Adaptation Clips: Jekyll and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde

The fascinating story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has been presented in various time periods with an array of differing interpretations. Yet I believe that two common themes have emerged within the book, the series Jekyll, and the movie Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde. While containing contrasting story lines, they all display the idea that the quest for knowledge can be a dangerous one since where there is mystery, it is impossible to predict the future. We see this in the book with both the downfall of Dr. Jekyll's life after trying to complete his research. In addition, this troubling feeling associated with mystery is witnessed with the way in which people respond to Hyde's lack of purpose for what he does in the book. In the series, it wasn't necessarily Dr. Jekyll's curiosity that got the best of him, but instead the people attempting to study him who quickly descended to a dark place. The drive to have Jekyll and Hyde caused the agency to behave strongly immorally. And perhaps in the most clearly displayed scenario is the movie with Dr. Jekyll desiring nothing more than to provide people with medicines and antibiotics to make life better. After realizing he could not live long enough to do such a thing, he goes mad with trying to find a way to elongate his life and "cheat death". This is the start of the slippery slope, which in turn creates "sister Hyde" and sparks the evil that consumes his life. 

The second theme, coinciding and sometimes overlapping is that the association of good with evil leads to downward spiral that even the kindest hearts cannot escape. The alter ego of each Dr. Jekyll starts as simply a darker reflection of themselves, an eerie reminder that the same mind may contain two very different sides. Yet as the plot thickens, Hyde performs actions so unforgivable that each Jekyll can no longer handle it. But at this point when they try to fight back it reaches a point where the evil inside has become too strong and in each interpretation of the story there is a point where Hyde reins control. And while in the end, each Jekyll has seen the error of his ways but it is too late for them. 

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 5-8

There is something that keeps gnawing at the back of my mind about the strange antics that continue to keep progressing as we continue with the story. The excuses that Dr. Jekyll immediately spews when asked about Hyde's whereabouts were the most engaging to me. In his illness he is adamant that the police will not be able to find Hyde, which to me hints that he knows where he is. I also am intrigued with Utterson again denying his wants and curiosity by not opening the letter until he is told to do so. The whole thing just adds more of a peculiar light around the personality of Utterson. He continually ignores his urges and just seems to be two different people at times, with his public behavior not mirroring his private.

The night that Utterson is called to Jekyll's house by Poole is another thing that really grabs attention. The street was given an eery description with an emphasis on how deserted the area had become, it sets and ominous mood and a build up for the rest of the chapter. Chapter 8 was kind of surprising, I have read the story before, but it was so long ago that I forgot about the intensity that came with the story.

Jekyll and Hyde ch. 5-8

I had found it interesting that the letter that "Hyde" wrote to Jekyll saying he had left town is being blamed upon Dr. Jekyll. It all doesn't seem to make sense why he would write a letter about Hyde leaving and not to worry, but it also raises a lot of questions as well. Based upon this discovery I believe that Jekyll and Hyde are in on some type of evil business together. During chapters six and seven Jekyll seemed to be back to his old ways, just to play everything off as if nothing is going on, which was smart. Also, Jekyll could also be playing the part as becoming sick and dying based upon his disappearance so Hyde would not get all of the blame. Chapter eight was rather terrifying but almost predictable at this point. the difficult part was trying to figure out if Hyde really did kill Jekyll or not. In my opinion, I do not believe that Hyde killed Jekyll because of their past relationships. They had genuinely cared for each other and it wouldn't make sense for people with that type of a relationship kill one another. I do not pass off Dr. Jekyll as being the ditzy type because he seems to know what he is doing if I am reading the story correctly.

