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Jekyll and Hyde - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Hyde is powerful
      - Hyde is primitive; de-evolved
        
        Darwin's theory of evolution
        
        His theory goes against God, and how God created everything; Therefore, Hyde, being proof that we once were similar to apes, goes against God
        
        We all have a 'Hyde' side inside of us; we cannot get rid of our primitive desires, so is Hyde this pure evil that he is made out to be?
      - Hyde is animalistic
        
        Lacking human morals; evil
        
        Uncontrollable - he cannot be controlled by Jekyll
        
        Capable of outburst of rage
  - - - Symbolizing snakes
        
        In the bible, the snake represts temptation
        
        Hyde is the manifestation of desires, that lives within every person. A forever-present temptation.
        
        Temptation being the root of all evil and almost a gateway to hell
        
        Hyde is associated with the devil
      - Hyde is animilistic
  - - - Highlights how he does not care about the child; they are just an obstacle in the way that can be ignored
        
        This could also suggest that Hyde is not as evil as he appears to be. It could be argued that it is the girl's fault for running into him, and so he ignores the girl after trampling her, emphasizing how he lacks morals, however he does not do anything further, just treating her as an inconvenience
    - - Emphasises how Hyde lacks morals
      - Foreshadows how Hyde is associated with violence and evil
      - Makes us feel sympathy for the young girl, and giving Hyde an evil first impression
  - - - It could also foreshadow metaphorical 'deformity' with Hyde's mind
      - The modal verb 'must' emphasizes how Enfield knows that there is something wrong, but fails to describe it
    - - As so, any criticism they do make is more powerful, emphasizing Hyde's unnatural look
    - - Lombroso's theory - In Victorian England, there was a known theory by Lombroso that you can tell who is a criminal, by the way they look - unnatural.
        
        As Hyde looks 'deformed' and thus unnatural, he would have been associated with crime and evil.
- - - - "unscientific balderdash"
        
        nonsensical science - to far into the supernatural, not materialist
  - - - Stevenson may be trying to convey that repressing your desires obsessively will only lead to a stronger 'evil' side. Everyone has good and evil inside of them, and people must accept that.
- - - - Emphasizes Utterson's curious nature, that wants to uncover the truth about Hyde
        
        This curiosity is out of care for Jekyll
      - Highlights his care for Jekyll as he will become something else to find this 'Hyde', who appears to be blackmailing him
  - - - "incline" indicates that Utterson is drawn towards "Cain's heresy'
        
        He is not conventional person, there is something suspicious about him as he is inclined to doing wrong
        
        This could suggest that even though is seen as a 'Victorian gentleman', he still has the desire to do wrong; his pleasures.
      - Utterson does not take responsibly for other people ("Am I my brother's keeper?"- Cain)
  - - - Further emphasized when Stevenson describes Utterson as 'austere with himself'
        
        He wants to seem like a 'Victorian gentleman' to others, but is secretly
        
        This could be seen as an attack by Stevenson on Victorian society and etiquette, suggesting that no matter how perfect you seem to be, everyone has pleasures that they conceal - it is all for show - perhaps highlighting how nonsensical this seems to be to an outside perspective