Read the excerpt from Alex’s essay on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.The theme "Secrets isolate people from those around them” is repeated throughout the story. Dr. Jekyll isolates himself for mysterious reasons. Then, Dr. Lanyon isolates himself because of something that happened between him and Dr. Jekyll that he won’t talk about.

The excerpt identifies the theme that secrets isolate people and gives two examples: Jekyll withdraws for mysterious reasons, and Lanyon withdraws after an unexplained event involving Jekyll. Those examples show how the theme appears and develops throughout the story. So the passage is about the development of a theme, not the climax or resolution.

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