Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 by https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym Author of the Victorian Age en-us 2016-12-06 08:48:27 UTC 2024-01-23 10:08:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Biography elena_pedevilla https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141946844 - 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]]> 2016-12-06 08:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141946844 A modern myth elena_pedevilla https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141947297 - 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

]]> 2016-12-06 09:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141947297 Trips franziska_franziskapycha_pycha https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141947702 -French Riviera (respiratory illness)
-California (joined Frances Osbourne and married her in 1880)
-England (lived there for three years)]]> 2016-12-06 09:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141947702 Literary success franziska_franziskapycha_pycha https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141948242 -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 

]]> 2016-12-06 09:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141948242 Last years in the Pacific franziska_franziskapycha_pycha https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141949365 -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"

]]> 2016-12-06 09:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141949365 The novel's realism and symbolism elena_pedevilla https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141949449 -combination of realism and symbolism
-on one Hand, Stevenson wrote very precisely, on the other Hand, openly symbolically
-conclusion: evil thriumphates over good

]]> 2016-12-06 09:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/141949449 Issues and themes elena_pedevilla https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143044904 -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]]> 2016-12-12 07:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143044904 The story franziska_franziskapycha_pycha https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143045052 -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]]> 2016-12-12 07:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143045052 Additional information elena_pedevilla https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143045184 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]]> 2016-12-12 07:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143045184 elena_pedevilla https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143046843 2016-12-12 07:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143046843 elena_pedevilla https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143047259 2016-12-12 07:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143047259 elena_pedevilla https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143047938 2016-12-12 07:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143047938 melauthor https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143674862 2016-12-14 17:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/elena_pedevilla/pbms3izhkym/wish/143674862