Gothic Horror

1. Robert Louis Stevenson
R.L Stevenson was born
and brought up in
Edinburgh Scotland.
As a child, he was
very ill for most of
the time and thus
could not attend
school.
Whilst ill in bed, he
would read a lot of books
- mostly Shakespeare, The
Old Testament and the
Knights of Arabia.

2. Robert Louis Stevenson
R.L Stevenson was born
and brought up in
Edinburgh Scotland.
As a child, he was
very ill for most of
the time and thus
could not attend
school.
Whilst ill in bed, he
would read a lot of books
- mostly Shakespeare, The
Old Testament and the
Knights of Arabia.
Stevenson was a popular
travel writer in his
day, but also became a
lawyer.
Stevenson had always been
interested in ‘good and
evil’, which was one of
his main inspirations for
making Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde
He married Fanny
Vandegrift Odourne in
1880, who often helped
him with rewrites and
story suggestions.

3. Deacon Brodie
William ‘Deacon’ Brodie was a
respected cabinet maker, and
deacon of the trades guild who
was found to rob people’s houses
at night.
After a failed raid in 1788, Brodie
went on the run but was soon
discovered.
On 1st October 1788 he was hung from
the neck at Tolbooth prison.
R.L Stevenson was amazed at how Brodie
had a semblance of a hard working and
honourable man, but also a darker
nature that would come out at night.
This inspired “The Strange Case of Dr
Jekyll and Mr Hyde”.

4. The Burke and Hare Murders
Burke and Hare were two Irish
immigrants who sold corpses to Doctor
Robert Knox for lectures on the human
body in 1828.
They started off just selling corpses that they found or
robbed from graves, but then they started actually
murdering people by getting them drunk.

5. The Burke and Hare Murders
Burke and Hare were two Irish
immigrants who sold corpses to Doctor
Robert Knox for lectures on the human
body in 1828.
They started off just selling corpses that they found or
robbed from graves, but then they started actually
murdering people by getting them drunk.
When arrested, Burke was granted immunity if he
gave evidence against Hare, as they knew they would
blame each other.
Hare was hanged in 1829.

6. The Burke and Hare Murders
Burke and Hare were two Irish
immigrants who sold corpses to Doctor
Robert Knox for lectures on the human
body in 1828.
They started off just selling corpses that they found or
robbed from graves, but then they started actually
murdering people by getting them drunk.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written in 1886
and was thought to be partially inspired by
the real events of Burke and Hare.
When arrested, Burke was granted immunity if he
gave evidence against Hare, as they knew they would
blame each other.
Hare was hanged in 1829.
In fact, there was a 1971 film called Dr Jekyll and
Sister Hyde that portrayed Dr Jekyll as Burke and
Hare’s employer.

7. The Meaning of Duality
A dual state or quality, one cannot exist
without the other.
Peace and War
Love and Hate
Up and Down
Black and White
Yin and Yang
Good and Evil

8. Gothic Horror is a genre of literature that combines elements of
both horror and romanticism.
Gothic Horror
Examples of Classic Gothic Horror

9. Gothic Horror
Examples of Classic Gothic Horror
Gothic Horror is a genre of literature that combines elements of
both horror and romanticism.
Gothic Horror
Examples of Modern Gothic Horror

10. End.