Characters - Jekyll Flashcards
What is Jekyll’s occupation?
Doctor
How is Jekyll perceived by others?
As a social and charitable man
How is Jekyll like most Victorian gentlemen?
He cares about his reputation
He seeks approval from others
Why does Jekyll say he has a façade?
He hides his desires from the public
How does Jekyll feel about his hidden desires?
He is ashamed and guilty due to the society
Why does Jekyll create the potion?
He has dual interest and wants to express his desires without worrying about his reputation
How does Jekyll show science vs religion?
He challenges the belief that people should live a sin free life
Stevenson show the consequences
Why is Jekyll a revolutionary scientist?
He is not afraid to pursue controversial research
How did Jekyll feel transforming into Hyde? (Beginning)
He felt immense pleasure
He enjoyed not being pressured by society
How did Jekyll feel transforming into Hyde?(Long term)
He felt guilty for what he did as Hyde
He was ashamed that his experiment failed
“with excellent good fortune” “his pleasant dinners”
Shows he is well-known and respectable
He behaves in a socially acceptable way
“I concealed my pleasures”
Shows how he presented himself in a way but he hated having to hide his desires
“Committed to a profound duplicity of life”
Shows how he kept the sinful side to him repressed in favour of appearing as a socially respectable man
“He came out of his seclusion, renewed”
This shows how Jekyll improved after he stopped taking the potion
He became his old self again
“My devil had long been caged, he came out roaring”
Shows the unconscious desires and pleasure
Devil contrasts religious ides of morality and purity.
“roaring” suggests aggressive and angry
