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It was like some dammned juggernaut

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It was like some dammned juggernaut

THEME: RELIGION

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-Juggernaut is a corruption of jagannath (the God of the universe in the Hindu relgion)

-Stevenson takes a religion that has just as many followers as christianity but subtly implies that it is christian prejudice that informs our view of Hyde.

-Everyone assumes Hyde is inherently evil, he trampled calmy as the event was not a malicious attack from Hyde rather two people accidently bumping into each other.

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It was like some dammned juggernaut

THEME: HYPOCRISY.

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  • Enfield himself is out at the same time, however he is only in the position to critisise Hyde as whatever misdeeds he had partaken in at 3 A.M remain concealed, therefore showing his hypocrisy.
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It was like some dammned juggernaut

THEME: SCIENCE

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  • There is something unnatural about Hyde, that he is not really like a man
  • This will help a christian audience to dismiss Hyde as the result of science corruptiong Gods influence.

-Stevenson is giving his audience what they desire, a Christian moral story.
- However, he is an atheist so he is subtly undermining that story for those whom care to dive deeper than what is given to them at surface level.
- He may be inciting questions about the role religion plays within society, and whether it is something that should have as much influence as it does

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I saw that sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him

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I saw that sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him

THEME : RELIGION

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  • As soon as Enfield sees Hyde he feels a strong inclination to murder him
  • This plays with the idea of the original sin within the novella.
  • They are far more evil characters than Hyde at this stage (he only trampled), as the explicitly display murderous desires, and they represent society.
  • A Christian reader would interpret this as a man of Christian morals wanting to rid the world of such evil.
  • However, religion here would simply be a facade for the fact that they are full of the desire to kill, the Bible explicity states thou shall not kill
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I saw that sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him

THEME: HYPOCRISY

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  • They say they have moral christian standards, but actually they are full of the desire to kill.
  • He proceeds to threaten that he will make his name stink from one end of London to another
  • Despite him explicity admitting to his desire to break one of cire teachings of his faith (thou shall not kill) as well as also being present in the streets on London at 3AM
  • His avoidance of official authority, instead relying on the tarnishable nature of reputation as well as gossip to punish Hyde. Seemingly, he appears very corrupt.
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I saw that sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him

THEME: SCIENCE

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  • Why is Enfield so opposed to Hyde?
  • His troglodytic appearence, the construct of Hyde is used to incite widespread fears within the contemporary audience (regression)
  • Darwinism states that evolution was the result of survival of the fittest, however christians interpret this as not only physical but spiritual development resulting in morality and civllisation.
  • However morality is useless if it doesnt give you an advantage in survival, theoretically mankind could evolve to neanederthal like state is it gave us an evolutionary edge, which would be deeply unsettling to a christian audience, as it contradicts the story of genesis.
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The curtains of the bed plucked apart… he must rise and do his bidding

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The curtains of the bed plucked apart… he must rise and do his bidding

THEME: REPRESSION

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  • Here Utterson is dreaming od Dr. Jekyll lying in his bed.
  • The choice of lexis, such as the verb plucked, is somewhat sensual
  • He is not imagining himself in this scenario, rather the figure of Hyde, assumingly creating a sense of jelousy or denial of his repressed sexual attraction to Jekyll.
  • In 1885, just before the novella was published, a law was passed against gross indecency, In part the novella is written in response to the act.
  • He is attracted to immorallity of Hydes nature, if he be Mr.Hyde…I shall be Mr seek as well as being described to have a somewhat attraction to the lives of down-going men
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The curtains of the bed plucked apart… he must rise and do his bidding

THEME: TEMPTATION OF CURIOSITY.

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-* bidding* suggests the influence the sin of blackmail has, Utterson believes that Jekyll is subjected to Hydes demands due to information Hyde posseses that may potentially harm jekylls reputation, in this case homosexual relations.

-However, this may also be interepreted as the concern of a friend.

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**I read Satans signature upon a face. It is on tha of your new friend. **

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**I read Satans signature upon a face. It is on that of your new friend. **
THEME: RELIGION

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  • Utterson has taken the christian perspective, shown through the imagery created, as if Satan has claimed Hyde as his property.
  • However, at this stage the only indisputable evidence of Hydes evil acts, assumingly not by any means on purpose trampling a girl, and showed no remorse.
  • However, the christian perspective that Hyde is the full embodiment of evil is not necessarily true. Jekyll describes Hyde as natural and human whom is free from the inhibitions, which lead to repressed desires, a christian society imposes.
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**I read Satans signature upon a face. It is on that of your new friend. **

THEME: HYPOCRISY

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  • What makes Hyde so evil he may as well have satans signiture across his face?
  • Nothing, the characters seem incapable of even descriping his physical appearence. Shown through Enfields vague description There is something wrong with his appearence
  • This undermines the metaphor of Hyde being marked by satans signiture.
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**I read Satans signature upon a face. It is on that of your new friend. **
THEME: SCIENCE

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May be a warning that science is leading society astray from the fundemental values of religion, therefore becoming more suseptible to evil. Because Hyde is the product of science.

