lanyon

• lanyon is dichotonomous to jekyll. lanyon embodies rationalism, which is basing opinion on fact than religion and unexplained phenomena. lanyon is religious, meeaning he is pious. lanyon is a martyr, meaning he dies for his beliefs
• stevenson may be offering a critique of how science heavily influenced by religion can become distorted and inherently flawed, prompting a reassessment between science and religion within societal discourse
• stevenson through lanyons hyperbolic death, doesnt just ridicule the fragility of victorian ideals; he exposes a deeper existential crisis, one cause by a disruptuon to rigid worldwide views. death becomes preferable to the complete dismantling of this meticulously constructed view
• science v religion, friendship + loyalty:"such unscientific balderdash...would have enstranged damon and pythias"
• this quote shows his embodiment of rationalism: in the dichotomy between jekyll and lanyon, stevenson explores scientific rationalism v allure of the unknown.
• lanyon embodies rationalism, dismissing jekylld experiments as "unscientific balderdash", a scathiny indictment that exposes their polar perspectives on science and worldwide views
• the persuit of knowledge transcends even the bonds of friendship, demonstrating how the battle for scientific truth can supersede personal loyalties
• mythological alludion: serves to ridicule jekyll as a scientist, revealing that his beliefs extent beyond the purely scientific realm
• science and religion are distorted into one, and we cannot objectively say that one is better than the other, when there is a blurred linr between them. stevenson wants readers to reasses the relationship between science and religion within societal discourse
• science v religion, duality, good v evil, repression, appearance v reality, friendship and loyalty : "my life is shaken to its roots"
• natural metaphor of lanyons life "shaken to hid roots" represents hoe physically and symbolically, these unconventional and unnatural experiments (transformation of hyde) have uprooted every aspect of lanyons existence- destabilising and violating his worldview to its core
• repression, duality : lanyond natural imagery serves as another attempt to emphasise the unnatural essence of metaphysical science. he illuminates how delving into this realm causes a departure from natural order, portraying jekylls dual and suppressed nature as emblematic of unnatural sin anfna peversion of human nature
• "shaken" connotes disruption. stevenson, through lanyons reaction doesnt just ridicule the fragility of victorian ideals, he also exposes a deeper existential crisis
• friendship and loyalty : "we were friends" - lanyon uses this phrase repeatedly throughout the novella, suggesting that friendship and loyalty are important values in society. however, the breakdown of these relationships due to jekyll's transformation raises questions about whether such ideals are truly sustainable in the face of scientific progress