Dr Jekyll Flashcards
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In ‘the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,’ Stevenson presents Dr Jekyll, as a respected Victorian gentleman, who hides his darker desires to protect his reputation. He creates a potion to transform into Mr. Hyde, indulging in evil without consequence. However, Hyde grows stronger, and Jekyll loses control, ultimately consumed by his own creation, highlighting the dangers of repression and duality.
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‘A large, well-made, smooth-faced man’ - Pg 10
‘Dr Jekyll grew pale and there came a blackness about his eye’ - Pg 10
‘Like some disconsolate prisoner’ - Pg 21
“I concealed my pleasures.” - Pg 34
‘Even as good shone upon the countenance of the one, evil was written broadly and plainly on the face of the other.’ - Pg 36
