Writers Intent Flashcards
Whole focus of the novel?
The duality of man; the idea that good and evil co-exist in people, in places, everywhere.
Why would the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde shock a Victorian audience?
because the whole idea of Hyde opposed the Victorian expectation of gentlemen and the status that had to remain.
Why is the theme of science crucial in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
Hyde is a product of science, he is evil and sinister. This aligns with the Victorian opinion that scientific experimentation was bad as it was taking over religion. People were trying to ‘play god’
“Too fanciful” lanyon on Jekyll
How is Freud’s theory demonstrated?
ID- this is Hyde, the product of hidden desires.
EGO- Utterson, a ‘well known man about town’ aims to please but had his own secrets
