The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1.Synopsis The story is about the dualism of human nature. The main character, Dr. Jekyll tries to seperate his good from his evil side into a different body. For that purpose he creates a drug. Finally everything gets out of hand with the result of Dr. Jekylls death. 2. Life and work of the author: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850- 1894) is known to be a typical author of …

…actions can be dangerous. That‘ s a timeless problem that has ever been there throughout the human history. The newest exemple is propably the discussion about gene technology. Because of the popularity of this story I already knew that Jekyll and Hyde are the exact same person. If I hadn‘ t known that the book would have been more exciting to read. It was still interesting because of the way how the story was told.