*Bonus Blog*

In the movie and novel "The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" woman are protrayed as victims of Mr.Hyde's evil ways. In the novel Stevenson had three female characters in his novel and they all had to do with Edward Hyde.The little girl who got trampled one night by Hyde ,and the maid who witnessed Hyde murder a random man. They were all protrayed as helpless and the maid was extremely emotional. The old woman that was the caretaker of Hyde's house was hired because she would keep quiet about what was really happening. Showing that at the time woman were not seen as important. In the 1931 film of "Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" there were two woman characters and they both had important roles. One was Dr.Jekyll's fiance and the other lived with Mr.Hyde and then murdered by Edward Hyde. The director Rouben Mamoulian used the two woman in a very interesting way Ivy was Mr.Hyde's gilfriend. Ivy Pearson was a dancer and her profession was not considered proper at that time and was part of Dr.Jekyll's temptation to cheat on his fiance. Muriel Carew Dr.Jekyll's fiance grew up in a very well respected family her father Sir Danvers Carew is a general who was murdered by Mr.Hyde. Rouben Mamoulian used the two woman in a very dynamic way which added to Stevenson's classic novella.