Examine the relationship between knowledge and moral responsibility in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Your opening, even for the shortest paper, will contain a thesis statement outlining the point of
your paper. This is where a paper like this differs from your close reading exercises. You need to
develop an idea that connects your analysis of the texts you choose. This could be thematic, it
could be about form, or it might be about style. Your thesis statement will identify this cohering
idea. This is a statement that outlines what is at stake in this essay: the what; the how; and the
why of your paper. In short – tell me what it is that the essay is trying to do, how it will go about
this, and why I might wish to read any further! So – a thesis statement does three things:
1) WHAT? We observe something in the text that warrants further investigation.
2) HOW? How is it made apparent through the text itself that there is something here of
interest?
3) WHY? Why might this reveal more about the text to us – why is it worth making this
observation? HOW? How is it made apparent through the text i