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I've chosen to focus on..... (chapter/section)
Incident at the Window

Some examples of Stevenson's writing:
*setting - cool, damp, dark streets
*repetition of Jekyll being 'very low'
*'The smile was struck out of his face.'
*'They were both pale; and there was an answering horror in their eyes.'
*'The expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below.'
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I've chosen to focus on Chapter 7 - The Incident at the Window.
From the perspective of Jekyll as he changes into Hyde, looking out at the two gentlemen from the window.
The writing style changes from poetic and narrative, in the POV of Jekyll, and then to hideous, animalistic, and murderous
- narrative story ^^ can use as base??

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Utterson mentions the will, and Jekyll begins to make a joke about it, but he turns pale when Utterson tells him that he has been “learning something of young Hyde.” Jekyll explains that the situation with Hyde is exceptional and cannot be solved by talking.

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Hyde 23/5/22

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Hyde 23/5/22

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Overall Idea from Stevenson
- When Hyde transforms into Dr Jekyll in front of Dr Lanyon.
- Setting: dreary, alienated, eerie and ominous.
- Frequent use of repetition and figurative language. E.g. metaphors, similes and allusion.
- Lanyon's sheer horror and fear is described.
- Dr Jekyll confesses to being the murderer of Carew as Hyde.
- His split personality is revealed.

My Narrative Ideas
- Possible depictions of DID which can be explored in the new story using Dr Jekyll and Hyde as an inspiration or even crossover.
- A representation of how mental health can radically change someone, and the alienating experience they endure as a result of it.
- A man who has mental health condition (schizophrenia) is amid a psychosis episode.
- His delusion leads him to believing he is the infamous Mr Hyde destined to commit lurid murders involving lots of decapitation.
- Eventually he is caught and locked up in a psych ward.
- Scene shifts to his case manager urging him to talk about his convictions.
- That is when audience finds his name is in fact Larry Jekyll and he is not a man named Mr Hyde, and he has no personal connection to any individual named Mr Hyde and he was simply hallucinating these details as the case managers acquires his background.
- A psychotic episode leads him to believing he is a man named Mr Hyde who is destined to conspire fear via lurid decapitation of whomever crosses his way in the pitch black.
- The short story culminates with him in a desolate, dreary room in a psych ward, alienated from society for the well-being of the community, and himself.

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I'm thinking of choosing The Carew Murder Case because I can explore the feelings of dread and horror from the witness and possibly further explore their thought processes (e.g. the first details they notice about the scene, major descriptors they would use to describe Jekyll and Hyde.) Maybe I could also explore the idea of the witness deluding themself into blissful ignorance, believing that it never happened or that it wasn't Jekyll doing these things, so that the identity of Hyde wasn't built on just Jekyll alone but from everyone else's beliefs and set expectations that Jekyll is a good person.

I find it interesting how Robert Louis Stevenson is able to provide such detailed scenes with minimal words. Usually with a low word count, the stories would be succinct but there's this underlying mystery and uneasiness in all of the stories. Whenever the characters speak it's almost as if they're hushed, whispering in fear of an unknown force.

Probably add an extra scene with the maid looking out the window the next night, only the cold, dark streets greeted her. The blood had been cleaned and the poor old man's limbs were no longer splayed across the asphalt. Every sign of the incident occurring had disappeared, leaving the poor maid alone with nothing but her own thoughts and memories of the event that had transpired.
(Somehow that's much less comforting than it should be.)

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I've chosen to focus on Chapter 4. My story is going to be that Mr. Hyde was actually Jack the ripper, who was a unidentified serial killer in london during the late 1800s. My story will cover murders that Mr. Hyde committed and i will replicate the street description, time of day, Hyde's description from the Carew murder case in my story.

