Temptation - Stevenson explores our wish to commit evil acts. What would life be like if there were no consequences for our evil acts. , Morality - Stevenson questions whether the difference between humans and animals is that humans have a sense of right and wrong., Respectability - Stevenson exposes the hypocrisy of the middle classes. Stevenson sees the middle classes as dishonest and untrustworthy., Science - Stevenson warns against the dangers of scientific discovery., Crime - Stevenson taps into the Victorian's fascination with crime. Victorians believed mankind was capable of great evil as well as great good.  , Evolution - Stevenson's presents humanity as essentially animals without souls. , Psychology - Stevenson is interested in the dark side of the human personality., Transformation - Dr Jekyll experiments with nature: thinking he can create life, but what he creates is a monster without conscience.  , Gothic - Stevenson presents the appearance of Hyde as a deformed monster. ,

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