The Mysterious Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll

As I read the titillating finale of the novel, the clues were finally coming together. At the start of chapter five, Dr. Jekyll told Mr. Utterson that Mr. Hyde would no longer be around. After observing Dr. Jekyll's confidence that Mr. Hyde will not return, I knew that their was more to their relationship that meets the eye. I also found it suspicious that when Jekyll was explaining the letter he received from Mr. Hyde, he seemed oblivious to the fact that the dictation of his will was forced by Hyde. Utterson had to explain that Mr. Hyde planned on murdering Dr. Jekyll. For someone as intelligent and sophisticated as Jekyll, it surprised me that he was so ignorant to the simple concept. When Poole explains to Utterson that he didn't see anyone deliver the letter, it was clear that something was not as it seems. As the story further develops and Dr. Lanyon passes, another clue to the suspicious events of Dr. Jekyll is uncovered. The letter that Utterson retrieves from Lanyon's safe obtains another letter that instructs Utterson not open the letter until Jekyll dies. This provided me with the feeling that Dr. Jekyll isn't who he says he is and is somehow more related to Hyde than I first anticipated. At the very end of the story where Mr. Utterson and Poole breach the laboratory and find Mr. Hyde poisoned in Dr. Jekyll's clothes, I knew the "mad scientist" theme had unravelled. It seems that Dr. Jekyll created a potion in order to transform into Mr. Hyde. My question is why he woud conduct such an experiment? I came to the conclusion that Mr. Jekyll was willing to go beyond his means to perform such a controversial experiment  even though Lanyon warned him not to do so. The story resembles a simple case of a scientist who tries to "play God" and is negatively impacted by his experiment. It is difficult to distinguish whether Dr. Jekyll was mad, or just a scientist performing his duty to discover something new.

The Indescribable Hyde

    I found it particularly interesting that Enfield is unable to describe Hyde accurately but claims to remember Hyde's face perfectly. Having no reason to distrust Enfield, it implies almost a supernatural claim to the malevolence of the character Hyde. Enfield describes a malformation that is sensed more than seen. Is this hideousness a sense of the corrupted nature of Hyde's soul rather than his body?

Cody Genaw

What is Dr. Jekyll hiding?

When Mr. Utterson first brings up his knowing of Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll goes from a cheerful face to one of paleness and worry.  He is obviously distraught about his good friend finding out about his associate Mr. Hyde.  As of now the reason for Dr. Jekyll's dissatisfaction is unknown, but he is holding back a secret that he does not want his friend getting involved in.  What I keep wondering is why Dr. Jekyll is so hesitant about telling Mr. Utterson about Mr. Hyde.  I believe Mr. Hyde is a dangerous person, and that Dr. Jekyll knows this and is just trying to keep his friend safe, but at the same time I feel like Dr. Jekyll is in over his head and might benefit from telling someone his problems and the secret of Mr. Hyde.  I am excited to see what this story will reveal.
Christopher Craig

Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll

The first 4 chapters of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde left me wondering about a couple things. I am interested to see whether or not to see if the true description of Mr. Hyde is really released. So far everyone has had their own description of him so it is unclear what he looks like and who he really is. When he disappears after he supposedly kills Carew, Utterson gets concerned about the safety of Dr. Jekyll. The way Dr. Jekyll explains his relationship with Hyde is so secretive that it makes you wonder what power the man has over him. I am excited to see what will happen between Jekyll and Hyde. I feel that the will contains something that Utterson and Hyde desperately want.

Who is Mr. Hyde?

After reading the first four chapters in this book, we still don't now much about Mr. Hyde. Not many people have seen them and if they have, their descriptions of him are all very different. They do have one thing in common though and that is that they all describe him as being "deformed." Whether this means an actual body deformity, or a deformity of the mind, one can't be sure. Whenever Mr. Hyde is brought up in these first few chapters, there is always an air of mystery about him and also a sense of darkness. When his house was being described from the outside, it was said to be dirty and neglected. When the murder of Sir Danvers Carew was taking place, it was described as very aggressive and he was said to be a "madman." The settings in which he is involved are also creepy. They talk about him in the dissecting room and a laboratory, and the weather tends to be foggy or dark. The way he is portrayed so far in the book makes people, especially Mr. Utterson, skeptical about his intentions. However, Dr. Jekyll seems to take a great interest in him and actually seems to like him. So the question is; Who is Mr. Hyde?

Mr. Hyde: Friend or Foe?

The way Mr. Hyde is portrayed in the first four chapters gives me the idea that he in fact is a medical madman. The fact that the only description anyone can give of him is deformity gives me reason to believe that maybe they don't mean deformity in a sense of a physical appearance but maybe the deformity is a vibe they get from him or a mental state. Could his mind be the deformity? I feel as if peoples first impressions of him are that of disdain so in their minds every time something goes wrong they automatically assume its of his doing. Mr. Utterson is basically playing detective, trying to get the scoop on Mr. Hyde. In my opinion he is doing this partially out of concern for his friend and partially out of envy. He could be envious of Dr. Jekyll's will as it is mentioned numerous times. When he goes to discuss the will with Dr. Jekyll and he is informed that Mr. Hyde is no danger to the doctor it raises the question of rather Mr. Hyde is fiend or foe. It seems as if Mr. Utterson is still not completely at ease with the situation but makes a promise anyways. We hear all of these stories of the malice thins being done by Mr. Hyde but we still do not know why he's doing them. Maybe he's working on something Dr. Jekyll started but cant finish. I guess we'll have to keep reading to find out.

