Physiognomy
The idea that how someone looks is reflective of their inner self
Fin-de-Siècle Fears (End of the Century Anxiety)
fear that modern science was leading to moral and biological decline and the eroding of civilisation
Victorian hypocrisy
That how Victorian people seemed in public is not how they act in private
Duality
That mankind has two sides
~Jekyll “man is not one but truly two”
Facade
That what one portrays isn’t reality / a mask
bifurcation
Division of something into two parts
ambivalence
Simultaneous conflicting thoughts and emotions towards a persons inner or thing
Janus-faced
Directly contrasting / completely opposite sides
moral dissonance
When someone’s actions conflicts with their morals
blasphemous experimentation
Playing God
depravity
Corruption of morals