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• Dr. Jekyll


  Respected scientist, upstanding member of society, wealthy, facade - secretly experiments, possessed with the duality of man, repressed for 50 years - this is why Hyde exists
• Dr. Jekyll relationship to Utterson

  Close friend of Utterson, who is Jekyll's lawyer
• Dr. Jekyll


  • Well respected, prosperous, upstanding, but has a secret dark side
• Dr. Jekyll is the main character of the story, from whose perspective most of the story is told
• who is Mr. Hyde?

  Dr. Jekyll's evil alter-ego, created through scientific experimentation, represents man's baser instincts and the id, violent, animalistic, small, ugly and deformed
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde


  Represent the duality of man, Jekyll's scientific experiments lead to the creation of Hyde
• Dr. Lanyon


  Dr. Jekyll's friend, rational and skeptical, contrasts with the characteristics of Jekyll, disapproves of Jekyll's supernatural sciences
• Dr. Lanyon's death represents a victory for materialism over the supernatural
• Mr. Hyde symbolises man's baser instincts and the fear of devolution according to the ideas of Charles Darwin
• By creating Hyde, Dr. Jekyll has created something that is unnatural and against God
• The story explores the idea of the Victorian gentleman indulging in disreputable things, with Jekyll's scientific experiments and Hyde's violent acts
• The story explores the duality of human nature, with the differences between the 'goodness' of Dr. Jekyll and the 'evilness' of Mr. Hyde
• Dr. Jekyll: '"man is not truly one but truly two"'
• The story uses contrasts such as the rich area of London vs the slums, and the more human side of Dr. Jekyll vs the more animalistic side of Mr. Hyde
• The story explores ideas of primitive, bestial, and troglodytic nature of man as opposed to the civilised, rational side
• The story reflects the Victorian fears about the duality of human nature and the potential for devolution according to Darwin's theories
• Jekyll and Hyde is an poscincking dramatizg of human benciviour and investigates captivatin themes such as the cluckity of mankind, crime and science. Stevenson has purposely chosen the literary form of a gothic novella as it ofpoctively emphosises wis portrayal of a class and mysterious Victorian Society 'Jekyll and Hyde is an allegory of the hypocrisy and darker dimensions of society. As a novel it as a procluct of it's time however stevenson's exploration of the duality of man and the fragility of mankind resonates grectly with a modem avalience hence why 'Jekyll and Hyde is a well know modem day phrase?
• full of biblical allusion
• by referencing the Bible, Stevenson is using a universally recognised system of symbolism. Religious allusion also work to solidify the theme of religion vs science
• secrets - connection between Jekyll and Mydle add a great deal of suspense to the pot
• mysterious Battings. Jekyll's Laboratory Hyde's apartment and pathetic fallacy => pog- mysterious nature.
• Lombroso theory of okoviam physical characteristics that are atypical mankind thems ariminal -> Hydes a demonstration of this
• Fraud + Theory of the mind - The id primitive + instinktual part of the payche superego -> moral conscience the ego -> balance between id + supersgo -> Hycle is representative of id Jekyll is representative of ego
• advancement of technology. led to a great improvement in the everyday lives of the population. -> darwinism coused a poor that scientific development was going against religion. -> stevenson plays of the pears of the generation or devolution by coing Hyple.
• Gabriel Utterson


  • mean of evidence
  • he's a lower Lane is crust WOTERY
  • we need him to be a credible narrator - we CROEN what he leaths
  • clull, serious and boring
  • repressed (theatre)
  • She doesn't clistract from che mystery of J+H
  • Loyal to his friends
  • you could argue that he is intepering and doesn't respect 's boundaries
• Gabriel Utterson

  • Gregarious, kind-hearted, repressed, reputable, logical, dependable, strict with himself, austere, tolerant, rational, moral, paragon of virtue
• Edward Hyde


  • Atavistic, Feral, Depraved, Malevolent, Primitive, Troglodytic Callous, Sinister, Reclusive, Crude, Savage, Degenerate (noun- a person lacking moral qualities), Gruff (abrupt in manner), Amoral, Remorseless, Violent
• Edward Hyde intent Violent at Mucle's антск vicious confusion - скутетел ease with Trampled calmly passive
• Dr Henry Jekyll


  • he is a respected scientist cycod reputation
  • he has spent years repressing his preciseS
  • Left vague/embkjous
  • believes in the concept of duacity in hores the paces Shakespeak cises the use of sans a situat es the impetuo Love to loc
  • he uses his experiments to free his darker side
  • to begin with enjoys his time as Hyple but grows to Show remorse.
• Dr Henry Jekyll


  • Respectable, Honourable, Reputable, Highly regarded, Sociable, Wealthy, Ambitious, Intelligent, Manipulative, Reckless, Handsome, Remorseful, Deceitful, Naive, Hypocritical, Deluded