Jekyll and Hyde Context&Notes

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allegory= story interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

Psychoanalysis= dark side of the human personality, personality shifts of Dr Jekyll as he suppresses his desires

Nietzsche's " birth of tragedy", Restraint VS passion, an inbalance of these concepts brings out animal instincts

Victorian Era's society meant that gentleman had to keep up a respectable façade

Dark and sinister plot explores the dual nature of men

Moral behaviour was one of the restraints imposed by the Victorian Community

Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment in 1885 stated that homosexuality was a criminal activity

ID theory= Hyde has no moral/social value, takes pleasure in violence, has his desires satisfied immediately

EGO theory= Jekyll has a conscience, morals, abides by social principles, uses Hyde to live out his urges