Some examples of Stevenson's writing:
* Feelings of dread and horror
* Vivid details about Hyde beating the man
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ive chosen to focus on chapter 7 (the incident at the window)

some examples of stevensons writing:

- he describes how scared mr utterson and mr enfield are by saying, "they were both pale, and there was an answering horror in their eyes."
- he describes jeklls mood as very low and dreary
- describes the setting as "very cool, a little damp and full of premature twilight" and "high up overhead, was still bright with sunlight"

Things I'd like to include in my story:

- How he describes the scenery and setting, " full of premature twilight"
- the instance of how two of his friends witness something horrifying, and jekylls instant reaction of closing the window shut
- The reaction, them both leaving somewhere safer without needing to talk
- the use of show not tell
- theres very little dialouge in this chapter but the description of the situation speaks volumes and shows the reader exactly whats happening and what people are thinking

Ideas that I have/themes I'd like to explore:

- how people react when facing something scary and something they cant explain
-"an expression of such abject terror and despair froze the blood of the two gentlemen below"
- the process of his horrific change, " the smile was struck out his face"

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I've chosen to focus on the maidservant's perspective of Hyde's murder in 'The Carew Murder case' in chapter 4.

Some examples of Stevenson's writing
* setting - peaceful to horrific, 'brilliantly lit by the full moon.'
* description of the 'kind' and 'polite' victim juxtaposed to the terror elements of Hyde.
* He expresses great detail and description of Hyde's temper, examples include: 'great flame of anger' and 'hailing down a storm of blows.' Along with the simile 'ape-like fury'

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Things I'd like to include in my story
- The gruesome descriptions of Hyde's slaughter of the innocent victim on the streets from an outsider's perspective.

Ideas that I have/themes I'd like to explore
I want to explore the theme of terror in the streets. The juxtaposition of the description of being 'brilliantly lit by the full moon' along with the feeling of peace and musing associated with the calm streets are fractured in an instant when Hyde appears.
Additionally, I would like to explore the animalistic characteristics associated with Hyde, as Stevenson often portrays Hyde's disheveled nature to be linked with animal characteristics for example the simile of 'ape-like fury.'

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I've chosen to focus on..... (chapter/section)
Chapter 7 - the incident at the window

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Some examples of Stevenson's writing:
* descriptions of fear by Utterson and Enfeild when they witness Dr Jekll transformation into Hyde at the window
* Utterson and Enfeild instilled fear.
* Show don't tell used by Stevenson
* " like a man resorted from death"
* " i cannot even in memory dwell on it without a start of horror.
* Transformation from drinking the liquid- Turning into some kind of man monster

Things I'd like to include in my story
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Ideas that I have/themes I'd like to explore.
* Transformation of Hyde
* Horror
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I've chosen to focus on..... (chapter/section)
Chapter 9 (the last section when he drank the liquid and transformed)
Some examples of Stevenson's writing:
* Jekyll's facial expressions: injected eyes, gasping with an open mouth, the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me even with tears of penitence
* Lanyon's genuine fear - to shield me from that prodigy, my mind submerged in horror
* use of hyperbole - the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of day and night,
* repetition - i saw what i saw, i heard what i heard
* the duality of human nature, the 'creature' embodied in Hyde depicting the change in world view by Lanyon
Things I'd like to include in my story
* Hyde's perspective of his transformation (the cynical suffering of Jekyll - Hyde's transformation as of a 'flip of the switch' as he drank the liquid)
Ideas that I have/themes I'd like to explore.
* the concept of duality of human nature (change in personality)

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I've chosen to focus on chapter 8,
The Last Night

Some examples of Stevenson's writing:
*"It was but for one minute that i saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills."

Ideas:
I'm thinking of doing this chapter through Hyde's perspective, with him stealthy maneuvering around his own house trying not to be seen by the house servants, creepily rummaging around for the medicine

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Hyde probably killed other people that weren't ever traced back to him so maybe I could write about a murder or a series of murders he committed somewhere in London that weren't mentioned in the book.

