Context

Question 1

How does London as a city show the duality of man?

Answer 1

Due to affluent areas existed alongside poverty-stricken neighbourhoods

Question 2

What does Hyde show to suggest a reversal of a scientific advancement?

Answer 2

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution

Question 3

Give 3 Gothic themes that the novella explores?

Answer 3

Characterized by horror, mystery, and exploration of human psychology

Question 4

What was the city that Jekyll and Hyde was inspired by?

Answer 4

Edinburgh

Question 5

What could have been the inspiration behind the novella?

Answer 5

Stevenson’s dreams

Question 6

What were Victorian men expected to keep?

Answer 6

Exhibit impeccable manners, avoid egotistical behaviour

Question 7

What were Victorian men expected to maintain?

Answer 7

Respectable Reputation

Question 8

What did the Victorian think of masculinity?

Answer 8

Emphasized stoicism, physical strength, and dominance, often leading to harmful behaviours

Question 9

What did the Victorian gentlemen do which was considered a repressed desire?

Answer 9

Took part in activities like gambling, drinking, or visiting brothels