Jekyll and hyde context

Question 1

Reputation of the victorian gentle man

Answer 1

Upper class expectations where so scrict that people hid there true selves. He uses Jekyll and hyde to show the hypocracy of the idea of reputation.

Question 2

Science and dwafism

Answer 2

At the time darwins ideas of evolution where new to society so people where scared of the idea that we came from apes and not God. Hyde is often described as ape like to play on this fear of the new unknown

Question 3

London

Answer 3

At the time london was very dangerous place. It was often dark, smoggy and dirty.