Jekyll and Hyde Context

An informative and attractive, yet in-depth, PowerPoint that outlines a variety of relevant contextual points for students to consider while reading Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. Perfect teaching resource for introducing key aspects about Victorian England to students studying the novella. Contains 11 slides: Stevenson’s Background, Life Experiences of Stevenson, the Industrial Revolution, Class in Victorian London, Gender and Respectability, Science and Medicine and Technology, Religion, Darwinism and Evolution, Physiognomy and Criminals, and Allegorical texts & Shilling Shockers.

The information in this PowerPoint can be delivered over an hour, or several hours, depending on whether additional supplementary reading or writing tasks accompany it.