What Is The Theme Of Supernaturalism In Dr. Jekyll And Mr...

In Robert Louis Stevensons Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the use of themes plays a huge impact on the shaping of the novel and the characters. Most of the dramatic actions within the story consists of preventing the downfall of the two main â€Å"characters†, or in other words it is Utterson partaking in damage control to prevent Dr. Jekyll being brought into the horrid actions of Mr. Hyde. The themes within the novel play right into the actions of the characters and help dramatize the downfall of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Throughout the novel a tension between the world of reason and science is created, which plays into the readers inability to cope with the idea of dualty or supernaturalism. Stevenson suppresses the length of the novel to help the†¦show more content†¦Dr. Jekyll was so interested in becoming the first to create a person with dual personality, which caused him to overlook the havok and chaois his other personality was creating. Jekyll admits that his ambiti ons got the best of him as his â€Å"temptation of a discovery so singular and profound at last overcame the suggestions of alarm† (Gale Virtual Reference Library 7). He was so seizing the opportunity in becoming this great scientist that he does not realize all the demolition that his alter ego is creating. It is hard for one to discover their identity and once someone does discover their identity it may be hard for them to accept it, which is seen with Dr. Jekyll as he trys to interpret if his dual identity is beneficial or not. During this struggle of accepting the dual nature of his idenity throughout his life it creates a disturbance of the natural order of the universe. So, he finally comes to the conclussion that not only him but everyone is plagued with the parasite of dual nature. Through careful consideration and many years of thing Dr. Jekyll came to the conclusion that â€Å" With every day, and for both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to that turth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed..that man is not truly one, but truly two† (Stevenson 80). He finally realized that his idenity was not such an awful thing because he belived all people posses the sameShow MoreRelatedEvolution of Horror Essays1497 Words   |  6 Pagesexistence of an afterlife, and the Devil. Gothic Horror, a literary genre which first drew from these foundations, emerged in the eighteenth century. â€Å"The Castle of Otranto† (1764), by Horace Walpole, was the first modern novel to incorporate supernaturalism instead of realism. This novel became popular immediately after publication and inspired works such as â€Å"The Mysteries of Udolpho† (1794) by Ann Radcliffe and â€Å"The Monk† (1797) by Matthew Lewis. Female authors wrote much of Gothic Horror literature