Concetti Chiave
- Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850, initially studied engineering and law, but pursued a career in literature.
- His first adventure novel, Treasure Island, gained him immediate fame, which was further enhanced by The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886.
- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde explores themes of dual personality and ethical dilemmas raised by scientific progress in the Victorian era.
- Stevenson's novel highlighted the Victorian era's moral duplicity and the internal conflict between good and evil within individuals.
- In 1888, Stevenson traveled extensively in the South Pacific, where he became a legendary figure, known as "Tusitala" or "Storyteller" among the locals.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevensoon waas born in Edinburgh in 1850. He studied engineering and then law at Edinburgh University.
Both law and engineering were his family's choice; he always preferred literature and in 1875 he decided to be a professional writer.
His first adventure-novel, Treasure Island, it's a pirate story and brought him immediate fame.
This fame increased when he published The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886, a short novel of mystery and horror.
The interest for the ethical problems raised by the progress made by science in the Victorian Age is visible in the novel.
Stevenson in 1888 chartered a yatch and sailed for the South Pacific.
He went to Hawaii, Tahiti, Australia and Polynesia and then he settled in Samoa.He tried to understand the Pacific and for the people he became a legends and they called him Tusitala that means Story teller.
He died for an haemorrhage in 1894.
The strange case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde
Stevenson's most famous book came out in January 1886 and was a success from the start.
The story of Dr Jekyll and his evil double Mr Hyde talks about double personality.
This nove both shocked and pleased contemporary readers. The fact that a respectable man like Jekyll have a double life, strinkes at the core of the Victorian compromise and at the duplicity of the age's moral standards.
The reasons for the novel's appeal are to be found in the dramatic conflict that the novel present : man embodies good and evil; these two sides may be separated and left to fight each other.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde shows a new awareness of the human mind, made up of different contrasting and incoherent pieces. Stevenson express this through the conflict between good and evil, his sensibility heralds the oncoming age of psychoanalysis.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è stato il primo romanzo di avventura di Robert Louis Stevenson e quale impatto ha avuto sulla sua carriera?
- Quali temi etici vengono esplorati nel romanzo "Lo strano caso del Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde"?
- Come è stato accolto "Lo strano caso del Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde" dai lettori contemporanei e quale messaggio trasmette?
Il primo romanzo di avventura di Robert Louis Stevenson è stato "L'isola del tesoro", una storia di pirati che gli ha portato fama immediata.
Il romanzo esplora i problemi etici legati ai progressi scientifici dell'epoca vittoriana, concentrandosi sul conflitto tra il bene e il male all'interno della mente umana.
Il romanzo ha sia scioccato che soddisfatto i lettori contemporanei, trasmettendo un messaggio sulla duplicità della natura umana e la lotta tra le sue componenti contrastanti.
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