Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Flashcards
initially hyde is presented…
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through Utterson’s fear and anxiety
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‘hardly…
…human’
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‘Satan’s
…signature upon a face’
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‘deformity without…
… any nameable malformation’
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‘displeasing…
…smile’
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‘disgust…
…loathing, fear’
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‘the other…
…snarled’
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‘….laugh’
‘savage…’
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‘pale…
…and dwarfish’
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‘something…
…troglodytic’
hyde is also presented as…
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a symbol of repression
hyde’s character is revealed to be a…
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a gothic monster
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‘great flame…
…of anger’
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‘storm of…
…blows’
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‘stamping with…
…his foot’
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‘…to the earth’
‘clubbed him…’
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‘felt in your…
…marrow kind of cold and thin’
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‘down my…
…spine like ice’
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‘I heard…
…it’
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‘beheld the face…
…of Edward Hyde’
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‘…was not my master.’
‘that thing…’
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‘that masked thing like a…
…monkey jumped’
Who created the theory of atavism?
Lombroso, an Italian doctor
What is the theory of atavism?
humans evolved from primitive forms so could return to this basic state and succumb to primitive urges
What did Lombroso believe in?
idea of the born criminal
criminals could be identified by their appearance, particularly skulls
What features, in atavism, were so frequently remarked in criminals?
sugar-loaf or angular skull
big eyes, jaws, canines
arm span exceeds height
hairiness
When was ‘Origin of Species’ published?
1859
Who wrote ‘Origin of Species’?
Charles Darwin
What did the publishing of ‘Origin of Species’ cause?
ape vs. angel debate
What was the ‘ape vs. angel’ debate?
victorians lived in a pious society so were disgusted by idea that humans had evolved from primitive creatures
What was a cultural obsession in the Victorian era?
freak shows
Give an example of a freak show
PT Barnums’ Congress of Freaks
What was expected of a Victorian gentleman?
patience, calm attitude
What is calvinism?
branch of Christianity
What is a calvanist’s view?
total depravity ; original sin is unavoidable
people may appear outwardly good but they will always have sinful intentions
Why is Hyde the most significant aspect of the novella?
didactic - potentially he ‘HYDE’s in us all
duality - hypocrisy of victorian era - RLS exposing society
Chapter 1
Story of the Door
Chapter 2
Search for Mr Hyde
Chapter 3
Dr. Jekyll was Quite at Ease
Chapter 4
The Carew Murder Case
Chapter 5
Incident of the Letter
Chapter 6
Incident of Dr. Lanyon
Chapter 7
Incident at the Window
Chapter 8
The Last Night
Chapter 9
Dr. Lanyon’s narrative
Chapter 10
Dr. Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
initially, reputation is presented…
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through hypocrisy
reputation is also presented as…
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being at the forefront of Victorian society
reputation is revealed to be…
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the cause for jekyll’s transformation into hyde
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‘punishment and…
…danger I cannot name’
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‘terrors…
…so unmanning’
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‘chief of…
…sinners/sufferers’
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‘respect…
…my silence’
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‘stain of…
…breath upon a mirror’
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‘afford to…
…laugh at suspicion’
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‘spring headlong into…
…the sea of liberty’
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…my labarotary’
‘escape into…
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‘like a school boy…
…strip off these lendings’
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‘…for many’
‘nut to crack…
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‘down a…
…by-street’
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‘name your…
… figure’
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‘make his name…
…stink’
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‘ashamed of my…
…long tongue’
What did ‘gross indecency’ refer to?
homosexual acts between two men
What made ‘gross indecency’ punishable by hanging?
1885 Criminal Law Amendment Act
When was Jekyll and Hyde written?
1886
Who wrote Jekyll and Hyde?
Robert Louis Stevenson
initially, secrecy is presented as…
(ch1)
shield against scandal
secrecy is also presented…
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through unreliable narration
secrecy is revealed through…
(ch10)
the confession of Jekyll
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‘showed no…
…window’
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‘blind…
…forehead’
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‘name that I…
…can’t mention’
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‘so you…
…found it out’
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‘window was…
…instantly thrust down’
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‘they saw…
…it for a glimpse’
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‘God forgive us…
…God forgive us’
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‘even a deeper…
…trench’
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‘lies at the…
…root of religion’
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‘morbid sense…
…of shame’
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‘…in shame’
‘plunged…
When did RLS write the Body Snatcher?
1884
What happens in the Body Snatcher?
a man is haunted by his guilty conscience and one of his victims
What are symptoms of syphillis?
rashes, sores, growths
infertility, hair loss
How did the Victorians treat syphillis?
mercury
Examples of prudery and repression in Victorian era
arms and legs = ‘extremities’, ‘limbs’
Language of Flowers
Examples of Language of Flowers
Red Carnations ; ‘my heart aches for you’
Pink ; ‘Yes’
White Rose ; ‘I cannot’
What form is Jekyll and Hyde?
gothic novel
What is so shocking to the reader about Jekyll being Hyde?
- he enjoys it ; ‘younger, lighter, happier’
- he had always been inherently evil ; ‘I concealed my pleasures’
How does the name of the novel create the theme of secrecey?
‘case’
mystery to be solved
‘hyde’
hiding
What is interesting about the perspective of Jekyll and Hyde?
- Utterson’s narrative ; he is unjudgmental but not omniscient
- framed narrative ; maid, Enfield, Lanyon
- nothing from Hyde’s perspective ; secrecy, elusive
What was the debate related to the emerging middle class and the Victorian gentleman?
could you only be a born a gentleman or could you become one by behaving a certain way
How does Hyde change through the novel?
becomes increasingly evil
How is Hyde presented in the novel as a whole?
symbol of repression, gothic monster
What are Hyde’s core themes throughout the novel?
antagonist
product of science experiment gone wrong
