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IDENTITY

IDENTITY. A CURRENT QUEST By Lucia Schiavone Liceo Scientifico “A.Diaz”. Performance Genre Author Success Main Character Dual Nature Ambiguity Setting Fiction features Historical setting. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Stevenson’s Horror Story. Born in Edinburgh In1850

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IDENTITY

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  1. IDENTITY A CURRENT QUEST By Lucia Schiavone Liceo Scientifico “A.Diaz”

  2. Performance • Genre • Author • Success • Main Character • Dual Nature • Ambiguity • Setting • Fiction features • Historical setting

  3. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

  4. Stevenson’s Horror Story

  5. Born in Edinburgh In1850 Fight against ill-health Travelling abroad Met Henry James Wrote stories and Romances 1883 Treasure Islands 1886 dr Jekyll Enjoyed popularity Robert Louis Stevenson

  6. Stevenson’s Success • Enjoyed great popularity in his lifetime, then his literary reputation decreased, but by 1950 his contribution was universally acknowledged.

  7. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde To Look Jekyll ---to be Hyde

  8. The Tale

  9. The dual Nature of Man • On one side ordinary life • On the other one a low life

  10. Ambiguity • Dr.Jekyll’s infernal alter ego embodies a part of the general Victorian crisis.

  11. A Hunt Through the nocturnal Streets of London

  12. Critical of Victorian Hypocrisy • Victorian respectability • Victorian values • Victorian compromise • Victorian contradictions

  13. British 19th Fiction Features • Clarity of expression • Suspense of events • Stress on action • Psychological analysis • Experiment with different narrative techniques

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