Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Flashcards
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Order of events
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- Utterson are Enfield are on a walk and Enfield tells Utterson of how a girl was trampled, early morning
- Girl’s family forces Hyde to pay sum, Hyde returns with a check, signed from Jekyll
- Turns out the signature wasnt forged, Utterson shocked
- Looks at Jekylls will - possessions go to Hyde if dead/disappeared
- Goes to Dr Lanyon for advice - fell out over a scientific matter
- Utterson confronts Hyde
- Utterson questions Poole (butler) - Hyde has complete access to house
- Utterson invitied to party by Jekyll
- Jekyll uncomfortable
- 1 yr, maid sees murder of Carew
- Utterson asks Jekyll where Hyde is - Jekyll says Hyde is out of his life
- Jekyll returns to old self - parties, lighter, happier
- Then seclusion
- Utterson goes to Dr Lanyon about it, hands Utterson a letter
- Lanyon dies
- Poole visits Utterson, Jekyll is locked in a room, asking to look for a certain chemical thats pure
- Utterson breaks down door, sees Hyde on floor (Jekyll drank poison) , letter
- Lanyons letter: talks about hydes transformation, dies of shock
- Jekylls letter: about how he did bad things, dual nature, began experimenting to separate 2 parts of his personality, couldnt repress evil
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Context
Victorian Era
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- highly religious
- believed that God created everything
- Upper class not meant to be associated with lower class, reputation
- Lower class = negative traits
- Secrecy (doors/windows close things off)
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Lombroso
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- Reading face to uncover character
- “born criminal”
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Physiognomy
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Vic belief that appearance is linked to traits which is misleading because H=J
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Darwinism
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- “Descent of Man” book - means to go backwards, implies humans area actingt too much on their impulses, like animals, scares Vic audience as it went against religion
- Stevenson plays on fears of degeneration or devolution by giving Hyde ape-like features
- against religion
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Themes
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- Duality
- Good and Evil
- Secrecy and Reputation
- Science vs Religion
- Appearance
- Violence
- Class
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Sigmund Freud
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- Psychoanalytic theory was that our brain is separated into 3 parts
- Id = animal instinct, impulses - Hyde
- Ego = tries to balance ids and super ego desires
- Superego = social conditioning + morality = jekyll
- In terms of Freund’s psychoanalytic theory, we can see that…
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How does religion give importance?
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- adds power to the text
- feeling of tradition and history, making it serious
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Hyde and class
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- part of working class
- jekyll - upper
- disparity in wealth + status, Hyde isnt subject to the same societal scrutiny as Jekyll
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Hyde and appearance
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- Name is an aptronym (reflects its owners persoanlity) because it depicts elements of typically msc behaviour that men in that era were expected to conceal
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Describe Hyde
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- Sacreligious
- merciless
- amoral (unwara of social codes)
- barbaric
- unchristian
- lives a carefree existence
- animalisitc
- pure evil
- volatile
- becomes more powerful than jekyll
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Stevensons msg through hyde
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suggesting the more evil comitted by one, the more power they have on society, however it is short-lived and the power is gained through intimidation and violence.
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Hyde and science vs religion
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- science overtaken God
- displays worries many ppl have about advances of science + medicine
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Describe Jekyll
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- respected
- secretive
- moral
- honourable
- upper class
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Religion and Jekyll
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- Turbulent with religion - turns to god for redemption after realising his mistakes “clasped his hands to God”
- symbolises the encroachment of science on religious thought during the era
