Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Flashcards
“All human beings, as we meet them are commingled out of good and evil.”
theme-
Theme - duality
“man is not truly one, but—————”
“man is not truly one, but truly two.”
“I learned to recognise the———– of man.”
theme-
context-
“I learned to recognise the primitive duality of man.”
Theme -duality
Context - darwin’s theory
“These polar twins ———– struggling.”
Theme-
“These polar twins should be continuously struggling
theme -duality
“Like———” “Ape like fury”
context -
lt -
“Like a madman” “Ape like fury”
There are uncivilised parts of man even in Victorian gentlemen but this was unhealthily repressed. Links to Darwin’s evolution theory.
lt - simile
“The street shone out in contrast ———neighbourhood”
theme -
“The street shone out in contrast to it’s dingy neighbourhood”
theme -upper class / lower class
“Satan’s ——–” - Utterson
lt -
“Satan’s signature”
shows how Hyde represents the Devil
lt - alliteration
“He gives a strong feeling ———”
“He gives a strong feeling of deformity”
“something ———— detestable”
something down-right detestable
Mr. Hyde was pale ——–”
Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish
shows hyde appearance
“It is one thing to ————-, another to conquer it. ”
Character-
Concept -
“It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it. ”
Character - utterson
Concept - curiosity
“You must suffer me to————– way.”
character -
concept -
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.”
Character - dr jekyll
Concept - suffering / good and evil
“If he be Mr. Hyde,” he had thought, “—————.”
character-
concept -
“If he be Mr. Hyde,” he had thought, “I shall be Mr. Seek.”
Character - Utterson
Concept - curiosity
The era in which Stevenson wrote ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’
Victorian.
In the Victorian era (1837-1901) Queen Victoria promoted strict, Christian morality, and people needed to protect their reputation
Jekyll’s pride in his experiments, and his fall into ruin, reflects which Bible story?
The Fall of Satan.
Satan fell from Heaven because he was too proud to serve God; Jekyll fell from power because he was too proud of his scientific success
Which book did Charles Darwin write that challenged Victorian religious beliefs?
On the Origin of Species.
Darwin proposed that we were descended from apes; this influenced the description of Hyde in Jekyll and Hyde
What theory does the fact that Hyde is short, and described as ugly and ‘odd’, relate to?
Lombroso’s theory of physiognomy.
Lombroso was an Italian criminologist, who proposed the horrific idea that criminals look physically less evolved
What is urban terror?
Urban terror is the fear of crime and disease in Industrial London; people felt isolated and vulnerable