English 3444E Lecture Notes - Lecture 46: Bertha Mason, Robert Louis Stevenson, Conjoined Twins
28 Mar 2017
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The strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. Shadowy figure that represents the living and the dead. Shadow survives the self so ensures immortality and functions as a kind of guardian angel. Double as an angelic figure, while in modern civilization it becomes an omen of death. They were repressed in many ways: freud the return of the repressed. Jane eyre bertha mason demonic double for jane. Hyde speaks with searing coolness like satan demonic. Anyone who sees hyde regards him as deformed, pale and dwarfish simian: younger than dr. jekyll, a monster and a shadow. Monster comes from same root as demonstrate spectacle. Scientific quality elicited a lot of interest from people. Seeking hyde hide hiding, animal hide (he"s bestial) Book invites people to think about inner demons: self examination. Utter is similar to many victorian"s in the way that he has a sort of double life.
