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Stevenson claimed that the inspiration of ‘The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ was a ‘fine bogey tale’. To what extent do you believe it to be a mere horror story?
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Stevenson claimed that the inspiration of 'The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' was a 'fine bogey tale'. To what extent do you believe it to be a mere horror story? 'The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' is not simply a horror, but incorporates various genres, thus cannot be classified under a single category. As it includes various genres, it is open to interpretation. Some see it as a mere horror, others as more of a psychological account, or a moral tale conveying a message. The novel is not a straightforward one, and contains elements of all three. To ascertain to what extent it is 'merely' a horror, we must first examine what defines a horror. One aspect of horror is the clear presence of an evil antagonist fighting the good protagonist; the main character. In the story, there is one clear antagonist: Hyde. There are...
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