is hyde truly evil?
first description of hyde ‘damned juggernaut’
‘damned’ - religious
‘juggernaut’ - word comes from a hindu god - british colonised india and looked
down on other cultures such as hindus as ‘savages’ - however stevenson did
not have this beleif, he moved to samoa to live among native people so by
using this insult he deemed to be backwards and prejudiced in the mouth of
enfield, he criticises the views these victorian middle class men hold
hyde ‘was pure evil’ (jekyll in his last letter) however also says that becoming hyde
gave him ‘a livelier image of spirit’ and says when hyde appeared he did not feel
disgust he felt ‘a leap of welcome’
so although hyde is characterised as ‘pure evil’ by societies’ moral values,
maybe hyde is the better existence and is a more true reflection of who jekyll is
to christian reader, makes jekyll seem more corrupt for enjoying this evil
describes being hyde as like ‘springing headlong into the sea of liberty’
metaphor makes it sound relieving and joyful
hyde is liberty in contrast to the oppressive society
so hyde is not what is evil, what is evil is society suppressing desires
jekyll says in his letter that his ‘devil came out roaring’
this implies aggression and increased anger
shows that repressing desires does not eradicate them, just makes them,
stronger
going to regent’s park after carew murder + turns into hyde spontaneously
‘the animal within me licking the chops of memory’ - relishing in the murder
however he is jekyll at this moment, starting to combine jekyll and hyde
christian message - evil is becoming more and more powerful and overtaking
him
is hyde truly evil? 1
first description of hyde ‘damned juggernaut’
‘damned’ - religious
‘juggernaut’ - word comes from a hindu god - british colonised india and looked
down on other cultures such as hindus as ‘savages’ - however stevenson did
not have this beleif, he moved to samoa to live among native people so by
using this insult he deemed to be backwards and prejudiced in the mouth of
enfield, he criticises the views these victorian middle class men hold
hyde ‘was pure evil’ (jekyll in his last letter) however also says that becoming hyde
gave him ‘a livelier image of spirit’ and says when hyde appeared he did not feel
disgust he felt ‘a leap of welcome’
so although hyde is characterised as ‘pure evil’ by societies’ moral values,
maybe hyde is the better existence and is a more true reflection of who jekyll is
to christian reader, makes jekyll seem more corrupt for enjoying this evil
describes being hyde as like ‘springing headlong into the sea of liberty’
metaphor makes it sound relieving and joyful
hyde is liberty in contrast to the oppressive society
so hyde is not what is evil, what is evil is society suppressing desires
jekyll says in his letter that his ‘devil came out roaring’
this implies aggression and increased anger
shows that repressing desires does not eradicate them, just makes them,
stronger
going to regent’s park after carew murder + turns into hyde spontaneously
‘the animal within me licking the chops of memory’ - relishing in the murder
however he is jekyll at this moment, starting to combine jekyll and hyde
christian message - evil is becoming more and more powerful and overtaking
him
is hyde truly evil? 1
