ENGL 2321 Collin College The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Discussion
I’m working on a literature discussion question and need a reference to help me study.
Stevenson claimed The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde was an allegory. Allegories tend to be texts with hidden meanings or morals (see this website for more information about allegories: https://literarydevices.net/allegory/ ). However, Stevenson never said what message the text might be conveying. Below, I’ve provided a few ideas people have posed over the years. As a group, discuss how the text might be making an allegorical statement about one or more of these ideas. Be sure to provide examples from the text to support your claims.
People have claimed the text is an allegory about
- good versus evil
- the duality of human nature
- repression in civilized society
- science versus morality
- religion
- mental illness
- addiction
