Mr Utterson - The Narrator, a respected lawyer, Dr Jekyll - A reclusive scientist with a dark secret, Mr Enfield - A friend and cousin of The Narrator, Mr Hyde - A wanted criminal and murderer with a dark secret, Dr Lanyon - A scientist with traditional views, Landlady - Provides the police with information about the comings and goings of a criminal from his home, Young maid - Witnesses the murder of a politician, Mr Poole - Butler to one of the key characters, aids the narrator in uncovering the truth, Sir Danvers Carew - An influential politician who is murdered, Mr Guest - The Lawyer's clerk, a handwriting expert, Secrecy - A constant obstacle to the Narrator, who is seeking the truth, Science - A central theme that some of the main characters professions revolve around, Supernatural - One of the characters begins to experiment with this and it leads to his downfall, Addiction - The downfall of a major character, something that was widespread at the time due to substances in everyday goods and opium use, Duality - Contrast, made up of two, duel, Terror - Caused by the criminal throughout the novella, Religion - Two of the central characters repeatedly go against this, and this is used to depict the evil of the criminal, Morality - something brought into question when the truth begins to unfold, dictates a person's actions, Human Psyche - Something explored physically and metaphorically throughout the novella (hint: psychology), Corruption - Caused by one character and slowly destroys another, Victorian Gentleman - Most of the main characters fit into this group, they are expected to follow certain societal rules because of this, Appearances - "keeping up __________", Repression - Many people were forced into ________, and had to suppress themselves and their true feelings, Homosexuality - Made illegal around the time the book was released, many suspect that the book covertly includes this, Societal Expectations - A cause of stress to most characters brought about by the pressure to behave a certain way,

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