The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Respectability and Repression
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- Respectability and Repression
- 'though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years'
- Utterson must maintain a gentleman-like appearance
- Theatres may have been viewed as the type of place only certain people go to
- 'the well-known man about town'
- Enfield is well-known and respected by his peers
- However, the reader knows that something unknown is going on behind the scenes
- Vague nature hints that Enfield was up to somthing he would rather no one knew about
- Secretive - represents the hidden lives of victorian gentlemen
- Vague nature hints that Enfield was up to somthing he would rather no one knew about
- However, the reader knows that something unknown is going on behind the scenes
- Enfield is well-known and respected by his peers
- 'I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning'
- Secretive - represents the hidden lives of victorian gentlemen
- Vague nature hints that Enfield was up to somthing he would rather no one knew about
- 'great Dr. Lanyon'
- Lanyon is a respected man and highly viewed doctor, rarely spoken badly of
- Although nothing is ever explicitly hinted at in the novel, the reader could infer than he to indulges in activities that are frowned upon by others
- eg. prostitution, gambling, visiting bars etc
- Lanyon is a very well off man due to his successful medical business - would therefore have the money to indulge in such acitivities
- eg. prostitution, gambling, visiting bars etc
- 'all intelligent, reputable men'
- The only kind of people that Jekyll associates with
- Representative of the divide between classes
- The only kind of people that Jekyll associates with
- 'If it came to a trial, your name might appear'
- The concern is not necessarily about the murder but how it may make Jekyll appear to the public
- 'known for charities'
- Respectable men were often known for their charitable acts - this was a way for them to be seen as they wished by the public
- May have made it more likely that others would turn a blind eye to anything bad they did
- Possibly Jekyll's attempt to repent for what he had done as Hyde
- Respectable men were often known for their charitable acts - this was a way for them to be seen as they wished by the public
- 'to die to those appetites which I had long secretly indulged and had of late begun to pamper'
- Jekyll had been resisting the temptations but gave into them when he acquired the cover of Hyde
- Implies gentlemen were only bothered about what people knew they had done and how that made them appear, not necessarily the acts themselves
- Jekyll had been resisting the temptations but gave into them when he acquired the cover of Hyde
- 'leaping impulses and secret pleasures'
- Something that all victorian gentlemen experienced, and many gave into
- Whilst Jekyll manages to avoid these impulses usually, as Hyde they are stronger and he gives in to them
- 'veil of self-indulgence'
- Jekyll is able to use Hyde as a sort of cover to indulge in frowned upon activities without consequence
- 'the dismal quarter of Soho'
- Many victorian gentlemen would outwardly judge those who visited places like this. However, most were secretly visiting at night
- Representative of the hypocrisy of victorian gentlemen
- Many victorian gentlemen would outwardly judge those who visited places like this. However, most were secretly visiting at night
- 'though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years'
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