The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is the personification of the Victorians and us. This is the story of social propriety and prudishness versus vulgarity.
Every child is taught how to behave in public. Don’t say that – it could offend someone. Don’t do that – its not appropriate in public. The Victorians taught their children what was socially acceptable behavior and we do the same thing today. We don’t speak about sex or reproduction in public – good lord, how scandalous. We act as if those things simply do not happen. Just sweep it under the rug and we’ll worry about it later.
This story is about what happened when your shoved your Hyde down so much that he finally breaks free. Every wonder about that abused woman who just took the abuse for years, until she finally snapped and killed her husband. She finally let her Hyde out. Her husband lived by his Hyde. Overall, bad things tend to happen when you let your Hyde out.
Humanities 101 