Sadism In Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

The article, “Woman and Sadism in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: ‘City in a Nightmare’,” describes the lack of female roles throughout this story and the act of sadism amongst the characters. Topics that are discussed throughout this intriguing article include the absence of women, in Stevenson’s writing, the sadistic behavior of men and how women were the victims of this behavior. The article discusses that the absence of women is not true, and that they are a key contribution in this reading. The author believes women are crucial because of the “suppression of sexuality and the resulting sadistic behavior of men” (Campbell 310). Although Charles Campbell, the author, believed this, I do not consider these points to be accurate. The author of this article looks too deeply into this piece of work written in Victorian era, women are not used in the story for sexual purposes and are not the victims of sadistic behavior.
The article first states women to be victims of Hyde’s sadistic behavior and that it is them that suffers throughout the story, …show more content…
The wording of this literature piece does not portray any voluptuous actions. Additionally, a majority of the time Hyde’s actions affected the men or the town as a whole. The role of women was not that apparent throughout the story, some readers may not even remember a single woman character at the end. This is not because of “...constraints of patriarchy, homosexuality, hypocrisy...” but the fact that this story was published in the Victorian era (Campbell 309). A time period where women were seen as pretty faces and housewives. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presents that men, not women, were victims of Hyde’s behavior and that there is no sexual content provided

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