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How important is the setting in R L Stevenson’s portrayal of a double life in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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How important is the setting in R L Stevenson's portrayal of a double life in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The strange case of 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' was written in 1886 by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Robert Lewis Stevenson was born and brought up in Edinburgh in the 1850's. He was part of a middle class family, his parents were strict Christians and it was very important to them that Stevenson behaved respectfully. When Stevenson was a child, Stevenson's nanny frightened him with stories of hell and suffering which may have contributed to his ideas in the novel. When he was a young man in Edinburgh he may have used a false name or a hidden identity in order to indulge himself in forbidden activities or he may have fantasized about them, like crime, affairs and homosexuality. In Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Stevenson uses his experiences to describe the...
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