Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in England in 1885. The story showcases how a person’s immediate desires and life goals tend to contradict each other at times, often in wildly dark ways. But being a good person does not mean ignoring the monsters we face. Dr. Jekyll is a respected and pious English physician who despises his sinful desires and seeks to separate them from his respectable identity. Instead, he creates Mr. Hyde,

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in England in 1885. Within the first seven chapters of the story, the audience is introduced to four important characters: Dr. Jekyll, his old friends Dr. Lanyon and Dr. Utterson, and his new, unsavory acquaintance, Mr. Hyde. The relationship between Jekyll and Hyde raises a question that extends far beyond the story: how responsible are people for the things they allow into their lives?

G.K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, was an English writer. In 1901, he argued against a common view amongst the middle and upper-classes with his A Defense of Penny-Dreadfuls. The term penny dreadful is less often used today, replaced by terms like pulp fiction, trashy sensational page turners, guilty pleasure entertainment, or low brow fiction. Yet Chesterton felt a need to defend penny dreadfuls amongst his peers. It was common amongst the higher class, particularly philosop