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Reputation was very important in Victorian Society |
. Immoral activities and uncontrolled emotions would damage a gentleman's reputation . If they were seen doing such things, they may no longer be seen as a gentleman at all, which would mean losing many social advantages |
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Stevenson's message on reputation |
. Reputations cannot be trusted because they are based on appearances - they are the version of a person that he or she wants the world to see |
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Reputation valued |
. When a society values reputation as highly as the Victorians did, it makes it difficult to know what people are really like . This is what causes Utterson problems - he cannot fully understand Jekyll's situation because he only sees Jekyll's reputation as important - This means he holds onto the idea of blackmail until the very last moment, he finds it hard to look beyond his concern for reputation |
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Jekyll's worries on reputation |
. Jekyll has to hide his sins to protect his reputation . He struggles with this, so he creates Hyde to rid himself of the "disgrace" of sin . He thinks more about hiding his sins than dealing with them and feels free as Hyde because he can conceal his sins perfectly |
