Jekyll & Hyde - Theme Secrecy
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- Created on: 18-05-19 14:51
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- Secrecy
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- "Hence it came about that I concealed my pleasures"
- Stevenson thought that every Victorian had secret pleasures but weren't allowed it because of Victorian society, using Dr Jekyll as his example.
- Jekyll had to "conceal" his desires as Victorian society would judge him if he acted upon his wishes.
- "in a strange place, labouring under a blackness of distress that no fancy can exaggerate"
- The reader questions why and how Jekyll has got himself into "a strange place" because of the lackluster information Stevenson has given.
- "Hence it came about that I concealed my pleasures"
- Beginning
- "Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes"
- Jekyll refuses to discuss Hyde in any capacity, as he is Jekyll's way of doing the things he wants to.
- Jekyll's behaviour indicates how Stevenson believes that every Victorian had some sort of secret.
- "He was wild when he was young; a long
while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute
of limitations"
- Utterson wonders if Jekyll's current behaviour might have something to do with the sins of his youth, acknowledging that Jekyll may have some secret desire.
- "Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes"
- Middle
- "Succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very bloody of the tow gentlemen below."
- "I have had a shock," he said, "and I shall never recover"
- Stevenson adds to the mystery with Lanyons' sudden death, as he never says what has caused his sudden change in health.
- End
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