The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and FrankensteinBy Taylor Radford, Spencer Caldwell, Grant Smith, Madden Sauder, Taylor Hawkins, Dalton Eply, Alexa Grauer, and Samantha Mitchell

Table of Contents Warm-Up History of Robert Louis Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary History of Mary Shelley Frankenstein Summary Activity Quiz

Spencer’s Warm-UpSpencer Caldwell

The Warm-Up What comes to mind when you think of

the word evil? What defines a person as evil? Can some things be misconceived as evil?

Robert Louis StevensonBy Taylor Hawkins

Was born on November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Throughout childhood he suffered chronic health problems that confined him to a bed.

His strongest influence during his childhood was his nurse, Allison Cunningham, who read him Pilgrim’s Progress and The Old Testament.

Early Life

In 1867 he attended Edinburgh University as a science student, where he followed in his father’s footsteps and became a civil engineer

However, on the side he spent much of his time studying French Literature, Scottish history, and works of Darwin and Spencer.

Education

In 1873 he became ill and was required to take an extended rest abroad .

On his return back, he began writing book reviews and articles that began appearing in distinguished journals such as The Fortnightly Review.

Life and Works

Life and Works During this time met his future wife,

Fanny Vandergrift Osbourne, who was still married; however, three years later he went to San Francisco with her, where she obtained a divorce from her husband and married Stevenson in May 1880.

In August 1880 he returned to England and during this time published his first book, An Inland Voyage (1878).

He and his wife live in England from 1880-1887 where he published his first novel, Treasure Island (1883) followed by: The Strange case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde (1886) and Kidnapped (1886).

His father died in 1887, this prompted Stevenson to leave England and stay in America for a year.

Life and Works

Life and Works In May 1888 he set sail for the South

Seas with his wife, stepson and mother, where in December 1889 he bought an estate in Apia, Samoa.

He lived here until his death 5 years later. During this time he completed many writings, which include two of his finest novels. (The Beach of Falesa and The Ebb Tide).

On December 3, 1894 he seemed in great spirits, dictated another installment of one of his novels, and was talking to his wife in the evening when he felt a violent pain in his head and fell unconscious.

He died of cerebral hemorrhage a few hours later at the age of 44.

He was then buried on a mountaintop behind Vailima, his Samoan home.

Death

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Biography

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde SummaryBy Samantha Mitchell

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mr. Utterson is a lovable lawyer and a

valuable friend of the mysterious Dr. Henry Jekyll

Dr. Jekyll made a new acquaintance, Mr. Hyde

Mr. Hyde is a grotesque looking man Short in stature Evil Looking

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mr. Utterson hears a story of Mr. Hyde

trampling a young girl Dr. Jekyll gives Mr. Hyde full control over

his household Mr. Utterson worries about Dr. Jekyll,

who says he is ill and cannot see anyone

Mr. Hyde is accused of murdering a man named Danvers Carew

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll’s loyal butler, Poole, comes to

Mr. Utterson and tells him that he thinks Dr. Jekyll has been murdered

Poole and Utterson storm the private cabinet of Dr. Jekyll and find him dead

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll left a note for Mr. Utterson

stating the whole case of Mr. Hyde Using a special chemical, Dr. Jekyll

formulated a potion that allowed him to transform into Mr. Hyde

The potion overtook Dr. Jekyll and eventually caused his death

The History of Mary Shelley

By Madden Souder

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Mary was the daughter of two

intellectual rebels of the 1790s, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft, who crafted Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

Mary Shelley was born on 30 August 1797 in London.

Mary’s mother soon died shortly after her birth

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The relationship between Shelley and her step-

mother was strained.o She was jealous of the strong union between the Mary and her father.

o Her privacy was encroached.o She was not encourage Mary’s intellectual development.o She was demanded to do many chores.

Even though Mary was void of a formal education, she studied hard in her father’s excellent library.

Mary fostered her passion in writing from an earlier age when she published her first poem, Mounseer Nongtongpaw, at the age of 11.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley In 1814 Mary met Percy Shelley, who

was a married, young, and wealthy idealist.

There relationship was limited by Mary’s father and thus Mary fled to France with Percy in July of 1814.

