A prison without bars

[Rizzy]

This would be good for GCSE summary<br>i wish i could this good

[Steve]

In Jekyll and Hyde, Stevenson illustrates the dangers of repressing less socially acceptable elements of personality in an effort to meet the demands of an often prudish society. Jekyll lives a double life of propriety and shame, imprisonned by the moral demands of Victorian society. It is in an effort to break free and sever himself from his shadow that Jekyll engineers his doom. The novel reminds us of the peril that awaits those who refuse to study and accept the darker side of their nature as a normal and healthy facet of a balanced personality.