Thursday, December 2, 2010
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (setting)
Notice the serf 's? Notice the differences between rich and poor? The bachelor living? The religious allusions? The repression? That’s Victorian England. This setting allows Dr. Jekyll to become a more sympathetic character. It also rationalizes why he needed to unleash his inner Hyde. Repression is no joke. In fact, you could go so far as to say that this novel, because of its setting, provides social commentary on the place and times.
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Instead of listing characteristics of Victorian England you could briefly explain them. I like how you said the setting influences Dr. Jekyll to "unleash his inner Hyde". Good job!
ReplyDeleteI like how you relate things to how victorian england was, but you should have used actual examples form the story to make your points come across more. Try to pull some examples out.
ReplyDeleteHey Josh, I'm not even reading the same book as you, but I think this is fantastic! This is a brief but large step up in quality from your past blog posts I remember reading! Fantastic work!
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