2. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Aim
To be able to discuss the multiple allegorical interpretations of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Jekyll against the constraints of his situation
How the location effects our understanding
Stevenson’s revelation
The corrosive nature of the relationship.

3. Jekyll & Hyde: A Dichotomy
Dr Jekyll
Mr Hyde
Good
Sober
Day
Homo-sapien
New Town
Super-ego
Evil
High
Night
Ape
Old Town Id

4. Victorian Morality Sex discussed in terms of flowers
Children under 10 allowed to work legally until 1878
Homosexuality & sex outside of marriage frowned upon
“It was as an ordinary sinner that I fell before the assaults of temptation.” – Dr Jekyll
“In my eyes it bore a livelier image of spirit”

5. How the location effects our understanding
Jekyll’s places vs. Hyde’s places
Jekyll’s weather vs. Hyde’s weather
The study is the birthplace of both knowledge and evil: an allusion to The Garden of Eden
Only the 19th century could give birth to this novel (Freud, Marx & Darwin)

6. Stevenson’s Revelation
“I’m a million different people all rolled into one”
“Man is not truly one but truly two”
How does Utterson have the truth revealed to him?
Multiple character perspectives
Id, Ego & Super-ego

7. The Corrosive Nature of the Relationship
Jekyll loosing control (Park Bench, graffiti, incident at the window)
Jekyll is being driven mad by guilt as both sections of his personality wage war on one another – he even worries Hyde will destroy his statement.
Jekyll does not fully regret what he has done: he describes Hyde as “ape-like” yet he pities him.

8. Advanced Techniques
Write a paragraph about one of the following techniques:
Allegory
Foreshadowing – indicating what the ending will be during the beginning of the text (think films or books with obvious endings)
Symbolism – including a word or object that stands for a theme or idea e.g. the apple in the Garden of Eden.
Explain how the technique is used. Use the PEE structure.

9. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Aim
To be able to discuss the multiple allegorical interpretations of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Jekyll against the constraints of his situation
How the location effects our understanding
Stevenson’s revelation
The corrosive nature of the relationship.