chapter 10 Flashcards
1
Q
how has jekyll’s vulnerability always dwelt in his duality of nature in ch.10
A
- his final confession
- he desires liberation and excitement outside the bonds imposed by society not the appeal to be respectable and admirable by his peers
- stevenson alludes to dangers of oppressive society
2
Q
what quote shows jekyll desires liberation
A
“impatient gaiety of disposition”
3
Q
dogmatic
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refusing principles
4
Q
the “truth” that “one is not truly one but truly two”
A
- core theme in one quote
- life is a perpetual struggle to balance our conflicting natures to exist as civilised beings
- we are both good and evil and have the ability to decipher between the moral and immoral
5
Q
quote to show duality
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the “truth” that “one is not truly one but truly two”
6
Q
“braced and delighted me like wine”
A
- he feels dleighted and liberated when release from “bonds of obligation”
- reference to intoxication shows a warning of the inconstant nature of his freedom
7
Q
why does hyde not feel guilty
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- the paucity of his conscience
- jekyll feels both freedom and consequences of his freedom
-> didn’t last as jekyll always was forced to feel the choas left when hyde relinquished control
8
Q
quote to shows jekyll admitting hyde was a bad idea
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“it was the horror of being hyde that racked me”
9
Q
“it was the horror of being hyde that racked me”
A
- jekyll admits law and order is less frightnening than relinguishing one’s sould to its savage and predatory insitincs
- without order there is choas
- our humanity needs morality
