LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
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the case revolves around a medical and scientific experiment.
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Dr. Jekyll changes in his appearance as his mind degenerates so that he looks, acts, and speaks more like an animal.
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Mr. Hyde is much craftier than the doctor is.
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no one can tell that the two men are one in the same.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson uses Mr. Hyde to show that Victorian people and society are imperfect and have dualities that Victorian values deny, ultimately leading to the destruction of the repressed person or society.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gothic element of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is represented via the theme of doubling. This is revealed to the reader by the horrifying transformation of Dr Henry Jekyll into the atavistic murderer Edward Hyde. The transformation is generated by the fear of regression, as both men are revealed to be the same person.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was a text that shook Victorian society and was condemned and banned due to its theory that God had not created the universe as outlined in the Bible. Consequently, people were cautious of science and its developments.
Detailed explanation-4: -Theme: The duality of human nature: Stevenson writes about the duality of human nature – the idea that every single human being has good and evil within them. Stevenson describes how there is a good and an evil side to everyone’s personality, but what is important is how you behave and the decisions you make.