The archetypal theme of desire repression is carried throughout the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson by providing channels for the reader to see the repression of desire without knowing the specific desire: archetypal settings, archetypal colors, and archetypal seasons. During the time period of the novella, science was very strict and undeveloped compared to how it is now. Due to that a boundary--that was not to be crossed-- was created and therefore any scientist that wanted to explore science on a deeper level had to do it discreetly. Up until the ending of the novella, the reader is metaphorically in the dark until the archetypal symbol of fire is provided in order to give the reader an insight
