Shelley’s gothic monster of the imagination is compared to the ‘devil’(1) of Hyde displaying man’s mental inhibitions. Stevenson adapted Frankenstein into a creation of science that inhabits the oppressive aspects of humanity. The fear is haunting because the elements of animality are presented as lingering within everyone thus intensifying the horror. The idea that the monster evolved from the beast within, portrays a more tangible monster. “Jekyll grew pale to the lips… a blackness about his eyes”(18), the evil emphasises that the transformation is consuming as the psychological infection causes him to appear ‘ghost’-like(15).The setting heightens animalistic terror. The sinister lighting typical of the gothic genre creates mystery with the
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“Structural theory into the id, ego and superego” is reflected by Hyde who epitomises the outcome of suppressing desires in the mind. Hyde also mirrors ‘The Uncanny’ in Freudian analysis which “represents the aspects of humanity that we deny… to preserve self-image” , as the theory suggests that an overwhelming id imbalance in adult life causes a “return to [the] primitive state”7. Through the psychoanalytic lens, the id that represents true desires, the ‘ordinary secret sinner’(69) is epitomised by remorseless Hyde and his overwhelming urges to achieve pleasure. Alternatively, Jekyll signifies the superego, the part of the mind that obeys imposed societal expectations and adheres to rules. Stevenson depicts the urge to act upon the repressed desires and the unseemly aspects of man by exaggerating the consciences and personalities of man. Stevenson manipulates the ‘double dealer’(57) protagonist of Jekyll with his counterpart Hyde to highlight the existence of the personality drives within. Hyde characterises revolutionary behaviours of the Victorian era and acts controversially to uncover real upper class desires through hypocritical …show more content…
Duality and parallels to Shelley and Darwin emphasise the animalistic behaviours and attitudes. Stevenson poignantly addresses the repressed human desires and animalistic pollution of “Jekyll’s potential for profound wickedness, released in the shape of Hyde”
“Structural theory into the id, ego and superego” is reflected by Hyde who epitomises the outcome of suppressing desires in the mind. Hyde also mirrors ‘The Uncanny’ in Freudian analysis which “represents the aspects of humanity that we deny… to preserve self-image” , as the theory suggests that an overwhelming id imbalance in adult life causes a “return to [the] primitive state”7. Through the psychoanalytic lens, the id that represents true desires, the ‘ordinary secret sinner’(69) is epitomised by remorseless Hyde and his overwhelming urges to achieve pleasure. Alternatively, Jekyll signifies the superego, the part of the mind that obeys imposed societal expectations and adheres to rules. Stevenson depicts the urge to act upon the repressed desires and the unseemly aspects of man by exaggerating the consciences and personalities of man. Stevenson manipulates the ‘double dealer’(57) protagonist of Jekyll with his counterpart Hyde to highlight the existence of the personality drives within. Hyde characterises revolutionary behaviours of the Victorian era and acts controversially to uncover real upper class desires through hypocritical …show more content…
Duality and parallels to Shelley and Darwin emphasise the animalistic behaviours and attitudes. Stevenson poignantly addresses the repressed human desires and animalistic pollution of “Jekyll’s potential for profound wickedness, released in the shape of Hyde”