Good and Evil

Good and Evil

Reputation
1. Dr Jekyll vs Mr Hyde
  1. Mr Utterson
    1. 'He was austere with himself;', and 'though he enjoyed the theater, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years' - showing repression.
  2. Dr Lanyon
    1. Respected as a scientist that did not push the boundaries of science - a true Victorian gentleman that suppresses his desires.
  3. 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
1. The maid
  1. 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.
2. The young girl
  1. 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

Resource summary

	Created by Caitlin O'Neill over 7 years ago