CRITICISM AGAINST THE GENTELMEN IMAGE IN ENGLAND'S VICTORIAN PERIOD IN “"R.LSTEVENSON AND HIS WORK THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE”
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Keywords: Victorian society, gentlemen, hypocrisy, dual identity, morality, repression, social class, double standards, duality of human nature, inner conflictAbstract
Abstract: This article explores the critique of the gentlemen image prevalent in England's Victorian era through a close examination of Robert Louis Stevenson's iconic novella, "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde."
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