... or less the same as the one he describes in Jekyll and Hyde. Prostitution is a national scandal yet many respectable men in the eyes of the public visit brothels, this was one of the quarrels Stevenson had with his father saying that prostitutes are more truthful to themselves more than their clients who lie to themselves, and are thus hypocritical. Jekyll and Hyde also reflects the attitudes of the public in Stevenson's life, the three main ones, which are also the key themes that are described in the story, are Respectability, Morality and Hypocrisy. Before the book was written Darwin's theory of evolution was introduced. People believed that the more evil they did, the more they would degenerate o animals (apes). Some of the description of Hyde having characteristics of apes could mean that Stevenson was influenced by some aspects of Darwin's theory. The narrative of the story is from ...

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