Thursday, February 27, 2014
Chapter 7
Chapter 7 reveals how Hyde took a drug to become Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Jekyll kept sending his servant, Poole, to retrieve drugs for him. When he would return Jekyll would say it was not pure enough. In the Victorian Age drugs were primarily utilized by the wealthy because they were the only ones who could afford it. Today both rich and poor people use it because it is easier for everyone who wants it to get ahold of it. Jekyll could only get drugs because he was an individual who was considered high up in society. That is not true in society today. Yes, rich people such as celebrities do use drugs but other people not necessarily rich can obtain drugs also. Drug use has been around for a numerous amount of years; however, in the Victorian period there were not as many restrictions and limits on drugs, so it was easier to use/get. Many people who do use drugs often have completely different personalities when on or off of the drug, just like Hyde has. Drugs may alter someone's mood or hide their evil, but it cannot alter or hide it forever. Evilness will always prevail underneath the surface.
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I think it was interesting how you both covered the history, and started to even delve into a psychoanalytical view that evilness is always present! I'm glad that I've seen someone outside of my group taken that view on the theme.
ReplyDeleteI think comparing access to drugs in the Victorian era, to access to drugs now is a really interesting take. It has become so much easier for people today to access. In the Victorian era, only the rich could afford to use the drugs. Today it is common for poorer families to be subjected to drug use. This could be because of the change in distribution and processing of drugs as technology increases. As technology advances, substances become easier to access.
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