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- Born in Edinburgh in 1850
- Son of a successful civil engineer
-R.L. Stevenson studied Engineering and law
-by 1875 he decided to become a professional writer
-he rebelled against his father Calvinistic religion

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-French Riviera (respiratory illness)
-California (joined Frances Osbourne and married her in 1880)
-England (lived there for three years)

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-Treasure Island (adventure novel): a pirate Story which brought him immediate fame
-The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde (short novel):
-> his example was Edgar Allan Poe with his mystery and horror films
-> interest in ethical problems because of the progress of science
-Tree popular Scottish stories: Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae and Catriona

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-sailed to the Pacific for reasons of health
-visited Tahiti, Hawaii, Polynesia, Australia and Samoa (settled there)
-tried to understand the inhabitants and customs
-died in December 1894
-left a collection of travel sketches, "In the South Seas"

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- famous novel: The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
-written in 1886
-two issues: -double personality
-Problem of evil within man
-Content of short Story: Highlights reality of the Victorian Age and strikes at the core of the Victorian Compromise
-main problematic: struggle between good and evil
-describes fact that the man embodies good and evil->if Person has both, it lead to the distruction of each other
-new awarness of the human mind
-conflict betweeen good and evil led to the oncoming Age of psychoanalysis

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-Dr.Jekyll, a scientist with a sober life, has the idea-> he has an evil side next to his good side
-Therefore he gives birth to one good and one bad person by discovering a drug
-After he took this drug he turned into another person: Mr.Hyde, who commits all sorts of crimes
-As Mr.Hyde he becomes more dangerous from time to time until he is ready to kill somebody
-So, he tries to rid himself of Hyde for ever; he recognizes that he lost control over him and commits suicide, leaving a letter with the explanation of the case

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-combination of realism and symbolism
-on one Hand, Stevenson wrote very precisely, on the other Hand, openly symbolically
-conclusion: evil thriumphates over good

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-the dramatic conflict between man's good and evil natures
-the duplicity of the age's moral standards
-the many contradictory aspects that make up a single personality
-elements of the crime story
-psychological realism

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THRILLER ELEMENTS:
-title: the word "case" points to "police case" and "medical, psychological case"
-setting: a foggy, badly-lit London, deserted streets
-scattered clues throughout the story

WRITING:
-one of the first english prosa writer
-copmplex structure
-three narrative points of view
1) third person narrator
2) Dr. Lanyon's perspective
3) Dr. Jekyll's perspective