Body Snatchers

The idea behind body snatching can have numerous meanings as to why someone would want a body in the first place. As we’ve learned in class and through this selection of reading, I’ve recognized how the actions into getting these bodies can differ.  In John Collins Warren’s case, one thing I noticed was that after the body was taken out of the coffin, it was stressed on how important is was that two men always stayed behind to finish the work by covering up the grave.

After reading this selection of body snatching, its clear to me that theres more to simply digging up a body and running. These body snatchers had meticulously thought out processes in order to get the freshest body; while keeping in mind not to get caught. Some had marked graves that were recently buried while others refrained from using tools that would create noise while digging, and even tools that worked better by minimizing marks on the surface. 

As a whole, grave robbers were feared by mourners and wanted by (some not all) doctors. I never would of thought so much time and effort could be put into the theft of bodies. 

Body Snatching

I thought it was pretty radical what these body snatchers were willing to do to get a body from impersonating people, bribery, claiming bodies from almshouses, and robbing graves. These are all pretty extreme things to obtain bodies to sell to doctors. It does seem though since there are people willing to go to extremes to attain bodies of people who maybe would rather be left undisturbed that it would make more sense to allow people to donate their bodies to science. Additionally, there are doctors who are willing to look the other way when acquiring bodies and not ask questions. This further adds to the problem since there is someone willing to accept these bodies and teachers even had their own students going out and collecting bodies. Thus these people still have an incentive to steal bodies to sell for science.

Furthermore, the work these doctors are doing with the bodies is very important. They are making significant scientific discoveries and advancing medical science none of which could have happened without studying the human body.  Consequently, it seems as though it would make more sense to allow people to make the decision on whether or not they want their body to be studied.

I also thought it was interesting how badly these doctors wanted the bodies of people with abnormalities like the women who died of consumption. Also noteworthy was how badly people did not want these doctors to have bodies; going as far to have watchman in graveyards and patrolling so that people can’t steal bodies. They did not like the doctors and were willing to go to great lengths to make sure they could not just take any body that they wanted. 

Emily Fenger

Body Snatching: where lies the evil?

In the selected reading from Body Snatching, one common theme is constantly recurring: people see not the evil of the doctor's but rather the necessity of their situation.  Where did the sympathy come from; could the doctors have earned their respect or did they merely place it on another object (one more visible to the public perhaps)?  It wasn't long before the time of this tale that people feared the doctors and their trade.  It appears that there was a sudden swing in the population. It was as if the practice was socially accepted, and, instead, the method by which bodies were procured and treated became the subject of scrutiny.

The reading on a whole discusses the various methods by which bodies could be obtained, who furthered the practice of body snatching, and who did the snatching. The reading leaves no ambiguity in the matter of who facilitated the practice at had (it was the anatomists), and leaves little doubt in the matter of the amount of care that they gave to how the bodies were obtained; their only requirement was that the bodies be fresh.  The methods of extraction, as well as the extractors, were discussed in detail.  Great care went into these three portions of the story, and to what end?  The author clearly sculpts a picture of corrupt anatomists (dabbling in corpse trafficking, often coordinating the exercise themselves). She also goes on to showcase a prime example where the practice is over-stepped in the public view. On the final page, "the editors seem to be more outraged by the public discovery of the body than by the purpose for which it was acquired" (Shultz, 41).

My question to you is this: Why, after seeing this kind of abuse on part of the anatomists, did anger still fall on the resurrectionists, and not the anatomists?

Body Snatching

This selection was mostly about different ways grave robbers carried out their crimes. It explains different ways to dig up a body, what times of the year were best so the bodies were better preserved, which class and graveyards were best, and what time of night was ideal.
One thing that stood out to me most was when Merry Andrew (a grave robber) dug up his own sister after hearing of her death and later sold her to surgeons. It shows to me a lack of emotions, it is one thing to dig up random people for money, but it is disturbing to me he could go through it with his own sister.
It is also interesting to me how much the doctors play a part in keeping the trafficking of bodies alive. They play a big part in the crimes by paying people money for bodies they most likely knew were illegally dug up to help their expand their knowledge.
Overall it was very interesting to read the different notes and stories on body snatching showing how big of a problem it was and how far some went to obtain bodies and in some cases leading to their own personal corruption.

