I’m sure that you could guess that yes, my monster comes from the mind of J.R.R. Tolkien but it not the one you may think. I find that the ring itself is a monster I think of. Many times in the books (and movies) the ring seems to have a mind of its own and […]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has really set the scene for this class, as we try to define what qualities monsters possess. This is not the first time I was exposed to the Jekyll and Hyde concept. My first interpretation of the story was from the children’s movie, The Pagemaster. During my first exposure, […]
Prior to having read the novel itself (which I did for the first time last week), I had had one previous experience with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This occurred when I was seven years old and PBS aired the Wishbone (who was a Jack Russell Terrier with an impressive repertoire of doggy tricks and […]
While reading this book, it really baffled me as to how many times it used the word ‘afraid’ or ‘fear’. Whether it was people being afraid of Mr. Hyde or Mr. Utterson fearing for the life of Dr. Jekyll, the word had many different emotions from different scenarios stamped to it. Even the first […]
As Jekyll describes his struggle to cut Hyde out of his life after the violence and chaos this alter-ego puts into motion, he speaks like an addict trying to abstain from his next fix. Jekyll attempts to go cold turkey, but after two months on the wagon he describes […]