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One stormy night on Lake Leman, Lord Byron proposed a little ghastly writing contest...

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the embarrassment i felt when i was the only person who put their hand up when the teacher said "who calls their dad father?" today was immense.

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Happy September 14th, Jekyll & Hyde nation.

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Some of my photogram works inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein :]

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I relate to Victor Frankenstein a lot because I, too, am a college student dealing horrors of my own creation

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Victor. they/it. avid reader. generally specialises in gothic and classical literature. henry clerval's darling. hastie lanyon's soulmate. gabriel john utterson's number one lover. aspiring biologist and / or physician. combeferre's & courfeyrac's love child. grantaire sympathiser.

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OH MY! THIS!

One thing I love about this book is that you're allowed to sit there and question literally everything Stevenson presents us.

We know Jekyll is not a reliable narrator when we finally start to get his side of the story. But how much blind faith can we put in Lanyon's perspective?

Not to say I don't trust Lanyon! His tale is presented like an accurate assessment of what happened the night Jekyll revealed the truth to Lanyon. He transcribes Jekyll's letter, notes his own opinions and actions, and provides detailed observations of his first impressions of Hyde.

But then, once the truth is revealed, once Lanyon finally puts to paper the truth of Jekyll & Hyde so that Utterson may one day know, he cuts his narrative off.

In the last paragraph, he refuses to tell us what was discussed with Jekyll following the transformation. Maybe from trauma, maybe from some protective urge towards his old colleague, or maybe to spare poor, unsuspecting Utterson from any further horrors.

Stevenson purposely leaves this all unsaid, and we move on to Jekyll's attempt to defend himself.

But how much of his story did Lanyon leave out?

And how damning would the full truth be towards Jekyll?

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damn you, Priestly.

Me: spending months over analysing every single quote in An Inspector Call

J. B. Priestly who wrote the whole thing in a week:

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An Inspector Calls (2015)

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Does making memes count as revision

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does anyone else, whilst hyperfixating on a character, decide to pursue the same hobbies and interests as them? currently obsessed with jekyll & hyde as well as the modern prometheus, and now i'm teaching myself biology and chemistry.

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posted this on twitter already but like. every time i see fanny and thomas together they look like a mother and her fancy little son who she dressed up so nicely for family portrait day

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i love "façade" from jekyll and hyde so much. it references the book. keeping up appearances. the victorian gentleman putting up a display for society to see. the HOUSES BEING ALL FANCY. GET IT? HE'S THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE IS HIM— IT'S—

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A picture without a story. It just spontaneously appeared in my head. But everyone can come up with something of their own!