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I've chosen to focus on Chapter 9 – DR. LANYON’S NARRATIVE in the passage Hyde transforms into Jekyll with the vial of odd liquid as Lanyon voluntarily watches in2

Some examples of Stevenson's writing:
He describes in great detail the horror Dr Lanyon felt emotionally when he witnessed Hyde turned into Jekyll with the amount of adjectives he uses to create a certain picture for a reader/audience

He describes the horror of the physical transformation of Hyde as the "melting alter of his face" and that he was staring "with injected eyes". and "like a man restored from death"

Uses describing words such as "reeled, staggered, clutched,  pale and shaken"

Things I'd like to include in my story
over obsessing on one detailed sentence to add extra emotion e.g My life is shaken to its roots; sleep has left me; the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of the day and night; I feel that my days are numbered, and that I must die; and yet I shall die incredulous.
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Ideas that I have/themes I'd like to explore.
·Violence against innocent people (tramples the little girl and murders the elderly Sir Carew)

People as animalistic as the way Stevenson presents Hyde, as if he is savage and uncontrolled and that Jekyll has lost all control of Hyde within him rather than how he was able to hide Hyde before.
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I want to explore the duality of human nature themes not just with Jekyll but also the maid, maybe have her appear calm and collected in front of other people but subtly avoid the window where the scene took place. And maybe also that while she appears to feel sympathetic for the man, she doesn't report Jekyll, fearing that he may come back and attack her if she does; prioritizing her own safety over honoring the poor soul.

I think i also want to utilize repetition (something the author uses a lot) to further enforce the key ideas that i want to communicate.

Clear descriptions of the scene whilst leaving room for imagination to cause the reader to assume based off of small hints and build up an image from there is what the author uses to amp the horror of the scenes. That they're so gruesome and awful that they could not even be described. I want to try and use this advanced version of show not tell in a darker setting, make it seem as if the maid is truly trapped inside her own head and let the reader's theories of the scene swirl around. This could also play into the motif of silence used in the book, using the contrast of her silent voice and buzzing brain to emphasize that.

Cool Quotes:
“man is not truly one, but truly two," - Jekyll

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Ideas Presented in the text:

Stevenson makes Jekyll believe that “man is not truly one, but truly two,” and that these two evil and good sides are in conflict. He attempts to separate them with his potion but meddling with his goodness only strengthens Hyde’s ability to take over until Jekyll can no longer survive. It shows just what can happen to goodness if you let evil take over.

Stevenson describes people animalistically —Hyde is hairy and ugly and acts on instinct. He is more than an animal, because he has emotional reactions by enjoying his immoral, deliberate crimes. Hyde kills Carew with “ape-like fury” and shows no remorse for his actions.

Stevenson also describes

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I've chosen to focus on chapter 4- The Carew Murder Case
Examples of Stevenson's writing:
'the early part of the night was cloudless'- conveys an innocent, open and unsuspecting tone.
the lane was 'brilliantly lit by the full moon'
' a dream of musing'
A sense of peace and altered perspective of the world.
Description of characters
older man ->aged, beautiful gentlemen, white hair, polite, innocent, all-world kindness of disposition, well-founded self content.
Hyde-> ill-contained impatience, held a heavy cane.

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what I would like to capture and include in my story:
*The creepiness and horrifying aura that Hyde carries about him and how he instills fear into anyone who sees him.
*Hyde wanting control over Jekyll, to no longer be 'let out' whenever Jekyll pleases. (an internal conflict between Jekyll and Hyde)
*Add a section where Hyde murders a maid (leaves Poole and Utterson in fear they may be next)

Ideas in the text i would like to relate to:
Violence against innocent
People as animistic
Rational and Irrational

Quotes:

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Need some work here Oli - try to establish a clear idea today.

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In this chapter 10, Jekyll writes a letter to someone and explains his experience and case as he turns into Hyde.
" He enjoyed being Hyde until he turned into Hyde one night without the help of the potion. It was at this moment he felt frightened and decided to stop the experiment as he did not want to be forever evil "
- his evil personality/ side takes over his normal consciousness, this may mean that his "normal" "sane" self was overpowered by his need for evil.

- In my story, i want to have this experience of a character's actions spiraling out of their control until they can't control it and become scared of who they will become and also include a butterfly effect of sorts where a small decision creates a big problem or something big happens as a result of the small decision

- literary devices i want to use are imagery, symbolism and foreshadowing to build an interesting plot.

