The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

1. character

   • Hyde
   • Jekyll
     • cares about his reputation and about what people think about him
   • Utterson
     • curoius
     • feels as if hyde has kidnapped jekyll
   • poole

2. setting

   • spooky night when poole the butler and utterson go to Jekyll as he has been in his cabinet for a whole week

3. duality

   • Jekyll has two sides of him he has the good and the evil and he feels that every human has two sides of themselves
   • the duality of human nature was very common in the Victorian society
     • especially men as they wanted to portray themselves as gentleman
       • they wanted to keep a strong reputation for themselves
       • they couldn't put their desires and feelings forward because it would be considered wrong in the Victorian society therefore you weren't a gentleman
         • in the same way Jekyll couldn't put his feelings forward and had to split his personality