... 1865 when the slave trade was finally abolished the time of which Queen Victoria was due to take to the thrown. A couple years later after Queen Victoria was then crowned queen we began to see that the slave trade was still in play, we saw this through prostitution otherwise known as the white slave trade. Within this society women were known as respectable citizens but in true matter of fact they weren't. This was because although they kept themselves covered up in hidden attires they were keeping dirty secrets of prostitution away from the British society. This links to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde because they were both keeping secrets away from society; the main secret being the relationship between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The obsession with secrets is suggested even in the first chapter when Dr Jekyll talks about his 'hidden pleasure'; this suggests pleasures that are ...

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