Contextual Studies 2015
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R.L. Stevenson was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. As a child, he was often ill and unable to attend school, so he spent much time reading books in bed, including works by Shakespeare and from the Old Testament. This inspired his most famous work, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", which explores the duality of human nature and was influenced by real-life cases of people with dual personalities, such as William Brodie and the Burke and Hare murders.
Contextual Studies 2015
- 1. Robert Louis Stevenson R.L Stevenson was born and brought up in Edinburgh Scotland. As a child, he was very ill for most of the time and thus could not attend school. Whilst ill in bed, he would read a lot of books - mostly Shakespeare, The Old Testament and the Knights of Arabia.
- 2. Robert Louis Stevenson R.L Stevenson was born and brought up in Edinburgh Scotland. As a child, he was very ill for most of the time and thus could not attend school. Whilst ill in bed, he would read a lot of books - mostly Shakespeare, The Old Testament and the Knights of Arabia. Stevenson was a popular travel writer in his day, but also became a lawyer. Stevenson had always been interested in ‘good and evil’, which was one of his main inspirations for making Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde He married Fanny Vandegrift Odourne in 1880, who often helped him with rewrites and story suggestions.
- 3. Deacon Brodie William ‘Deacon’ Brodie was a respected cabinet maker, and deacon of the trades guild who was found to rob people’s houses at night. After a failed raid in 1788, Brodie went on the run but was soon discovered. On 1st October 1788 he was hung from the neck at Tolbooth prison. R.L Stevenson was amazed at how Brodie had a semblance of a hard working and honourable man, but also a darker nature that would come out at night. This inspired “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”.
- 4. The Burke and Hare Murders Burke and Hare were two Irish immigrants who sold corpses to Doctor Robert Knox for lectures on the human body in 1828. They started off just selling corpses that they found or robbed from graves, but then they started actually murdering people by getting them drunk.
- 5. The Burke and Hare Murders Burke and Hare were two Irish immigrants who sold corpses to Doctor Robert Knox for lectures on the human body in 1828. They started off just selling corpses that they found or robbed from graves, but then they started actually murdering people by getting them drunk. When arrested, Burke was granted immunity if he gave evidence against Hare, as they knew they would blame each other. Hare was hanged in 1829.
- 6. The Burke and Hare Murders Burke and Hare were two Irish immigrants who sold corpses to Doctor Robert Knox for lectures on the human body in 1828. They started off just selling corpses that they found or robbed from graves, but then they started actually murdering people by getting them drunk. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written in 1886 and was thought to be partially inspired by the real events of Burke and Hare. When arrested, Burke was granted immunity if he gave evidence against Hare, as they knew they would blame each other. Hare was hanged in 1829. In fact, there was a 1971 film called Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde that portrayed Dr Jekyll as Burke and Hare’s employer.
- 7. The Meaning of Duality A dual state or quality, one cannot exist without the other. Peace and War Love and Hate Up and Down Black and White Yin and Yang Good and Evil
- 8. Gothic Horror is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romanticism. Gothic Horror Examples of Classic Gothic Horror
- 9. Gothic Horror Examples of Classic Gothic Horror Gothic Horror is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romanticism. Gothic Horror Examples of Modern Gothic Horror
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