Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
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- Themes in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Science and Medicine
- Id, Ego, SuperEgo
- Freud's theory published in 1923
- Dr Jekyll uses scientific language about his experiments. This shows he is focused on the experiment and not the damage he is doing to himself.
- Theory of Evolution
- Published by Charles Darwin in 1859
- Id, Ego, SuperEgo
- Duality
- Light and Dark
- Good and Evil
- Two sides of London
- Duality of Man
- "Man is not truly one but truly two"
- "Profound duplicity of life"
- Religion
- Cain's heresy
- "Am I my brother's keeper?" Utterson means that his "sin" is that he doesn't get involved in the personal affairs of others
- Cain's heresy
- Secrecy
- Different perspectives throughout the book, shows all the characters have secrets.
- Desire
- All the characters have desires, some repress them and others commit deeds by night
- Most chapters end on a cliffhanger
- Science and Medicine
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