Themes in Jekyll and Hyde

The Duality of Man:

  • The idea that man has two sides.

  • It is represented as Dr Jekyll who is seen as a respected Victorian Gentleman and Hyde who is a wicked man.

  • Duality can also be seen in Utterson in the opening part of the novel, where you see Utterson has desires which are against the stereotypes, such as gun and the theatre.

  • The novel asks about whether we should be one of our sides or the other or