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J and H - Themes (Good and Evil - Sis (Jekyll and Hyde are the novel's…
J and H - Themes
Violence - Sis
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Both incidents are caused by Hyde on two innocent, helpless victims.
Hyde is shown to have an innate, animalistic inclination towards violence and brutality
Good and Evil - Sis
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In the novel there is a struggle between both. The focus is on which is most powerful / superior. Both want to be dominant
Hyde seems to take over, suggesting evil is more powerful and cannot be contained.
However, he does die at the end, implying evil's weakness and failure in overtaking good.
Evil, I fear, founded--evil was sure to come--of that connection. Ay truly, i believe you; I dare is still lurking in his victim's room. --- Evil is in J's lab. Poole and Utterson want to get it out
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Science - Sam
The transformation is so bizarre that normal science and its language cannot adequately account for or describe it. Jekyll describes the transformation as:
the trembling immateriality, the mist like transience
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In the statement, Jekyll is careful to point out that it is not the potion itself that causes good or evil
"The drug had no discriminating action; it was neither diabolical or diving; but it shook the doors of the prison of my disposition"
This helps to align him with a more rigorous scientific approach. He means that the effect the potion has on the person who takes it depends on the state of that person - it is just a reaction to a chemical
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Hypocrisy
- Jekyll and Hyde as an individual is a perfect example of hypocrisy. Because when either of them are showing themselves to the public they are also hiding something in private.
'Both sides of my were in dread earnest,'
- Mr. Utterson’s hypocrisy is when he consistently keeps information from the police in order to save his friend’s reputation
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"With a transport of glee, I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow"
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