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I've chosen to focus on chapter 4, the carew murder case

Some examples of Stevenson's writing:
* Stevenson depicts Hyde to have an animal-like disposition as he maintains an "ape-like fury"
* Maid describes Hyde as a "madman" who she had a "dislike" towards
* Hyde breaks out in "a great flame of anger" as something inside him snaps
* Hyde is "particularly wicked-looking", as if his horrid appearance matches the horror of his soul
* setting - begins peaceful and charming, quickly changes to horrific quickly as the dark alleyway is illustrated
* victim is described as "kind" and "polite", this contrasts to the dark description of Hyde
Things I'd like to include in my story
* From Hyde's perspective
* Capture the darkness and true evil of Hyde, describe his appearance to be hideous and horrifying
* The innocence and purity of the elderly man who was cruelly killed
Ideas that I have/themes I'd like to explore.
* The dark and evil thoughts of Hyde as he beats Carew to death
* Hyde gaining control over Jekyll and his internal struggle to take back control over his actions
* Beginning the story with Jekyll's transformation to Hyde, then following Hyde's actions and the murder he commits
* Evil - through the killing of an innocent elderly man

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"with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot, and hailing down a storm of blows." - people as animalistic

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Utterson suspects that Jekyll is Hyde but doesn't suggest this in the text.
Utterson suspicious that Jekyll is up to something.
Pale and similar appearance, as well as the way they speak. Similar letter written helped him make the connection.
Start with the day of the first time potion was taken and Jekyll 's excitement with the experiment and ability to separate his good and evil sides. Could I write of the time with Jekyll changed his will after he had the very first potion to change into Hyde. Could Jekyll look in the mirror and have a terrified reaction to what Hyde looked like?

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Idea: Night time, raining cobbled London street with a lamppost providing a dim spotlight, Hyde sees a posh bourgeois guy smoking and he asks for a cigarette and the posh dude says no so Hyde literally murders him with his umbrella and runs off and no-one saw it happen. The point of this story is to demonstrate how ruthless Hyde could be when unprovoked and that he has no motives to be evil.

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IDEAS PRESENTED
1. Jekyll believes that “man is not truly one, but truly two,” and that these two evil and good sides are in conflict. He attempts to separate them with his potion but meddling with his goodness only strengthens Hyde’s ability to take over until Jekyll can no longer survive. It shows just what can happen to goodness if you let evil take over.

2. Hyde’s appalling and repulsive physical appearance symbolises his internal unethical behaviour. His size is due to the way Jekyll has tried to repress that evil side of him for so long. Jekyll starts off believing that Hyde size suggests that the evil side of him is smaller, which is proven to be wrong. It is important to note that Jekyll knows what crimes Hyde commits, yet is quick to retake the potion and metamorphosis again anytime he wants. This damages Jekyll’s façade as an upstanding citizen and shows that evil is stronger.

-  Overall idea is the annihilation of good, the interconnection between these two concepts as Hyde's demeanour dominates the virtue of Jekyll as he drinks the vial of liquid, it highlights the conflict between the two. Lanyon describes the transformation between the two and my narrative idea is derived from these presented ideas as writing it from Jekyll or Hyde's perspective provides an insight to the thought process of his evil to good, the contradiction between societal and world views. During the transition, the description of the struggle of containing the noble side of him and emotional weight that lingers beneath supressing the evil side. or the description of pushing the evil to tramp the good.
appearance of the liquid - "the phial to which i next turned my attention, might have been about half-full of blood-red liquor, which was highly pungent to the sense of smell and seemed to me to contain phosphorus and some volatile ether" p50
"... measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders. the mixture, which was at first f a reddish hue, began, in proportion

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incorporated in Stevenson's writing :
"man is not truly one, but truly two" - two evil and good sides are in conflict.

Hyde’s corrupt  behavior --- how different his self deminar is compared to Dr Jekell, ( personality switches )

Idea for story : From Dr jekyll point of view writing about his worries about Mr Hyde - Jekyll is disturbed and distressed finding out about the worsening things that Mr Hyde does, Jekyll is worried about losing his place in society and what people think of him, Jekyll distressed about not being able to control hyde or his transformation. evidently the demise of Dr Jekyll

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Ideas and Themes
- The 'double liife' Dr Jekyll leads due to his counterpart, Hyde as he believes "man is not truly one, but truly two".
-  His counterpart's name, Hyde, a pun for "hide" is a guise. His alter identity he keeps concealed for a majority of the text.
- Potential mental health issues hindering his ability to function normally in society
- The insidious nature of human beings can often triumph over their naïve, kind-hearted nature.
- Duality and it's detrimental repercussions.
- Silence can speak volumes, occasionally even more prominent than words.
- A human's refusal to acknowledge the pernicious aspects, often drowning in denial as ignorance proves itself blissful, but only for a fraction of time.
- Stevenson insinuates people are capable of portraying animalistic tendencies. This is scrutinized via Hyde's lurid and remorseless slaughtering of Carew with "ape-like fury".

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Storyline :

Point of view from Dr jekyll and his thoughts on Mr Hyde as he becomes increasingly violent and more more controlling over Henry's body and mind evidently causing the downfall ( Henrys suicide to "kill" Mr hyde )

using connections from the book into my story e.g -

Quotes
"Someday, Utterson, after I am dead, you may perhaps come to learn the right and wrong of this. I cannot tell you."

"I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very strange — a very strange one.

"It is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking." - describing the relationship between Dr jekyll and Mr hyde.

"I felt that I was forced to choose between those two natures of mine, who had memory in common, but did not share the rest of the faculties to the same extent "

."If he is Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek."

O my poor Henry Jekyll, if I ever read satan's signature upon a face, it is your new friend."

Yes,  had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde. How was this to be explained? I asked myself; and then, with another bound of terror—how was it to be remedied? "

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I've chosen to focus on.....
Jekyll hiding his identity

Some examples of Stevenson's writing:
- "Lacking hold his head high yet being in a honorable position"
-"He was in a even deeper trench than other men"

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Included in Stevenson's writing:
* Hyde is animalistic - he acts on instinct and gives into his desires no matter how dark they are, he's often referred to as "ape-like"
*terror in the streets - dark events are depicted, in a dark, cold alleyway
*Hyde's revolting appearance - he is described as "particularly wicked-looking" with a "haunting sense of unexpressed deformity" by those who have seen his face

Relate to my story:
* Hyde's animalistic nature (hyde/jekyll pov) - I felt a pang in my chest as my body contorted and I reached to clutch the table, instead I missed and held onto the empty air instead. An excruciating cry left my lips, as I reeled in the pain and waited for the change to be completed.
* terror in the streets (setting) - the dark, cold street was filled with an eerie silence as merely a soul strolled through the street at this hour. Here debris constantly remained and those who lived above the gloomy street were seen in their windows, asleep.
*discuss why did jekyll want to separate his personalities - was he evil/jealous all along and wanted an excuse to act like this or was his intention to discover if scientifically possible

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I'm choosing to focus on chapter 7
Incident at the Window

I like the concept as there is probably a lot to write about Jekyll's transformation.
Examples Of Stevenson's Writing:
"The smile was struck out of his face."
"They were both pale; and there was an answering horror in their eyes."
"Froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below."

I think this chapter was made mainly to raise suspense and keep the reader interested in the character of Dr Jekyll.

The environment is described as "very cool and a little damp. Full of premature twilight."

An idea for the piece I have is for either them to enter the house in an attempt to help Jekyll or for them to believe he is a demon and try to get rid of the demon they believe to by Mr Hyde.

This is because they say "God forgive us, God forgive us." The theme of god is mentioned throughout the book.

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Robert Louis Stevenson likes to show not tell, meaning he describes what the characters are doing without just saying it.
"They were both pale; and there was an answering horror in their eyes."
The repetition of "God forgive us, God forgive us," shows terror through repetition which is something I would use.

I want to depict the fear in the characters along with the confusion and unease that they are feeling.

I want to add more of a thriller aspect to unfold a revelation around Dr Jekyll's case. They might find the potion but think he is lying. Jekyll perhaps trying to hide his connections to Hyde when they find him.