Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotlan

Robert Louis Stevenson was natural November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland Throughout his childhood, he suffered chronic health. A Study of Robert Louis Stevensons use of settings, characters andsymbolism in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh,Scotland throughout his childhood he suffered chronic health problemsthat confined him to bed. He lived in constant fear of death and somepeople mean that this was where he got his grim outlook on lifefrom. The strongest influence during his childhood was that of hisnurse, Allison Cunningham, who often read aloud Pilgrims Progress andThe Old Testament, his most direct literary influences during thistime. Originally he did not intend to be an author, his father wantedhim to follow in his footsteps and become an architect.He lived in Edinburgh for most of his life it was break-dance into two,both sides played a part in molding his personality and outlook. Onone hand was the New Town, respectable, upstanding, deeply religious,and polite. On the other was a much more bohemian Edinburgh,symbolised by brothels and shadiness. The juxtaposition of the twoaspects in contrast to each other made a deep impression and alter his fascination with the duality of human nature, laterproviding the theme for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Throughout the history of the lapse-and-take critics have struggled to choosethe genre in which the book falls. The most popular opinion is that itis a Gothic novel and lies alongside Frankenstein and Dracula. Likethese books Stevenson put most of the events in the book happeningduring the night to give it a gloomy feel. The part where... ...pectives. In the beginning chapters to set the sceneStevenson narrates the story as a third person, for example hedescribes the door which was outfit with neither bell nor knocker,of the house in which Hyde lives. The Carew murder case was told asthird person, but also had a detai led account from the maid who cut itall out of her window to make the tale more believable. In thechapter, The Last Night, Poole the butler gives his account of theJekyll and Hyde story, which gives the reader an insight into contrastive characters and their personalities. And the final points of visualise are from Dr Lanyon and Jekylls letters. I think that both theseletters give the reader a chance to be a detective and piece together he two stories and find a constant theme. It also makes itseem more believable and less bias if it is written by two differentpeople.