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What was England like at the time? |
. In Victorian middle and upper-class society, it was important to look respectable - As a result. people hid their true feelings, especially if these were immoral or improper . Reputation was very important to Victorian gentlemen - If they were seen doing anything which wasn't respectable, their reputation would be ruined . To protect their reputation, people often kept their sinful behaviour and less respectable desires secret . They didn't like to talk about anything that might damage their reputation or upset their apparently civilised society |
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Being a Victorian Gentleman - Utterson and Jekyll are good examples of the Victorian gentleman |
. The 'gentleman' was an important figure in Victorian society . A man's social class was one part of being a gentleman - gentlemen were from the upper-classes of Victorian society . His profession was important, e.g army officer, church ministers, doctors and lawyers - some middle-class men, e.g bankers and successful merchants aspired to be gentlemen . Gentlemen were expected to have strong morals and be kind, particularly towards poorer people - but many saw this as less important . Being a gentleman brought many benefits - if gave you a chance to enter well-paid professions, e.g medicine, law, and gain the respect of rich clients |
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Victorian Gentlemen - Reputation |
. Gentlemen were determined to maintain their reputations - without a good reputation, a man couldn't be considered a gentleman . They would often walk through public places, which helped keep up their appearance as a gentlemen, e.g Utterson and Enfield going on walks . They were expected to keep their emotions under strict control - this forced them to hide their desires for things like sex and alcohol . Some were publicly snobbish about disreputable places like public houses and brothels, whilst visiting them secretly at night . They were prepared to pay large sums of money to keep secret activities private, which made them vulnerable to blackmail - Utterson assumes Jekyll is being blackmailed, Hyde also is prepared to pay money to avoid a public scandal |
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Working-class London - Overcrowded |
. The Industrial Revolution meant that many working-class people migrated to large towns and cities to live and work . Housing had to be built rapidly to accommodate workers and their families - Large areas of slums, heavily populated areas of poor quality housing, came from London's East End . They were of poor quality as they were built so quickly and whole families would live in one or two rooms without proper sanitation - This lead to widespread outbreaks of diseases like cholera . The streets in the slums were narrow and poorly lit - The East End slums were built close to factories so that people could easily work long hours, the area suffered greatly from pollution - This type of area, shown as describing Soho, is said to be nightmarish |
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Working-class London - Not Respected |
. There were some parts of London where most respectable men wouldn't want to be seen, such as the working-class slums or public houses or brothels . Hyde is associated with these less respectable parts of London - His house is in a "dismal quarter of Soho" where "ragged children" huddle in doorways . Some gentlemen would travel to these 'dismal' areas to satisfy the desires they hid - Jekyll actually changed who he was entirely before going to these areas . Jekyll sets up a house for Hyde in Soho and furnishes it in "luxury and good taste", which ties a respectable man to a disreputable part of London |
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Religion in Victorian Society |
. Christianity had a strong influence on many areas of everyday life in Victorian England - one particularly influential branch of Christianity was Evangelicalism . The Evangelicals taught that all people are naturally sinful and that it's up to individuals to seek forgiveness from God - They should do this by living according to a strict moral and religious code - with and emphasis on total morality and avoiding sin . Jekyll creates Hyde in order to rid himself of this "extraneous evil" |
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Darwin's Theory was Controversial |
. Darwin's theory went against the Christian idea that man's nature was different from other animals . It's an unsettling idea that there may be an animalistic side to everyone, capable of uncivilised acts and violent crimes - At many times, Hyde is referenced to be animalistic, e.g Hyde is the "animal within" Jekyll, "seems hardly human", lets out a scream of "animal terror"and Poole says he is "like a monkey - Also Hyde is shorter than Jekyll, which could suggest that he's a less evolved version of Jekyll - this relates to him being more animalistic |
