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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is said to be a novel of its time, meaning that it reflects the values and issues of the time in which it was written. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your position with at least two examples from the story. Your response should be a minimum of 5 sentences.

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This statement is correct because the novel accurately and vividly depicts the gap between Victorian moral ideals and their absolute subversion and degradation. When deformed and hideous Mr. Hyde knocks down a little girl in the passage, it is almost a metaphor for his knocking down everything that is sacred and valued within his society - and the girl herself is a symbol of innocence. A couple of months later, he beats a man to death, displaying his urge for violence. But the most disturbing fact is that he is the same person as Dr. Jekyll, a well respected and decent man of high standing in his society, who can't bear to give up on his evil alter-ego. It depicts the fact that the more the society tries to restrain our dark urges, the stronger and more irresistible they become.
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I would have to say that I agree with the statement that "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a novel of its time, meaning that it reflects the values and issues of the time in which it was written. I believe this to be true because it was made during the Victorian period, and we can find hints of Victorian elements throughout the story. For example, "The laboratory was two doors from one corner, on the left hand, going east the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower story and a blind forehead of discolored wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence. The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was now blistered and distained." This can be seen as a Victorian element because it discusses a laboratory, and the Victorian period is known for their early "technological advancements". Another example is, "Dr. Lanyon, a longtime friend of Dr. Jekyll, recorded the following: Twelve o'clock had scarce rung out over London, ere the knocker sounded very gently on the door. I went myself at the summons, and found a small man crouching against the pillars of the portico. 'Have you come from Dr. Jekyll?' I asked... I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; yet, now when that sight has faded from my eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer. My life is shaken to its roots; sleep has left me; the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of the day and night; and I feel that my days are numbered, and that I must die; and yet I shall die incredulous. As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror. Jekyll is Hyde." This, too, can be seen as a Victorian element because, in those days, they believed in British class rigidity, and because Dr. Jekyll was the epitome of the English, they believed that he would not be able to do the horrible things that Mr. Hyde had done, showing the enormous strides which the people during those times had made on different branches of their society, which altered some of their beliefs.

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