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Science and Religion (The characters are interested in science and…
Science and Religion
The characters are interested in science and religion
Jekyll and Lanyon are scientists
Christian society
Very different approaches
Lanyon
Science of the material world
Can’t cope with Jekyll using scientific research
Jekyll
Jekyll’s scientific work leads ‘wholly towards the mystic and the transcendental’ :<3:
Uses science to deal with ‘the hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion’ :<3:
Was a source of conflict
Most people believed the earth was created by God
Big bang was dangerous
Jekyll’s science goes against religious beliefs
It is the ‘temptation of a discovery so singular and profound’ :<3:
Meddles with human nature for his own selfish reasons
Jekyll has still made a scientific breakthrough
‘I was the first...’ :<3:
‘beyond the reach of fate’ :<3:
Not the case
‘chief of sufferers’ :<3:
‘torments’ :<3:
Religion is a social issue as well as a personal one
Everyone is sinful
‘regarded and hid them with an almost morbid sense of shame’ :<3:
Being seen to do good deeds is a sign of respectability
‘distinguished for religion’ :<3:
Criticises the act of being religious in public and sinful in private
Science is shown to be powerful
Science causes death and destruction
The details of his experiment cannot be changed
Caused his evil side to return with a ‘more awful pressure’ :<3:
His experiment was ‘incomplete’ :<3:
Science is sometimes portrayed as unsettling
Presents Jekyll’s scientific work as mysterious
Transformation of Hyde is hideous
‘racking pangs’ :<3:
‘deadly nausea’ :<3:
‘a horror of the spirit’ :<3:
Full of curious objects
‘some white salt’ :<3:
‘traces’ :<3:
‘some strange things’ :<3: