Jekyll And Hyde Key Themes

Question 1

Duality

Answer 1

Having two personalities- a good side and a bad side

Victorian society- expected to act in a certain way- to be false or to mask yourself and real personality

We surpress our true desires/ impulses and therefore we explode and it takes over us

Question 2

Reputation

Answer 2

Honesty 
Trust
Honour
Integrity
Stature 

TO BE A GENTLEMAN

Question 3

Society

Answer 3

How everyone is supposed to act

Gentleman
Strict with yourself
Good
Polite

JEKYLL COULDNT LIVE UP TO THESE EXPECTATIONS - this is when Hyde erupts

Question 4

Secrets

Answer 4

Jekyll is the biggest secret as he hides away turning into Hyde - he is isolated and alone

Lanyon keeps jekylls secrets

Question 5

Violence

Answer 5

Hyde is the act of violence

Tramples the 8 year old girl and kills sir Danvers Carew ( ‘clubs him to the earth’)

Hyde is known as:
Trogaldictic / animalistic / ape like fury

Question 6

Science

Answer 6

FREUD - 2 parts of ourselves (duality)

Jekyll and lanyon are both scientists

Jekyll:
Supernatural
The ‘experimenter’
He is the new way of thinking

Lanyon:
Traditional
Narrow minded