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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - How Does RL Stevenson Convey the Characters in his novella as Traditional Victorians?
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How Does Stevenson Convey the Characters as traditional Victorians? Stevenson conveys the characters in his book as a traditional Victorians. I can support this by showing quotes from his Jekyll and Hyde book; many of these quotes show that the men value their reputation, sometimes more than their life. For example: "If your master has fled or is dead, we may at least save his credit." This shows how important a gentleman's reputation is, as, before they worry about Poole's master's whereabouts they are concerned about his reputation. We can learn from this that a Victorians mans reputation can influence their whole life, like in the quote; why should Poole worry about his masters death when he may as well be dead without his reputation? Another example is when Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield are talking about Hyde, who trampled over the little girl on their walk. They say "We...
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