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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author misanthropic Edward Hyde.

The work is commonly associated with the rare mental condition often spuriously called "split personality ", wherein within the same person there are at least two distinct personalities. In this case, the two personalities in Dr Jekyll are apparently good and evil, with completely opposite levels of morality. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.

However, some readers have argued that the "dual personalities" interpretation is overly-simplistic. Jekyll himself notes that a person may be divided into many more than two distinct personalities he expects that researchers in the future will discover that a person is made up of many different selves. In his discussion of the novel, argues that the "good versus evil" view of the novel is misleading, as Jekyll himself is not, by Victorian standards, a morally good person .

Another popular interpretation is the "civilized versus animalistic" approach. Other readers have argued even further that the split between Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde represents the civilized and the animalistic version of the same person. The description of Hyde as an almost prehuman creature and his actions that occur without thought, suggest that Hyde is more animal than man. Dr. Jeykll on the other hand, can be seen as in a constant state of repression with the only thing controlling his urges are the possible consequences brought on by civilized society.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an immediate success and is one of Stevenson's best-selling works. Stage adaptations began in Boston and London within a year of its publication and it has gone on to inspire scores of major film and stage performances.

Plot Analysis Characters Dr Henry Jekyll / Mr Edward Hyde Dr Hastie Lanyon Mr Gabriel John Utterson Poole Richard Enfield Inspector Newcomen Sir Danvers Carew Adaptations References

Stevenson published the book as Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (without "The"), for reasons unknown, but it has been supposed to increase the "strangeness" of the case (Richard Dury (2005)). Later publishers added "The" to make it grammatically correct, but it was not the author's original intent. The story is often known today simply as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde or even Jekyll and Hyde.

English pronunciation: is the accepted general pronunciation.

. Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: An Introductory Essay." Signet Classic, 2003

Swearingen, Roger G. The Prose Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson. London: Macmillan, 1980. (ISBN) p. 37.

ISBN 978-0-333-98400-0

^ Nightmare: Birth of Victorian Horror (TV series) Jekyll and Hyde (1996)

^ Sanford, John A. Evil The Shadow Side of Reality. Crossroad (1981)

^ The Guardian, 13-Dec-2008

Robert Louis Stevenson and His World, David Daiches, 1973

. The Daily Telegraph (London). 1998-07-25. Retrieved 2010-05-24.

Derivative works of Robert Louis Stevenson

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