Context in 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'
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- Context in 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'
- Darwinism
- 'Descendant of Man' published in 1871, 14 years before 'Jekyll and Hyde'.
- States that all humans came from primitive life forms.
- Threatening to an established society
- The idea of superiority diminished as people realised certain races weren't 'special'
- ********* humanity back to their Id.
- Most primitive part of mind, seeks only self pleasure/ gratification.
- Impulse that murderers and rapists act on.
- Ape-like
- Mr Hyde acts solely on his Id.
- Most primitive part of mind, seeks only self pleasure/ gratification.
- ********* humanity back to their Id.
- States that all humans came from primitive life forms.
- The idea of superiority diminished as people realised certain races weren't 'special'
- 'Descendant of Man' published in 1871, 14 years before 'Jekyll and Hyde'.
- Freud's Theory
- Freud argued that the human mind and personality (pysche) are made up of
three parts:
- ID
- Most primitive part of mind, seeks only self pleasure/ gratification.
- Impulse that murderers and rapists act on.
- Ape-like
- Mr Hyde acts solely on his Id.
- Most primitive part of mind, seeks only self pleasure/ gratification.
- EGO
- Aware of reality and able to consider the consequence of action
- Shows no guilt that would stop person committing crime
- More sophisticated than Id.
- Aware of reality and able to consider the consequence of action
- Shows no guilt that would stop person committing crime
- More sophisticated than Id.
- More sophisticated than Id.
- Shows no guilt that would stop person committing crime
- Aware of reality and able to consider the consequence of action
- More sophisticated than Id.
- Shows no guilt that would stop person committing crime
- Aware of reality and able to consider the consequence of action
- SUPEREGO
- Most sophisticated of 3.
- Influences our social conscience
- Most sophisticated of 3.
- ID
- Freud argued that the human mind and personality (pysche) are made up of
three parts:
- Jack the Ripper
- Londoner murdered and mutilated prostitutes in 1888
- Identity was never found.
- Anxieties heightened.
- Prominent figure during Victorian Era.
- Identity was never found.
- Londoner murdered and mutilated prostitutes in 1888
- Gothic Novel
- Supernatural and death.
- Mysterious and Macabre
- Dark character motivations
- It's three personalities not working in harmony
- Sleep, dream, death-like states
- Darwinism
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