Friendship - J+H

Question 1

“Trio were inseperable friends”
“What if this should cost me another?”

Answer 1

• Jekyll’s experimentation causes the breakdown in friendship
• Conflict between Christianity and Science
• Jekyll was excluded from society - potentially led to his downfall
• Stevenson wishes society to be more open (e.g atheism, homosexuality)

Question 2

“for ever, despised and friendless”
“I preferred the elderly and discontented doctor, surrounded by friends”

Answer 2

• Hyde has no friends as his actions don’t fit societies expectations
• Friendship is more important than society’s values. More important than respectabilty, reputation, Christianity.
• A society based on friendship would be better