Deacon Brodie - Cabinet maker by day and criminal at night, Industrial revolution - people moved to the cities, which lead to a rise in crime, dualism - two different and often opposite priniciples, doppelganger - everyone has an exact double or shadow side, binary oppositions - we can only understand one concept by having experience of the opposite: good can't exist without evil, Id theory - seeks instant gratification - this is like Hyde, Ego theory - conscious and rational - this is like Jekyll, Super ego - moral and good - this is society, Darwinisms - references to evolution in the text: 'troglodytic', Gothic elements - genre conventions that both appealed and appalled, doubling - Jekyll V Hyde; Rich V poor, Atavism - evolutionary throwback, pathetic fallacy - technique use to mirror or create an eerie atmosphere,

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