Animal Imagery In The Shining

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Animal imagery is also used in “The Shining” to describe the evil acts of Jack Torrance. He is described as “an animal caught in a snare beyond its ability to decipher and render harmless”. While in “Jekyll and Hyde” the animal imagery is used to convey a sense of primitive evil, in “The Shining” it’s implied that animals cannot tell the difference between right and wrong. Therefore, Jack Torrance is not being intentionally evil since he is convinced that he is doing the right thing by murdering his family. However, there is no change in his appearance when he transforms from a loving father into a drunken murderer, as there is with Dr Jekyll to Mr Hyde. However, it is not only Jack Torrance who represents evil in “The Shining” – there is also

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