Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Gender Analysis - 976 Words

In the Victorian era, men continued to act as the superior gender to their female counterparts. Because men were usually more educated and wrote more works of literature, women were often absent from the bookshelves of the past. In The Stranger Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, the evident lack of women in the storyline elucidates the social roles they had at that time— to be maids, prostitutes, or innocent witnesses. Simultaneously, the lack of attention paid to women paradoxically bring more awareness to the topic. There are a few female characters in the novel, but they only play as observers, serving minor roles to the central plot of the story. Written at a time when gender roles were unstable and shifting,†¦show more content†¦Another example of female implied superiority is the maid that witnessed Sir Danver Carew’s murder. It is implied by the servant’s elevated position in relation to Hyde and Carew that she is above, or has an angel like appearance to what goes on below her. With the woman sitting at the second floor window and the two men approaching each other from opposite sides of the street, the three people form a triangular shape— the woman at the apex, and the males along the base, insinuating that she is superior. Furthermore, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde possess feminine characteristics, rendering any other female role redundant and unnecessary. Jekyll himself embodies the characteristics of a female by, in an imaginative way, giving birth to Hyde. In fact, Dr. Jekyll’s transformation into Hyde mimics that of actual labor: â€Å"The most racking pangs succeeded: a grinding in the bones, deadly nausea, and a horror of the spirit that cannot be exceeded at the hour of birth or death† (28). Jekyll has created, to some extent, another person to now watch out for and care for, like a mother would to their child. He realizes that Hyde becomes too much of a burden mentally and physically, so he tries to subdue Hyde’s power. A man has taken over not only the basic tasks like running errands and caring for a household, but now reproduction as well, showcasing that women are not being excluded from the story, they are merely taking form as men. HydeShow MoreRelatedThe Ideas Of Sexuality And Gender1676 Words   |  7 PagesThis essay will discuss the ideas of sexuality and gender in Bram Stokers Dracula with comparative analysis of Robert Louis-Stevenson s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and it s ideas of doubling. While drawing from questions raised in Christopher Crafts essay Kiss me with those red lips on the dual inverted nature of vampirism. It will answer these questions of do we have penetrators or orfices? What are the relations between blood and semen, blood and milk? 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