even when Doctor Jekyll looks like Hyde he thinks of himself as Jekyll. In the end of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jekyll talks about himself while he was in Hyde’s body and always uses “I” when describing what Hyde would do. “I looked in the mirror and saw Hyde” “I awoke to see I had the hand of Hyde”. Even when he decided to talk about…

characters, such as Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Utterson, from the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson would be disgusted by the abuse of this drug. This novella discusses the dual nature of man- good versus evil - and how an aspect of morality should be considered when engaging in scientific research and decisions. Unless prescribed, the use of steroids is dangerous and unethical, as explained by theories presented in the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll…

Men are equally balanced between the good and bad, ever since they are born. The novella shows two sides of men named Dr. Jekyll, the good side being named Dr. Jekyll and the bad side being named Mr. Hyde. Each side has a different point of view towards the meaning of good and evil. As one gets older becoming more mature, the actions that are taken in life is what determines if they are either good or bad. The nature of good and evil can be pretty hard to describe. Good can be determined as an…