Eduqas GCSE English Literature · C720
Component 2
Revise: Chapters 4 and 5Hyde’s behaviour can therefore evoke Victorian fears of atavism: the possibility that an apparently civilised human being might revert to a primitive state. This is a cultural fear explored through fiction, not scientific proof that criminal behaviour can be recognised from someone’s appearance.
- Revise: Violence
The supposed return of characteristics associated with an earlier ancestral state. Hyde’s ape-like behaviour can evoke Victorian fears of such a return.