Progression also seems to be a strong theme evident in the movie “From Hell” as can be throughout the movie. This is a common sentiment through the Victorian age as progress was seen as a good thing which only allowed human beings to further themselves. Progression and rational thought was something that differentiated human beings from the animals and was seen as quite important in this age.
Progression is strongly displayed in the medical profession more than anything in this movie. In the movie, there seems to be a society that admits doctors who have discovered new innovative technologies. Prince Albert, who we know as the guy who married Anne the prostitute, invents a new ‘treatment of insanity’ in which he thrusts a knife or wedge into the frontal lobe of the brain in order to calm those who appear to be mentally disturbed. Of course he performs this task on his former prostitute wife to keep her quiet on the topic of their shameful marriage. In addition to being preoccupied with first attempts at lobotomies, the medical society in which Albert is admitted to is also concerned with deformities. These are examples of how progression is not only a central theme in the movie but is also used in the plot itself.
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