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Synopsis The cover of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde unabridged novel (Credit to:  http://prashantb.wordpress.com ) This story was about a scientist, Dr. Jekyll, who discovered a potion which allowed him to transform into Mr. Hyde, an ugly and cruel being. Dr. Jekyll believed that the good and evil in a person can be separated. Therefore, after 10 years of experiments, he succeeded in separating the two identities. He then begins to lead a double life. As Dr. Jekyll, he lived a respectable life. He was close friends with the most respected people in the community such as Mr. Utterson, a lawyer and Dr. Lanyon, a doctor. As Edward Hyde, he was the evil monster. He did not think twice about doing brutal acts. He even murdered Sir Danvers Carew. Dr. Jekyll continued to change into Hyde. Hyde began to grow stronger until Jekyll was unable to control the change. In the end, Mr. Utterson found out the truth about Jekyll and Hyde. Unfortunately, Hyde, who is also Dr. Jekyll, h...

Characters are the people in the story. For the exam, students should be able to describe the characters' physical appearance and character traits by giving the textual evidence from the story . For PMR, I'm going to write about the main characters' qualities in the POTO. Character 1: Erik, the Phantom of the Opera House The Phantom of the Opera as portrayed in the 1925 movie. Ugly He had the face of a dead man.  He had no nose and only had two black holes in a yellow face.  Sometimes his eyes were two black holes and at other times had a terrible red light.  He was tall and he wore black evening coat. Skillful He was a famous builder in Persia. He was an illusionist. He could be in different places at the same time. He was a ventriloquist. He could be in one place, and his voice could come from another place. He could do many clever things with ropes, mirrors and secret doors. He helped to build the Opera House. Under the Opera H...

The author William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) was born in Dublin. He fell in love with Maud Gonne, an Irish Nationalist who fought for social justice. His love was not returned. He remained heartbroken till he was 52 years old, the age when he finally got married.  Even though he was of English origin, he loved Ireland very much and thought of himself as an Irishman. His father, John Butler Yeats, was an artist and encouraged him to write poetry. Being a patriotic Irishman, he wrote many poems on the beauty of Ireland, its magic, folklore and political scenario. Apart from that, he wrote many poems for Maud Gonne, hoping for her love in return. He was referred to as the greatest Irish poet. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. He was appointed as the Member of the Irish Senate (1922 - 1928) The poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles...

The author The Dead Crow is a poem written by Dato' A. Samad Said , whose real name is Abdul Samad Muhammad Said. Dato' A. Samad Said A. Samad Said was the first Malay author to successfully unite craft with art in his writing. The literary excellence of his work is a product of his consciousness in craftsmanship. He pioneered a new style of writing, simultaneously continuing the idealism of the Generation of the Fifties and renewing its approach to literature. Born in Malacca in 1935, A. Samad Said is great Malaysian writer and has been honoured with the title of Sasterawan Negara (National Laureate). He has worked as a writer and journalist and now devotes himself completely to writing. The English translation of his novel, Salina (1975), achieved international recognition. A. Samad Said was awarded national recognition as a Literary Pioneer in 1976 and received the Anugerah Sastera Negara (National Literary Award) in 1985. The Poem The ...