The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

We thought that it was important to research into literature that would be relevant to Schizophrenia and 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the novel that we felt linked very well to our story line. This novel was first published in 1886 and Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and experiments reveal his evil side, named Mr Hyde. This novel is great inspiration for our film trailer, because it clearly represents the inner conflicts of humanities sense of good and evil and the duality of human life. It also links the psychologist, Freud and the Freudian theory that the thoughts and desires banished to the unconscious mind motivates the behaviour of the conscious mind. A bible quote that was linked to this novel is, “Now if I do what I do not want to do it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me that does.” This quote really inspired us for our trailer, because we thought that it could really represent the idea Schizophrenia, and that the actions that the character makes aren’t of her own choice. This quote will be shown in the trailer to demonstrate this to the audience. There have also been many film adaptations of this novel, 1931 directed by Rouben Mamoulian, 1941 by Victor Fleming and lastly, the 2008 version by Paolo Barzman.