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There is something wrong with his appearence

Theme: dual nature of man

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The Christian audience would assume that they cannot describe Hydes appearence, the extent of the distress caused by his evilness, that he is somewhat supernatural, meaning there is no other reference point for him to be compared to.

The other alternative, is that initially there is nothing so blatently evil for them to describe, shown by pronoun *something * , therefore the impression they are describing of him does not match the reality.

Stevenson is implementing the idea that nothing can simply be perceived at face-value.

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A man is not truly one but two

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A man is not truly one but truly two
Theme: Religion and duality

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Jekyll suggests that everyman consists of both good and evil, this is emphasised by the use of repitition and harsh consonants

  • This is compatible with christian doctrine, in that the great fall in the garden of evil led to the original sin, and that humanity is good in order to redeem themselves iand therefore regain the blissful garden of Eden.

However, if this is true Hyde could be all of jekylls evil personified, however this does not remove the sin and evil embedded into jekyll, therefore his vigarous attempts to rid himself of all evil, is going against the intrinsic conflict between morals and sin.

Therefore duality is installed within everyone.

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With ape like fury…hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered

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With ape like fury

THEME: SCIENCE (DARWINISM)

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Arguably, the construct of Hyde represents mans basal insticts.

ape-like references darwinism and regression, hegemonic fears at the time.

Fury the idea that in a more primitive form, we were less moral.

However, darwins survival of the fittest would suggest that this fury is what enabled us to survive, and that therefore basal insticts which are free from the inhibitions of societal conventions are beneficial, moreover something to repress.

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With ape like fury

THEMES: SCIENCE VS RELIGION

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To a christian audience: His fury may be euphenistic or a refferal to his innate maliciousnes.

Hyde who is sciences creation, whom jumped from among the chemicals, his sole existence challanges christianity.

However, jekylls reasoning behing the creation of hyde was to live a life free of repression.

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A sealed and stamped envelope..which bore the name and adressing Mr Utterson

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A sealed and stamped envelope..which bore the name and adressing Mr Utterson

Why Stevenson might have chosen Carew as the vicitm.

FEAR OF CRIME- HYPOCRISY

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  • As a member of parliment, Carew would have voted on the 1885 gross indecency act, meaning the repression and criminalisation of homosexuality.

**aged and beautiful gentleman ** (adjective beautiful feminine in description)

However another interpretation is that Jekyll acts as Stevensons proxy, therefore the murder of a member of parliment, would perhaps act as a retalliation to the 1885 law .

Although Hyde somehow murdered Carew as he was carrying a letter adressed to Mr Utterson, which evokes the question as to why Stevenson is creating somewhat of a connection between Hyde and Utterson, as well as portraying the murder as very purposeful

Hyde being the embodiment of Jekylls uncensored desires free of the restraints of societal conventions could suggest that:

This could be the same jelousy Utterson feels towards Hyde, assuming he is Jekylls lover, except Jekyll now feeling the same sense of jelousy towards Carew.

This also further motivates the reader to pursue the story in order for his actions to be explained, however Stevensons never reveals.

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a low French eating house… many women of different nationalities…and the nect moment the fog settled… This was the home of Henry Jekylls favourite

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a low French eating house… many women of different nationalities…and the nect moment the fog settled… This was the home of Henry Jekylls favourite

THEME: THE GEOGRAPHY OF HYPOCRISY

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  • Leicester sqaure and Soho, the are extremly close in distance. Leicester square (residence of most respectable men, soho is a place to fulfil vices)
  • The distance is not only symbollic of the hypocrisy of London gentlemen, but an accurate description of London itself.
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a low French eating house… many women of different nationalities…and the nect moment the fog settled… This was the home of Henry Jekylls favourite

Soho is symbolic of societies fears.

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  • Soho in this quote represents societies fears.
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    Low - if used as a noun, low repute. Beacause it is foreign, as there was a heganomic mistrust towards the unknown
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    different nationalities - Hyde too was potrayed as somewhat of another nationality, hairy. Stevenson moved to Somoa in 1889, he is without the Victorian xenophobia, his description of Soho through Uttersons perspective, or that of the Victorian reader and pointing out their hypocrisy, however at surface level he is complying to what the readers want

Fog is symbolic of the corruption of Soho, vulnerability as well as an image of irrational thinking. This view of foreigners as disruptible and less than is a fog that is effecting the Victorian reader and the stagnancy of progression within society towards a less hypocritical and repressed society. Directly linked, by describing the fog with the use of the adjective brown

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This was the home of Henry Jekylls favourite
THEME: REPRESSED HOMOSEXUALITY.

