Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde :: English Literature

Dr Jekyll and Mr. HydeI have been reading the track record Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The throw waswritten by Robert Louis Stevens on during in the 19th century. Thisbook was written during a time where prim society had a get by ofstrong righteous values. These codes were truly stark and controlled everyaspect of the Victorian lifestyle. peck in these times believed to slump things verb every last(predicate)y rather than aggression so fighting was looked muckle upon. People looked upon this kind of behavior as a sin and ofcourse they looked down upon sins as well. The upper class Victoriansociety believed that everyone kept to this moral code that they had.People in this time believed that people with very high gear status werevery moral and did not cause any sins. However, this book was alsowritten during a time where there was a lot of hypocrisy around andpeople. The underbelly of this society showed what Victorian societywas very like. Though its polite and well-groomed ext erior, we findpeople committing sins and going against the moral codes. These sinswere as yet well hidden from the society and although theyacknowledged some of the perversive that was happening, they still only ifshrugged it off saying that only the people committing evil were thesick individuals. The sick individuals also seemed to belong tothe bring low class society. Victorian people were very physiognomous asthey judged people by their physicality and the word sick seemed todescribe the bring low class society very well according to Victoriantimes.We know now that it wasnt just the lower class individuals committingsins, but they werent individuals either. Robert Luis Stevensonexplorers this very well and shows that the upper class good deal be eviltoo. Stevenson used Hyde very well to hide Dr Jekylls evil sidewell. Even the name is ironic. The upper class society had seemed toHyde all this very well. They kept their upper society life cleanbut they had another(prenominal ) side that committed sins. That is what Dr Jekylland Mr. Hyde is all about. The author (Stevenson) had based this bookon people in this era. He believed in the duality of man, which meantthat every individual had two sides to their personality. He believed thatone side of a person would be nice and colorful whereas the otherwould be rude and dark. Stevenson who was brought up in upper classsociety, was fascinated with lower class society. With this, he seemedto exit angry at what Victorian society was like and this is echoedin Jekyll.The book Frankenstein heavily influenced Stevenson heavily as the