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How does Stevenson create intrigue and engage the reader in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
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How does Stevenson create intrigue and engage the reader in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"? Stevenson engages the reader and creates intrigue In 'Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by plunging the reader into a world to help explore the duality of human nature and by creating more questions than it answers. At the time this book was published 1886 Society was very strict, did not question religion and there was a great divide between poverty and wealth. This made the reader's of the time engaged and intrigued. The setting Stevenson utilizes to create intrigue and engage the reader builds upon the theory of the duality of nature which was a prominent scheme of thought in the Victorian epoch. Doctor Jekyll is that prominent Doctor that lives in a distinguished part of London. However, Jekyll Lives in Soho, a den of iniquity. These contrasts helped to develop the duality of human...
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