Duality of Human Nature
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- The Duality of Human Nature
- Victorian views of themselves
- Middle and upper class believed they were more evolved
- Darwin's thesis
- Criminals and disruptors of order- degenerates
- Stevenson challenges this
- Everyone has an civilised and "savage" side
- Without repression we're left with only a "mad" animal side
- Effect of Victorian Repression
- Jekyll- well respected Victorian gentleman
- Has to hide his sins and desires
- "Man is not truly one but truly two"
- Has to hide his sins and desires
- Jekyll- well respected Victorian gentleman
- "My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring"
- cathartic act of transofrming to evil
- Effect of Victorian Repression
- Without repression we're left with only a "mad" animal side
- Everyone has an civilised and "savage" side
- Effect of Victorian Repression
- Jekyll- well respected Victorian gentleman
- Has to hide his sins and desires
- "Man is not truly one but truly two"
- Has to hide his sins and desires
- Jekyll- well respected Victorian gentleman
- Middle and upper class believed they were more evolved
- Hypocrisy
- Victorians valued appearance over honesty
- Pride in reputation
- Hydes appearence
- "displeasing smile"
- "Satanic face"
- Disgusts characters and audiences
- Hyde doesn't hide appearence
- image of the audience's sins
- "The smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of… abject terror"
- tranformation alluded to
- "abject"- Jekyll knows appearance will be shocking and disgusting to the men
- Victorians valued appearance over honesty
- Victorian views of themselves
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