{"id":144,"date":"2012-10-08T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-by-stevenson\/"},"modified":"2012-10-08T21:07:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T21:07:00","slug":"dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-by-stevenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chamberfour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/jekyll-and-hyde.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chamberfour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/jekyll-and-hyde.jpg?resize=240%2C320\" width=\"240\"><\/a><span>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>Point: A secret life can never be kept a secret.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Path: Stevenson leads the reader through the strange case of a man who lives a double life. This fast past Victorian \u201cthriller\u201d explores the question, \u201cWhat would a normally moral man look like if he had no inhibitions?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span><b><\/b><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Sources: Written after a dream on a similar theme, Stevenson displayed to the 19th century English public the secret life so common among humanity. In an age when\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Agreement: This is an excellent read with an imaginative theme. The author\u2019s point is driven home as the \u201cmoral\u201d Dr. Jekyll realizes that he is becoming more and more like what he has experimented with.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Disagreement: At first I was disillusioned with the apparent acceptance of a duality of nature in man (man is both good and evil). But arriving at the end, especially the final writings of Dr. Jekyll, I believe that he is showing the hypocrisy of trying to live \u201cmorally\u201d for the wrong reasons. No man is \u201cgood\u201d in himself. Rather, as one indulges his flesh, any possibility of a \u201cmorality\u201d quickly dissipates.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Personal App: Someone once said, \u201cWatch your thoughts &#8211; they become actions.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/><span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Stars: 4 out of 5<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>It would be worth another read and I would recommend it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>If this review was helpful,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R34OBL194L405F\/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B002RKSCA6&#038;linkCode=&#038;nodeID=&#038;tag=\" target=\"_blank\"> let me know here<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Point: A secret life can never be kept a secret. 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