Science Flashcards
Context
-Industrial Revolution led to rapid rate of scientific development in the Victorian era
-these rapid changes caused social unease, with people scared of what would happen in the future
“Unscientific balderdash”
-Highlights the conflict between Lanyon and Jekyll, as Lanyon prefers to balance his religious thought and scientific study by remaining in the sphere of material science
-Whilst Jekyll extends his work into the metaphysical
-This conflict mirrors the tension between religion and science
Darwinism
-Charles Darwin claimed that evolution occurs by natural selection
-There was a sense of fear of this scientific development going against religion
-Stevenson plays on fears of degeneration or devolution by giving Hyde ape-like and caveman features
