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DR JEKYLL AND MR
HYDE
-THEMES-
PREPARED BY:
NUR HASANAH BINTI RAZALI
NUR AINUL HAYANI BINTI ADERI

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1) Good vs. Evil
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is viewed as an allegory about good and evil that exist in all
men.
- People could argue that evil is stronger than good when Hyde seems to taking over.
- However, Hyde’s death at the end perhaps suggests a weakness of evil.

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2) Innocence and Violence
- This novel details two violence crimes against innocent and helpless citizens:
first, a young girl, and second, an elderly man.
- The violence in the novel centers on Mr. Hyde.
- It raises the question if violence is an inherent part of man’s nature.

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3) Female and Femininity
- Most female characters in this novel are portrayed as passive and weak spectators.
- A young girl running through a London street who was trampled by Hyde is portrayed
as
helpless, passive creature.
- The female servant only watches Hyde beating Carew until death, faints, waking up
long after the murderer is gone.

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4) Reputation, Secrecy and
Repression
- The upright men avoid gossip at all costs; they see gossip as a great destroyer of
reputation.
- Even many men claim themselves as friends, their relationships are most defined by
the things they keep secret from each other.
- Jekyll's actions suggest the possible outcome of such self-repression.

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- He ultimately feels compelled to find a secret outlet for the urges he cannot share—Mr.
Hyde.
- Jekyll believes he can maintain his reputation while enjoying his darker urges through Mr
Hyde.
- Hyde's takeover of Jekyll suggests that repression only strengthens so it explodes.

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5) Bachelorhood and
Friendship
- Mr. Utterson is compelled to uncover the mystery of the evil man because of his
friendship with Dr. Jekyll.
- Lanyon and Jekyll are also old friends and dine together, but they regard each other as
professional rivals.
- We see that friendships can be ruined by differences of opinion.

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- Clearly, all of the main male characters are single bachelors.
- This gives the personal lives of Utterson, Jekyll and others a lonely, isolated feeling.
- The social that constructs these men to deal with money, law, and science, have taken
away from the communal traditions perhaps even religion.

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6) KEEPING UP
APPEARANCE
- The appearances of buildings in the novel reflect the characters of the inhabitants.
- Dr. Jekyll has a comfortable, well kept, majestic, rich and beautiful house.
- Meanwhile, Mr. Hyde lives in a run down, neglected and shabby laboratory.

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7) DUALITY OF HUMAN
NATURE
- Hyde is imagined as an evil-looking dwarfed man with a violent temper.
- Jekyll is a respected man of science, good-natured and leader of his circle of friends.

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8) LACK OF
COMMUNICATION
- The characters show the inabilities to fully express themselves.
- They choose to hold highly important information.
- Most of the important details regarding to the nature of Jekyll and Hyde are passed on
in
written form rather than in speech.

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9) RATIONAL VS
IRRATIONAL
- Utterson considers himself to be an upright and honorable citizen of Victorian England.
- From Dr. Lanyon’s side, the revelation of Jekyll's work is too much to bear.
- This is because he died in shock of Hyde’s transformation back to Jekyll.

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10) SCIENCE, REASON &
SUPERNATURAL
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde creates a tension between the world of reason and science
and the
world of the supernatural.
- They also suggest the limits of reason in the inability to understand with the
supernatural
phenomena that takes place.

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11) CURIOSITY
- In this novel, curiosity has driven the characters to seek knowledge.
- This curiosity is either suppressed or fulfilled in each character.
- Finally, the characters’ curiosities are, somehow transferred over the reader to figure
out the solutions.