Brittany F.

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A Final Encounter

What was most intriguing to me in the final section of Burke and Hare was the Epilogue: A Final Exchange. However, according to the appendix, this was most likely a fictional encounter. Dr. Knox was casually walking down the street, and he came across a homeless man and gave him some change. This man was suspected by many to be the vanished William Hare.  

Although Dr. Knox and Hare had countless business transactions before the Edinburgh trials, it was interesting to witness a final monetary exchange between the murderer and his scapegoat. Only this time, their final exchange did not involve a corpse. 

Throughout these transactions, Knox paid Hare for body after body, eventually causing Dr. Knox to lose his job and much societal respect; he essentially was at a loss due to his corrupt involvement with Hare. One last time, Dr.Knox paid Hare and got nothing in return.

Elaina DiClemente

The Ending

             One thing that struck me in this story is the perception of Dr. Knox.  It seems very reasonable that the general public is upset by his actions, or more accurately, his lack of action. He is a doctor, and it is his job to help people, not stand idly by as people are murdered. With this in mind, it’s not shocking that an angry mob burned an image of Dr. Knox.  What’s even more interesting than the public’s opinion, is the opinion of Dr. Knox’s peers in London. These men seem to think that Dr. Knox was unfairly used as a “scapegoat” for the murders. Neither man seems to think that Dr. Knox’s lack of suspicion in the death of 17 people is unusual.  Each group seems to think that the other is in the wrong, but I guess that’s really no different than today’s society.

Burke and Hare-Chapters 5-11

Up until now it seems that Burke and Hare were doing a decent job of concealing their murders by disposing of the body during the night, and murdering only those people who weren't well known in town. However, in chapters 5-11, they murdered the two people that, if gone missing, someone would notice--Mary Patterson and Daft Jamie Wilson. Because of this, and carrying Mary's body through town during daytime hours, it seems that Burke and Hare's plan to make easy money is failing. Not only that, but they are failing as a team, killing people behind the other's back, creating tension between the two partners and arguing right before the last murder. It's also interesting to note, that Burke barely got away with the Patterson murder as the friend she came with left her with Burke after the argument with his wife. And the next day, as they were carrying the body through town, multiple people saw the bag containing her corpse. If the friend went looking for Patterson, it should have been easy to implicate Burke and Hare with the murder. However, it seems they barely get away with it.

Chapter 5-11

After reading chapter 5-11 in the Burke and Hare story I have noticed that they are starting to get extremely sloppy with how they are performing their murders. Also i have noticed that Burke has lost all sense of compassion or care for anyone other than himself. This is shown when Burke brings the girls back and he ends up freaking out and everyone realizes he is not what everyone thinks he is. It is shown that they have started getting sloppy when they go to sell the body and the doctor recognizes the body. They have stopped caring about who they kill at this point which seems to be a fast track to the end of their criminal careers.

The Beginning of the End

While reading chapters 5 through 11, it seemed to me that Burke and Hare were even less careful than when they started the murders.  People noticed them carrying corpses on the street, a body was recognized when they sold it to Knox, one of their victims was a relative of Burke's wife, and Hare even committed a murder alone.  These things signaled the beginning of the end to me.  I was also really surprised to see that they had help from their wives with at least one of the murders. 

Burke and Hare: Chapters 5 - 11

In chapters 5 through 11, readers see some of the continuing themes in the story. The events I found to be most thought provoking were the murders of Jamie and Mary Paterson. Both of these victims were easy targets for Burke and Hare, and were killed in the same way as earlier victims. I was somewhat confused with Jamie's murder. Was it Helen McDougal that "reeled" him in for Hare to murder? Or was it just a coincidence that she left Jamie and Hare alone to go get Burke? The images on page 28 and 29 makes her look like she has a plan, and then gets Burke to finish the job. The other part of the reading i found interesting was Hare's comment after Jamie's murder, "That was the hardest ten pounds I've ever earned". It definitely sounds like sarcasm to me, especially since he has killed many other victims. Carl Collins

burke and hare

Although this methodology seems a bit strange or even taboo, this was necessary means to achieve the knowledge and skills we possess today. Some say mad-man, I say mad-genius. How else would you expect medical students to have the hands on learning experience without the fresh cadaver. We must keep in mind the time frame this mad-dash was taking place. They do not have the necessary means and resources that we have grown accustomed to. Even though this practice would be unethical according to today's standard, I completely agree with Conaghan when he expressed this was a gift to all.

