Hall 1Katlyn HallFulkersonPre-AP EnglishMay 12, 2014The Cause of Human SufferingThe story "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Stevenson was a frail person who often fell deathly ill but became an excellent writer. Stevenson was eventually forced to move from his home country (London, England) to California. He almost died on the journey. But when he made it, he created the famous short story in 1886. That short story is called “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” The story itself was written in four days, which demonstrates Stevenson's extreme talent as a writer. Inside the novella contained immense detail and rich diction that gave life and meaning to the story. The story contains many interpretations and meanings throughout the novella which raises the question of the true meaning of the story. Some are concerned about the religious aspect of sin and temptation that caused Dr. Jekyll to permanently transform into Mr. Hyde. Others leverage the physiological aspects of Dr. Jekyll's decisions and thought process that led him to want to remain as Mr. Hyde. In "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", Stevenson uses Dr. Jekyll as a representation of the man who falls into temptation, and Mr. Hyde as the one who remains in sin. The cause of how people chose evil has been a conceptual question for thousands of years across many different perspectives. People from a religious point of view believe that the root cause of evil is sin and temptation. Half the time humans can choose good over evil in situations based on the legal system and moral standards of society. “The interest in working together would not be enough to hold it together, instinctive… middle of the paper… and Dr. Lanyon did, he was surprised to see Mr. Hyde meet him and Mr. Hyde perform his experiment. The result horrified Dr. Lanyon for he saw Mr. Hyde transform into Dr. Jekyll before his eyes and the next day he was found dead "And now, you who have been so long bound to the closest and material visions, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derived your superiors - behold!" (Stevenson 47) Doctor Jekyll was so interested in the benefit of proving his longtime friend wrong about the science he was studying that he went out of his way to knowing that this would cause an immeasurable amount of terror in him The consequence was the death of Dr. Lanyon who seems to wither under the desire to prove someone wrong for Dr. Jekyll and defied the rules of the society in which so many. . humans long to slip away.