i concealed my pleasures

• point

  jekyll admits to hiding his immoral desires highlighting the theme of secrecy and repression.
• anayslis

  the verb "concealed" connotes deliberate deception and shame - and the use of the plural noun "pleasures" suggests habitual shameful indulgences
• what does the vague wording create

  ambiguity forcing readers to imagine what he's hiding, enhancing the gothic atmosphere of mystery and unease.
• what does the vague wording emphasise snd imply


  enhancing the gothic atmosphere of mystery and unease. that Jekyll id like many victorian men, publicly respectable but privately sinfull. suggesting that society is to blame
• stevensons purpose

  critiques the hypocritical nature of victorian respectability
• audience

  would be disturbed and reflect on own hidden lives