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1 Science vs. Religion By: Nicole Mager, Savannah Pryslek, Chelsea Geiger, & Audrey Hanley 4th hour HonEng 12 3/19/15

2 Differences between Science and Religion The outlook of science is rational. Science believes in experiment and observation. It teaches that nothing is to be believed unless it is proven. Religion on the other hand is a matter of faith, it teaches its followers to believe and have faith in God, even though He is not proven to be real.

3 How Science and Religion Coincide Reason requires the influence and support of faith and faith requires the considerate elaboration of reason. Reason alone would give us a world without God, bodies without spirits, Earth without Heaven, and a way without a goal. Faith alone would give us a bunch of unanswered questions and always have us asking ourselves, why?

4 Science and faith in Dr. Lanyon Dr. Lanyon is a rational scientist, which means that he does not believe in anything that is not probable. That is torn apart when he watches Hyde transform into Dr. Jekyll. "Lanyon, you remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession. And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors –behold!"(Stevenson 108)

5 Science and faith in Dr. lanyon continued Because Dr. Lanyon is such a conserved scientist, he does not want to have faith or believe in the transformation. Dr. Lanyon’s beliefs are so challenged that he feels like he is going to die. “What he told me in the next hour, I cannot bring my mind to set on paper. I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer. My life is shaken to its roots; sleep has left me; the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of the day and night; and I feel that my days are numbered, and that I must die; and yet I shall die incredulous. As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I can not, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror”(Stevenson 109).

6 Religion in Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde ● Mr. Hyde is repeatedly compared to Satan. o Represents how he is embodiment of all evil. ● Dr. Jekyll shows a strong interest in God. o At the end of the day he prayed to God. o reads and has opinions on religious works.

7 Religion in Mr. Utterson ● Mr. Utterson represents religion through his behavior and thoughts. o Tries to educate himself on theology. o Matches his schedule to go along with the church bells. o Uses an allusion to the Hindu deity Lord Krishna when he compares Mr. Hyde to a “juggernaut”

8 Religion in the Text ● Dr. Jekyll is referred to as Satan multiple times. o "I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black sneering coolness – frightened to, I could see that –but carrying it off, sir, really like Satan." o “O my poor Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.” ● Mr. Utterson shows a deep interest in the Bible and other religious aspects.

9 Religion in the Text (continued) o “It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over, to sit close by the fire, a volume of some dry divinity on his reading desk, until the clock of the neighbouring church rang out the hour of twelve, when he would go soberly and gratefully to bed.” ● Jekyll also shows an interest in God and the Bible. o “Utterson was amazed to find it a copy of a pious work, for which Jekyll had several times expressed a great esteem, annotated, in his own hand, with startling blasphemies.” o “The pangs of transformation had not done tearing him, before Henry Jekyll, with streaming tears of gratitude and remorse, had fallen upon his knees and lifted his clasped hands to God.”

10 Science ● Science covers up the supernatural part of the story. ● Uses science to create the potion, that creates magical-like result ● The science that Dr. Jekyll used is transcendental

11 Science in Stevenson’s Life ● The Victorian Age housed great developments in both science & medicine. Stevenson was fascinated by these advancements & had many questions about what could come from it ● Society thought science was debasing religion ● Stevenson exploited the doubts and curiosities along with the moral implications that come with such a subject through his characters- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

12 Science continued.. -Popular London scientist Dr. Jekyll played with the boundaries of science, creating a drug which allowed him to transform both physically and mentally into his “evil” self, free of any reason or guilty conscience. -Mr. Hyde, described as primitive and short in stature, possessed a demonic aura about him. He committed many acts of violence, not out of hate but simple evil, as he had no reasoning or moral conscience.

13 Darwinism in the Text Darwinism states that man originated by descent from less-developed parent creatures, or by evolution. Mr. Hyde is not fully developed in the mind, lacking both a moral conscience and any rational reasoning abilities that Dr. Jekyll possesses. He is often described as “small statured”, with a “haunting sense of unexpressed deformity…”, and “primitive” in a way. This hints towards the fact that Hyde is less developed, both physically and mentally. Hyde’s primordial actions are explained through this connection, as he is not capable of justifying what is wrong and right.

14 What drug inspired Stevenson? ● Cocaine at the time was used widely as a prescribe prescription o In 1884, Sigmund Freud published an article titled “Uber Coca” which promoted the “benefits” of cocaine, calling it a “magical” substance. o Freud himself was an avid user of cocaine and would personally prescribe large doses to close friends and family to treat depression and some mental illnesses. ● Stevenson used cocaine to treat his pain caused by tuberculosis. ● “In 1885, after a doctor prescribed cocaine for a hemorrhage, Stevenson fell into what appeared to be a fitful dream. When his wife Fanny awoke him, he lashed out, accusing her of waking from a “fine boggey tale” It must have stuck with him, for the next day he began to write- and write- and write”(Blakemore) ● Stevenson’s wife was amazed at the amount of writing her husband had accomplished in just 6 days. Historians wonder if his ability to write two manifestos is such a short amount of time may have been powered by cocaine.

15 Effects of drug use ● The climax of the story is Utterson finding Jekyll in a state of despair, unable to find Jekyll and Hyde separately; he has become one in the same o At the end of the novella, Jekyll commits suicide “The addict’s despair sometimes animates thoughts of suicide, however, especially if he is compelled to confront public ridicule, social humiliation, loss of his job, or other catastrophic consequences of his addiction” (Wright 259) ● Mr. Utterson visits Jekyll one day and we are given the first instance of thesubstance withdrawal “He did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand, and bade him welcome in a changed voice” (Stevenson 25) o Jekyll not being social or getting out of his chair shows a sort of depression; the lack of the potion has created a “down time” causing him to have mood swings

16 Drug use in text ● Drug use is mentioned several times in the text. It is mentioned in both Dr. Jekyll’s letter and Lanyon's narrative o Jekyll’s letter gives an explanation as to why he created the drug in the first place as well as its side effects.  “... but managed to compound a drug by which these powers should be dethroned from their supremacy…” (Stevenson 57) o Layons receives a letter from Jekyll thats pleading him to retrieve a draw from his laboratory containing the components to make the drug  “... to open the glazed press (letter E) on the left hand, breaking the lock if it be shut; and draw out, with all its contents as they stand…” (Stevenson 48)

17 Homosexuality in the novella ● Hyde represents Dr.Jekyll's suppressed homosexuality, his neanderthalish appearance represents the lack of evolution and class is used as a religious allegory for what homosexual look like in a primitive inferior form o The story revolves around a tight circle of all male friends who write letters to one another and have secret meetings o None of the characters in the book come into contact with a woman nor does the novella have a mention of a women except for the maid who witnessed the murder of Sir Carew o Its subtly hinted that people suspect Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde had a homosexual relationship and is why Jekyll kept him so private

18 Overview Dr. Jekyll has religious morals so he turns to science so that he can let his darker side out. In the novella religion and science are kind of opposites of one another.

19 Works Cited Title Picture: http://www.slayerment.com/files/slayerment/images/1590709_orig[1].jpg http://www.slayerment.com/files/slayerment/images/1590709_orig[1].jpg http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/20/97120-004-F792981D.jpg


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