Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Jekyll and Hyde
- Good vs Evil
- Jekyll =Good
- Hyde=Evil
- "There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing,
something downright detestable."
- "He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity,"
- Two sides of human personality
- Intertwined part of human nature
- Hydes death shows weakness of evil
- Repression
- Jekyll repressed side comes out as Hyde
- Hyde smaller in stature because of this
- Context: Victorian society very stict and not as open as modern society
- the more he desires the life of
Mr. Hyde, and the stronger Mr.
Hyde becomes.
- "I am ashamed of my long tongue. Let us make a bargain
never to refer to this again."- Utterson refering to
gossiping- showing how restrictive society was
- Lashes out in an
extremely violent
fashion - shows effect
of built up repression
- "Ape like fury"
- "Hailing down a storm of blows"
- "In which the bones were audibly shattered"
- Freinships
- Jekyll, Hyde and
Utterson have secret
and detached
relationship
- Friendship act as
enablers and motivators
to drive the plot forward
- Tension and
friction between
Lanyon and
Jekyll over science
- Are they friends or non
aggressive
acquaintances
- "The doctor gave one of his
pleasant dinners to some 5
or 6 old cronies"
- "You could see by his
looks that he
cherished for
Mr.Utterson a sincire
and warm affection"
- "Make a clean breast
of this in confidence;
and I make no doubt I
can get you out of it."
Utterson's loyalty to
Jekyll
- Science Vs Religion
- Context- Louis Stevenson
indulged in supernatural
- Jekyll is on the side of
supernatural/unconventional
science
- Lanyon more scientific
- for there before my
eyes—pale and shaken, and
half fainting, and groping
before him with his hands,
like a man restored from
death—there stood Henry
Jekyll!
- Dies after witnessing
trasformation
- "A week afterwards Dr. Lanyon took to his bed, and in
something less than a fortnight he was dead."
- science becomes a cover and
justification for supernatural
activities.