Hyde And The Fear Of The Lower Classes

Question 1

What is a key point about the Carew murder case ?

Answer 1

Stevenson antithetically pairs the degenerative and barbaric behaviour of Hyde to the civilized Victorian Gentlmen of Danvers Carew to be symbolic of the upper classes fears of the lower class

Question 2

Why does Steveson antithetically pair the two ideas ?

Answer 2

To tap into contemporary concerns of the upper classes relating to lower classes

Question 3

What is Hyde an allegory for ?

Answer 3

Allegory of the working class as he socializes in soho which is accociated with the lower class in Victorian England
Further more RLS thinly veiled his criticism of the upper classes as Hyde is a part of Jeykll and therefore is also representative of the repressed and taboo actions of the upper class gentleman

Question 4

How is Hyde described during the Carew murder case ?

Answer 4

‘ ape like fury ‘
‘ like a madman’
‘ insensate cruelty’

Question 5

How is Carew described ? Analyze this

Answer 5

‘Innocent’
Having a ‘pretty manor of politeness’
‘Old world kindness’
Danvers Carew is an allegory of the upper class Londoner, the repeated description of having ‘old world kidness’ refers to the upper classes who were worried by the influx of the working class