Frankenstein Plot SummaryGrant Smith

Introduction The book begins with a series of letters

to the sister of a ship captain named Robert Walton. He is writing about his upcoming journey to the arctic.

While on this journey, Captain Walton meets a stranger stranded in the arctic (who we later learn is Victor Frankenstein), who, after recovering for a few days, begins to tell his story.

Frankenstein’s Origins Victor Frankenstein is from Geneva,

Switzerland, and as a teenager, he becomes fascinated with the false science of alchemy (specifically the works of Cornelius Agrippa), and devotes a good amount of his time studying it.

Frankenstein is very close to his adopted sister Elizabeth (whom he calls his cousin) and his best childhood friend, Henry Clerval.

Frankenstein’s Education Frankenstein enrolls at the university of

Ingolstadt at the age of seventeen, where he learns that all the alchemy he had previously studied was false and obsolete.

He then switches the focus of his studies to natural philosophy (what would now be called natural science) and begins his long hours of study.

The Monster Through vigorous studies, Frankenstein learns

the secret of giving life to something lifeless (which, sadly, is never explicitly stated).

He spends long hours in solitude creating his monster, who stands eight feet tall and whose skin is actually tinted yellowish, not green.

When the monster comes to life, Frankenstein is scared and locks himself in a closet until it leaves his house. Frankenstein resolves to never create a living creature again, and goes on with his life.

Deaths of William and Justine Two years later, Victor returns to his family to find out

that his brother William has been killed. The villagers thought that he was killed by a girl

named Justine, who was in possession of a photo that William had been carrying with him before he died.

Frankenstein knows, however, that the monster killed William because it appeared to him the night after he found out about William’s death.

Victor doesn’t say anything because he is scared that they will think he is a madman, and Justine is hanged soon thereafter.

Confrontation with The Monster The monster seeks Frankenstein in the

mountains of Switzerland to tell him his story and ask for a favor.

Victor shuns the monster at first, saying that it caused him extreme guilt for the deaths of William and Justine, but eventually he reluctantly agrees to listen to what the monster has to say.

Monster’s Story The monster proceeds to tell his story about how he

learned to speak by watching villagers in a countryside cottage, and how he had to hide himself from them because of his grotesque appearance.

He decides to present himself to the villagers one day to show his gratitude for all he had learned from them; and, being scared of his horrible appearance, they attacked him and fled from him.

From that day, the monster realized that humanity would never accept him because of his appearance, and vowed to bring despair to humanity just as they had caused him to suffer.

Killing William and Justine The monster explains why he killed William:

William was walking in the woods when he runs into the monster. Frightened by his appearance, he curses the monster.

When he tells the monster he is from the Frankenstein family, the monster strangles him because he hates Victor for creating him and wants him to suffer as much as possible.

The monster plants the photo that William was carrying on Justine for no better reason than he hates humanity and wants to watch them suffer.

Monster’s Request After telling his story, the monster asks

Frankenstein to make him a female counterpart, and if he does this, then the monster will never harm a human again.

Victor agrees, and moves to England with Henry Clerval to begin creating.

After a few nights, Victor realizes that he would be unleashing another monstrosity into the world, and he destroys his work because he cannot continue.

Monster’s Fury The monster is furious at Victor’s refusal to continue his

work, and tells him that he will meet him on his wedding day.

When Victor returns to the mainland, he finds that Clerval has been killed, and the villagers are blaming him for it. He is put in prison and soon falls ill.

After recovering in prison for a few months, his father visits and arranges a marriage with Elizabeth. On his wedding day, the monster sneaks into the house they are staying in and kills Elizabeth.

Victor vows then to remove the monster from the world, and follows it across Europe and eventually to the arctic.

Arctic Overtaken by grief, Victor’s father dies of illness soon

thereafter. Victor continues to follow the monster into the arctic.

Frankenstein explains that he was very close behind the monster when Captain Walton found him.

Shortly thereafter, Frankenstein falls ill and dies. The monster finds its way to the ship and confronts the captain.

The monster says that now that Frankenstein is dead, his vengeance is complete and he no longer wishes to live. He announces that he is going to the north pole to burn himself at the stake.

T.O.T.D How do the two stories relate in the

aspect of scientific experiments? What are the differences in the ways

each author uses science in their stories?