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  • another example of the jelousy within Utterson
  • Stevensons addition of Jekylls first name suggests that when Utterson is feeling intimate towards Jekyll, he introduces the first name, which refects the intimate terms he wishes to be on with Jekyll, however he is not thus why Hyde is remains somewhat of an obsession to him.
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Rather quaint… I wouldnt speak of this note… said the master

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Rather quaint… I wouldnt speak of this note… said the master

Hypocrisy and criminality of Utterson

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  • When it is revealed that note signed with the name Hyde, but is Jekylls hand-writing (by mr guest), Utterson who is oblivious to the truth now believes Jekyll is harbouring Hyde, and he fails to turn this beneficial peice of information into the police.
  • noun master He uses his position as the employer of Mr Guest as well as his social superior in order to repress the truth.
  • This may be Stevenson inciting the questionning of the very fabric of society, the law. And if those who are in respnsible for upholding the law.
  • This can be linked back 1885 act.
  • The contemporary reader would have had a very different perspective on Uttersons actions, as they live in the reputation obsessed society, Stevenson critises. They would have been more sympathetic, despite Stevenson hope for them to adress their own hidden motives, and whether this impacts the fair society he hopes to
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A new province of knowlede and new avenues to fame and power shall be laid open to you

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A new province of knowlede and new avenues to fame and power shall be laid open to you

Lanyon death perspectives

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  • One way the reader is informed of Lanyons own letter we he describes his perspective on seeing Hyde transformation into Jekyll
  • Another is the final chapter when Jekyll tells the exact same incident, except he misses a crucial peice of evidence which Lanyon includes (he knows this is information is evidence that he is guilty of something)
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A new province of knowlede and new avenues to fame and power shall be laid open to you

Lanyons temptation

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  • lanyons temptation could be a reference to the temptation put before Jesus by the devil, in which he refused.
  • lanyon is deliberatley tempted by hyde, and eventually succumbing to this temptation .
  • As a Christian he so horrified by the evil of Jekylls experiments to the extent where he believes there is nothing in the world which is free from the corruption of evil, he would rather be dead and in heaven, than endulge in such heretical scientific experiments.
  • Stevenson, and other atheists may perceive this as obsurd, which creates a rather comic tone.

**- A new province of knowlede ** Jekyll is promising a revolutionary form of science, however it is limited and destined for failure due to repression.

fame and power the idea of such would seduce anyone, however the Christian Lanyon recognises his temptation and therefore believes it would simply be better to die with the knowledge of this experiment than allowing it to seep into society.

The Christian message: Resist science and temptation by any means, and repress your desire

Stevenson: Lanyons rejection of life is absurd, temptation is an intrinisc part of man. At the time he was susffering from turbuculosis.

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But his love of life is wonderful… I find it in my heart to pity him

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But his love of life is wonderful… I find it in my heart to pity him

Jekyll pities Hyde

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  • Stevenson, with the reader in mind, suggests that Hydes misdeeds were done out of a passion for life.
  • All of Hydes experiences have been heightened, he is sensual, sensitive therefore someone who has experienced life fully and is desperate to continue to do so.
  • This is in contrast with jekyll who is not reluctant to die. Because he knows this will allow him to fully become Hyde.
  • Hyde who is free from the inhibitions of rules and conventions, however no society can fucntion without rules and Hyde can no longer continue to live in society once hes a murderer.
  • But if he is murdered on Jekylls behalf, we cannot necessarily hold him responsible.
  • Thus why Jekyll feels pity for him, he has caused him to become a fugitive, subsequently killing him.

Why would Stevenson want the reader to pity Hyde.
- If jekyll hadnt been denied the oppurtunity to live life without the restraint of repressing desires, the creation of Hyde would have resulted in an angel not a fiend

Ultimatley, Jekyll is suggesting that he was wrong to keep Hyde hidden, which links to his homophonic name.

Enfield and sawbones

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But his love of life is wonderful… I find it in my heart to pity him

Hyde triumphs

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  • jekyll dies before Hyde, he kills himself before being excecuted.
  • This is arguably more noble as it is him taking charge of his own life.
  • This may suggest that evil is stronger than the good,

A christian would suggest people must be very aware of their evil desires, in order to repress them before they develop.

  • Stevenson however, would argue as an atheist that if we have a fully rounded life, and give into our sensual desires, we will be more powerful, and that is why Jekyll dies first.

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