Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Flashcards
1
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Atavism
A
The ideology that since humans came from simpler life forms, they can revert back to them, and become more animalistic beings and succumb to our primitive urges
2
Q
Quote: ‘strong feeling of deformity’
A
-Utterson
-emphasises his criminality through his appearance
3
Q
Meaning
A
‘Feeling’
-Stevenson is criticising physiognomy as a persons morality cannot be judged by their appearance and criticises its classist and unfair nature
4
Q
Darwin’s origin of spicers
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1859 (theory of evolution)
5
Q
Blemished
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Stained, ruined
6
Q
Reputation
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Something that Victorian men had to safeguard and protect at all costs, in order to fit in with society
7
Q
Denigrate
A
Unfairly criticise
