Essay - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a Narrative of Many...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a narrative of many voices, layered to produce Stevenson's desired effect. Most of the "strange case" ***** told from the objective perspective of a third person omniscient n*****rrator, who divulges a great deal about *****. Utterson ***** lawyer and his version of the story. It is not until Chapter 8 that Stevenson pr*****fers two letters written by other characters. This lends insight into the minds of Dr. Lanyon and Henry Jekyll, and wraps up ***** ***** by providing two first-person accounts of Dr. Jekyll's experiments. When Poole and ***** discover the trembling, grotesque body ***** the dying Hyde, ***** actual events of the story have already unfolded: what follows are simply wrap-ups ***** alternate perspectives. Viewing the actions of both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the objective narrator's viewpoint is necessary in understanding the basic plot. However, the themes of Stevenson's novel truly unfurl when Dr. Lanyon and Dr. ***** ********** usurp the third person point of view. Peering into the minds of ***** and Jekyll serves a several purposes: to elucidate the minds ***** the doctors, to provide a more personal, subjective tale, ***** to mimic the novel's theme of the dual (or multifaceted) nature ***** mankind. The letters at the end of *****. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde provide the novel with a structural complexity necessary to convey the central ideas of the text: duality and existential struggle.

The narrator is removed from the *****, and therefore able to present a point ***** view that is untainted. All of Stevenson's characters retain their unique perspectives, while the third person narrator can transc***** subjectivity ***** human error. What the ***** says is true, we assume, because he or she has no vested interest in the unfolding of ***** drama that takes place. Utterson and the remainder ***** ***** cast, however, do have opinions. Were Stevenson to employ ***** as the narrator, for example, the story would have progressed in an entirely different way. Instead, ***** uses the ***** voice of the ***** to set ***** facts straight and ***** provide the backbone of the *****. The plot unfolds with suspense, ***** the ultimate fate of Dr. Jekyll has yet to be seen. ***** Utterson and Poole discover Hyde, it is still unclear whether they k*****w that Hyde and Jekyll ***** one and the same. The narrator allows the reader to perceive Utterson's ignorance; this ********** irony adds life to the story and underscores the importance ***** the switch ***** *****.

***** truth ***** Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is revealed to Utterson through ***** penned narratives of Dr. Lanyon and Henry *****. Although the reader is well aware of the drug-induced transformations ***** the title character(s), Utterson discovers it only now. But until this ***** in the novel, Stevenson only permitted tiny peeks in***** ***** minds of his central characters. Fear, anger, and *****wilderment are some of the feelings we k***** ***** shared by Utterson and his cousin Enfield. Even Dr. *****'s dread