Good and Evil

Good and Evil

1. Reputation

   • Dr Jekyll vs Mr Hyde
     • Mr Utterson
       • 'He was austere with himself;', and 'though he enjoyed the theater, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years' - showing repression.
     • Dr Lanyon
       • Respected as a scientist that did not push the boundaries of science - a true Victorian gentleman that suppresses his desires.
     • Dr Jekyll is respected and seen as a Victorian gentleman even though he pushes the boundaries of science. Mr Hyde refuses to follow the social conventions which allow for discrepancy.

2. Women

   • The maid
     • She is again used as a literary device - to frame the information in the text. At the beginning of the extract, the maid has a romantic view of the world, never having ‘thought more kindly of the world’,. This introduces her as a stereotypical Victorian female - romantic, innocent and gentle. She then notices Mr Hyde, but she has ‘conceived a dislike’ for him previously - a female who is used to depict innocence already having a dislike for a man which is a strong emotion, and a notion supposed to be suppressed by Victorian society.
   • The young girl
     • She is used a a literary device - only used as the subject for the mistreatment by mistreatment as youth can represent innocence and goodness, and women were believed to be pure and innocent.

3. Zoomorphism / atavism