After reading the first four chapters of Burke and Hare, readers gain a better understanding of the underlying personalities of these main characters.  These men are compelled by money, and Dr. Knox, to commit murder in reward for monetary gain.  Dr. Knox is the scientist provoking Burke and Hare to commit these disgusting acts, and because of this I believe Dr. Knox is the "madman."  He is the man in charge of their relationship and is responsible for their motive behind killing.  Burke and Hare did not perform these acts maliciously.  I believe that Burke and Hare detached themselves from the act of killing and collecting the bodies.  Is it possible for killers to be complete numb and extricate themselves from their actions?  Do killers, or scientist like Dr. Knox, lack empathy?  All in all, I think Burke and Hare are not acting as autonomous individuals and can not be labeled as madmen.

The Morality of Grave Robbing

The second excerpt of The Knife Man by Wendy Moore focuses on John Hunter's darker days as a Resurrection Man. His elder brother William gave him the task of acquiring bodies for his medical practices and he demanded them to be fresh.

The first way Hunter began getting bodies was waiting at the gallows to barter with the friends and family of the deceased. It was always a somewhat barbaric thing with surgeons and apprentices clamoring to the hanging corpses while the families of the deceased tried to protect them from the atrocities of 17th century dissection. There was much public outrage about the practices of anatomy because of religious beliefs and also because those being hanged weren't always dead and would awaken on the dissection table. Other ways of obtaining bodies was through grave robbing and making deals with grave workers pre-burial.

Personally, I am torn on the morality of the idea of grave robbing. Of course I can see how family and friends of the deceased would be very upset at the idea of their loved one being dug up and cut up but without these foundations to early anatomical science we, as a population, wouldn't know as much as we do now. To me it seems like a necessary evil because it forwarded us as a people and paved the way for modern medical science. Are there any other ways we could have gone about learning about the human body without numerous dissections of both healthy and diseased individuals?

Megan Alvarez

After reading the first four chapters of Burke and Hare, readers gain a better understanding of the underlying personalities of these main characters.  These men are compelled by money, and Dr. Knox, to commit murder in reward for monetary gain.  Dr. Knox is the scientist provoking Burke and Hare to commit these disgusting acts, and because of this I believe Dr. Knox is the "madman."  He is the man in charge of their relationship and is responsible for their motive behind killing.  Burke and Hare did not perform these acts maliciously.  I believe that Burke and Hare detached themselves from the act of killing and collecting the bodies.  Is it possible for killers to be complete numb and extricate themselves from their actions?  Do killers, or scientist like Dr. Knox, lack empathy?  All in all, I think Burke and Hare are not acting as autonomous individuals and can not be labeled as madmen.

Emelia Carter

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Burke and Hare Chapters 1-4

I thought it was really interesting how in the beginning Burke is telling the guard he wants to make a confession, so he gets this group of people together to make his "confession" but really he is telling them how he isn't a resurrection man who dug up bodies in graveyards. He actually murdered all the bodies to keep a steady flow of fresh corpses to sell to Dr. Knox. Before I had finished reading chapter 4, I thought Burke was going to admit how sorry he was for what he did but instead it seemed like he was kind of bragging about all the people him and Hare had murdered. I think this shows how Burke and Hare could be considered madmen because of everything they did to murder people just because they wanted to make money of their corpses. I also think they are madmen because it seems like they know they are doing the wrong thing by killing these people for their bodies but they continue to do it and find more people to suffocate and then "dispose of their bodies".

Anna Bunge

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Burke and Hare: Chapters 1-4

One topic in Burke and Hare that is worthwhile to discuss is the the argument of whether Burke and Hare are madmen or whether Dr. Knox is a mad scientist in this story.  The argument for Burke and Hare being madmen is fairly obvious: They intoxicate and suffocate people of all genders and ages and sell their bodies to Dr. Knox for around 10 pounds a body.  Although they partake in this incredibly violent profession, Burke and Hare don't show any signs of being crazy and are appear to be in control of their thoughts and actions.  There also exists a reason for their murders, which is financial gain.  Dr. Knox, while not committing the murders, acts as a sort of instigator for Burke and Hare by offering them money and not asking questions about how they obtained the body.  Using this fact, one could argue that Dr. Knox is a madman because in a sense, he is the mastermind and motivation for these grotesque murders and for the fact that he has obtained about 6 dead bodies from these two men and now has them lying around his house.  Personally, I believe Dr. Knox is a mad doctor and Burke and Hare, though morally corrupt, aren't insane and act only as underlings to the madman himself.

