Points of comparison
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
| The Picture of Dorian Grey
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The Importance of being Earnest
| Great Expectations
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One theme that is common in all four of the the texts is that they are all set in Victorian times and the struggles to keep up certain appearances. In Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The picture of Dorian Grey, a point of comparison is that there are signs of homosexuality and the novels have been criticised in the past for implying certain homosexual gestures that are unnoticeable but implied. Furthermore, the duality of nature and appearances were all a part of the Vitorian times where everyone had to look a certain way and would behave in dual natures, almost like having