Open AccessJekyll and Hyde: The monster as a metaphor
Author(s) -
Rodrigo Silva Guedes
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
em tese
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-0739
pISSN - 1415-594X
DOI - 10.17851/1982-0739.12.0.129-134
Subject(s) - monster , metaphor , pleasure , context (archaeology) , key (lock) , power (physics) , art , sociology , philosophy , art history , psychology , history , linguistics , computer science , physics , computer security , archaeology , neuroscience , quantum mechanics
This essay analyses the key elements associated to the monster metaphor in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, namely, menace, impurity, freedom, pleasure, and power, based on Noël Carroll’s elaborations. The aim is to study the use of this figure represented by Hyde in the context of a strictly morally oriented Victorian society.