Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Good and Evil
- Reputation
- Dr Jekyll vs Mr Hyde
- Mr Utterson
- 'He was austere with himself;', and 'though he
enjoyed the theater, had not crossed the doors
of one for twenty years' - showing repression.
- Dr Lanyon
- Respected as a scientist that did not push
the boundaries of science - a true Victorian
gentleman that suppresses his desires.
- Dr Jekyll is respected and seen as a Victorian gentleman even
though he pushes the boundaries of science. Mr Hyde refuses
to follow the social conventions which allow for discrepancy.
- Women
- The maid
- She is again used as a literary device - to frame the information in the text. At
the beginning of the extract, the maid has a romantic view of the world, never
having ‘thought more kindly of the world’,. This introduces her as a
stereotypical Victorian female - romantic, innocent and gentle. She then
notices Mr Hyde, but she has ‘conceived a dislike’ for him previously - a female
who is used to depict innocence already having a dislike for a man which is a
strong emotion, and a notion supposed to be suppressed by Victorian society.
- The young girl
- She is used a a literary device - only used as the
subject for the mistreatment by mistreatment as
youth can represent innocence and goodness, and
women were believed to be pure and innocent.
- Zoomorphism / atavism