Jekyll and Hyde

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  • Jekyll and Hyde
    • Good vs Evil
      • battle between good and evil rages within the individual, debating on which is more powerful
        • if you try to suppress either, then one ends up overpowering
          • 'my devil had long been caged and came out roaring'
      • Great flame of anger// beautiful gentleman with white hair
    • Science
    • Duality
      • Duality of human nature. The idea that both make sides make up a person- contasts the idea of the strict reputation victorian gentlemen had to present
      • Every mark of capacity and kindness, you could see by the looks he cherished for Mr Utterson// haunting sense of unexpressed deformity
    • Secrecy
      • conveyed through the documents, locking away in a safe
        • Dr  Lanyon's letter. 'packet slept in the inmost corner of his private safe'
          • 'not to be opened until the death or disappearance of Dr Jekyll,
            • Repuatation
              • Enfield is "ashamed" of his "long tounge" after he tells Utterson about Hyde
                • Strong distaste for gossip as it affects reputation
              • Each man has a sense of isolation due to their thoughts being hushed in order to maintain social repuatation
              • 'i concealed my pleasures'-chapter 10
          • 'annotated at his own hand with startling blasphemies'
      • sub-point: middle class gentleman hide desires, 'drank gin when alone'
        • 'annotated at his own hand with startling blasphemies'
      • Presented through windows. Windows either barred, not there at all or half closed.
        • 'Middle one of the three windows was halfway open'- suggests jekylls secret is close to being let out. Could also suggest a shred of hope for jekyll- shortlived when window 'is instantly thrust down'
      • 'i concealed my pleasures'-chapter 10
    • Repuatation
      • Enfield is "ashamed" of his "long tounge" after he tells Utterson about Hyde
        • Strong distaste for gossip as it affects reputation
      • Each man has a sense of isolation due to their thoughts being hushed in order to maintain social repuatation
    • Unpredictability
      • 'all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger'
        • Psychoanalytical reading: Freud's agression theory- suggested we have an unconscious drive called thantos that causes aggressive behaviour. This creates pressure until it makes us do something aggressive

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