Peter Cernak

The Mayhem of "Paddington Fair Day"

The concept of the Paddington fair day is a little troubling to me. Although it was an important way of acquiring cadavers to Hunter and his fellow surgeons, it is quite barbaric. Immediately following the hanging of these criminals, Hunter, his fellow surgeons, and family and friends engage in a brawl for the corpses of these people hanging by their necks. In some cases, the criminals are not even completely dead, but quickly die due to the people pulling on their legs which snaps their necks. Loved ones and friends actually have to fight other people to give someone a proper burial. I understand how important a fresh cadaver can be to these surgeons in terms of the improvement of the overall understanding of the human anatomy. However this way of acquiring the bodies is disrespectful to the family and friends of the people who have just been hung. The main theme I took away from this reading from Knife Man was the extreme lengths that these surgeons like John Hunter are willing to go for their work. They are literally willing to fight and claw for these lifeless bodies that are so important to their work. Even if they lose the body to the crowd, they most likely will go dig up the body and steal it anyway. The length that Hunter is willing to go indicates to me that the human body is more than just work to Hunter, he idolizes it. He has this supreme fascination with the human anatomy that he will do whatever it takes to acquire a cadaver. We need to begin to view John Hunter in a different light. We have to acknowledge him as not only a brilliant surgeon who longs for complete understanding of the human anatomy, but as a man with an obsession, an obsession that he will go a long distance to quench.

Signed,

Jake Baldwin

Told One Thing, Shown a Different Thing

After reading the first four chapters of Burke and Hare and the corresponding appendix chapters in the back, I feel there might be some differences between what is written and what is shown. When reading the overview in the back of the book as well as only reading the novel (without looking at the pictures) we learn that Burke and Hare were dangerous men. We are told that "...Burke and Hare's actions were not the work of a couple of loveable Irish rogues - they were murderers: devious, cruel and without consciences." (page 8 of appendix, column two, first full paragraph). Upon reading this, I have no sympathy for the man in the cell and any punishment given to him is too easy.

However, the pictures say differently about how Burke is feeling as he looks back on the things he has done. On page 11, when Burke and Hare are about to kill the first woman, they show them men taking a drink (of what we can assume is alcohol). Why do they do this? I believe that unlike what the author said in the back, that the men did have some sort of humanity in them in knowing that the dead was wrong, so they had to "numb" those feelings in order to do the job. Along with that, Burke never seems to smile as he is holding the victim down or suffocating them (unlike Hare who smiles on page 12).

The big picture that I encountered was on the last page of chapter four (page 17). The second to last box was a picture of Burke looking at his hands. This picture showed to me that he was disgusted with  himself for what he did to those people; that he can't believe his own hands did such awful things. It takes a toll on the conscience when doing something so "inhuman" as killing another person. What kind of things start to go through a person's mind when they are about to kill someone? What about during? After? It can't be good things in order to build up the courage to go through with it but afterwords, when they have had time to think about it, I am sure they beat themselves up for it...just like any one of us does when we have wronged another person. (It might not be as bad as killing, it could be stealing, or cheating, or lying but any person who was brought up with morals would be upset with themselves after.)

So far, this story does well with showing what people of the time thought of these criminals as well as how people now feel about it. It also does a good portrayal of what could have been going through the minds of the men and how they felt in the end. But, why would the author tell us one things, but show us something different?


Signed,
Samantha Brown

Welcome to Spring 2013 in IAH!

Hello folks, and welcome to what I hope will be a productive, fascinating journey through the history of representation of doctors, madness, and the dreaded combination thereof--the medical madman (or medical madwoman!). Please use this space to contribute your thoughts BEFORE lecture about what you've been reading. You will be assigned some days throughout the semester when you're required to post; however, please feel free to use it whenever the urge hits!

Looking forward to reading, watching, and talking with you this semester!

Best,
Dr. Renzi