Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde major characters

Dr Jekyll
1. respectable and courteous
2. "If I am the chief of sinners, then I am the chief of sufferers also"
3. "like a disconsolate prisoner"
4. Mr Hyde
  1. perhaps the original version of man
    1. repressed by the weight of civilisation
  2. intimate partof Jekyll's character
  3. otherworld origin
    1. certain inhumanity, animalistic
      1. "it was Hyde after all, and Hyde alone that was guilty"
    2. uncontrollable power, supernatural
      1. as the novella progresses, Hyde's ascendancy becomes more pronounced
        "the smile was struck out of his face"
  4. manipulates Jekyll's desires to gaincontrol
    1. mindlessly vicious natural and deliberately amoral
      1. "hailing down a storm of blows"
Mr Utterson
1. epitome of Victorian standards
  1. highly moral and upright
  2. ideal Victorian gentleman
2. curious about the sordid details of Victorian society
3. reserved and bland
  1. rational and reasonable and dignified
4. values reputation and public appearance above all
  1. important currency in Victorian England
5. devoted to decorum and law and order
  1. honourable
6. "last good influence in the lives of down-going men"
  1. "lest the good name of another should be sucked down the eddy of the scandal"
Dr Lanyon
1. contrast in belief, with Jekyll
2. embodies rational and logical thinking
3. dogmatic and rigid faith in the truth and pure sciences

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