Context Flashcards
What book did Charles Darwin write?
“The Origin of Species”
What did Charles Darwin’s book suggest?
That humans evolved from apes. This was controversial because it rejected a lot of the theories of Christianity.
Most people believed in God.
What is physiognomy?
The study of how the human is built in relation to identifying different types of person.
Who is Cesure Lombroso? What was he interested in?
He was interested in the study of Physiognomy. He suggested that criminals could be identified from uneven facial features and long arms!! Even being small was seen as a valid reason to class normal people as criminals.
How does physiognomy relate to the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde?
Towards the end, Jekyll explains that his “Id” has not been exercised, owing to his life of good nature and morality. This causes his evil counterpart or alter-ego to lose stature and become small, similar to the ideas given by the theory of physiognomy. As he becomes more aggressive, Jekyll starts to lose power over himself (well, Hyde), and is forced to commit suicide to prevent any more deaths!
