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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Flashcards

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What is a key contrast between Enfield and Utterson

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They are unlikely friends because Enfield is well known and Utterson is rather cold and dry

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What is the quote to show Enfield is well - known

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“Well-known man about town”

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What is the key concept about science

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Lanyon and Jekyll disagree on science matters
Lanyon - Traditional
Jekyll - Imaginative// bonkers

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Who’s “signature” does Utterson see on Hyde’s face

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“Satan’s signature”

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What quote does Lanyon use to describe that his and Jekyll’s friendship as more than about science

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their friendship “would have estranged Damon and Pythias”

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What is the context involving Damon and Pythias

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In the 18th and 19th century Damon and Pythias were used as an example of faithful friendship

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Who is Dr. Jekyll

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Central protagonist with a dual nature as Mr Hyde

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What are 2 quotes of how Lanyon describes Jekyll

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“Wrong, wrong in the mind”

“Too fanciful”

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9
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When do the audience actual find out Jekyll and Hyde are the same person

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Chapter 9

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What quote shows Jekyll is aware of two natures conflicting within his character

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“two natures that contended in the field of his consciousness”

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Why does Jekyll lead a double life

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To appear respectable while satisfying his desires in secret

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What are Jekyll’s scientific interests based on

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Supernatural or spiritual interests

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What is the quote to support that Jekyll’s scientific interests are based on Supernatural/spiritual interests

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“Led wholly towards the mystic and transcendental” - Jekyll says of his scientific studies

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What happens when Jekyll’s scientific interests and dual nature come together

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Jekyll feels more ambitious and confident in his own intellect

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What is the quote to suggest Jekyll becomes more ambitious and confident in his own intellect when his scientific interests and dual nature come together

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“I began to perceive more deeply than it has ever yet been stated”

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Who uses the richest language in the novel

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Jekyll

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What kind of language does Jekyll use

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Flamboyant and vibrant language packed with imagery

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What is an example of Jekyll’s rich language

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“polar twins” of good and evil “continuously struggling” in the “agonized womb” of his consciousness

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What is the importance of Hyde in the novel

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Evil aspect of Jekyll - responsible for all the main events in the novel

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What is a quote to describe Hyde

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“like some dammed Juggernaut”

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What is a quote to suggest people are repulsed by Hyde and can’t explain it

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“there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature”

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Who says

“there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature”

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Lanyon

23
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What technique does Jekyll use to talk about Hyde and when relating to what

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Imagery

Devils and Animals

24
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What is a quote from Jekyll that talks about animals and the devils

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“My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring”

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What are 3 points about Hyde’s appearance

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  1. He is shorter than Jekyll so Jekyll’s clothes hang off him and look ridiculous
  2. His hands are hairier and darker and smaller making him look lumpy
  3. Hideous - ugly looking
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What is the quote to suggest Utterson is quiet and builds friendships slowly

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“his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time”

27
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What does Utterson tend to do

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Jump to conclusions and assume his assumptions are certain truth

28
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What quote supports Utterson jumping to conclusions and assuming his assumptions are certain truth

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"”Henry Jekylll forge for a murderer!” and his blood ran cold in his veins”

29
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What is the context for Utterson as a lawyer

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Stevenson trained as a lawyer and has good insight into the profession to develop Utterson as a character”

30
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What is Lanyon referring to when he describes Henry Jekyll as “too fanciful”

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his scientific ideas

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What quote shows that Lanyon is shocked by Jekyll’s transformation

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“My life is shaken to its roots”

32
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What is Lanyon’s language like

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Very little imagery
Precise
As clear and accurate as possible

33
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Why is Enfield important in the novel

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Gives the first interpretation of Hyde

34
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What kind of character is Enfield

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Reserved and doesn’t like asking questions - says its like “starting a stone”

35
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Who is Poole

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Jekyll’s butler

36
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What Is Poole’s key feature

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Faithfulness to Jekyll

37
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How is Poole faithful to Jekyll

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Keeps his business discreet until he’s worried enough to ask Utterson for help

38
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What quote describes Sir Danvers Carew’s appearance

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“an ages and beautiful gentleman with white hair”

39
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What are the 3 types of duality in Jekyll and Hyde

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Appearance V reality
Good v Evil
Science v Supernatural

40
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What quote suggests that the duality of human nature is seen as natural

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“thorough and primitive duality of man”

41
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What quote shows the reason that Jekyll separating the two parts of himself was difficult

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“this too was myself”

42
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What is context for duality of human nature

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Christian and Ancient Greek philosophy that there’s conflict between body and soul

43
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How does Jekyll describe Hyde that related to the duality of good n evil

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“he lives alone in the ranks of mankind, pure evil”

44
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How does Enfield describe Jekyll that related to the duality of good n evil

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“one of your fellows who do what they call good”

45
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How does Good V Evil related to Hyde’s acts

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His acts of violence contrast the goodness of their subjects
The innocent girl is trampled
Defacing a devotional book
Murdering “an innocent and old-world kindness” SDC

46
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What quote describes Enfield and Utterson’s friendship

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“It was a nut to crack for many, what these two could see in each other”

47
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What 3 ways is the theme of Friendship presented

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  1. Utterson, Lanyon and Jekyll are friends who dine together
  2. Jekyll and Lanyon are professional friends from a long time
  3. Enfield and Utterson have an unlikely friendship
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How is appearance v reality presented in Jekyll

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Jekyll I considered respectable and upstanding but hides dark secrets

49
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How is appearance v reality presented in Hyde

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Appears to be ugly and normal but is a “child of hell”

50
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What is the context of Victorian life

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Victorian London was a dramatic place
Very rich and very poor people
London was eerie

51
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What is the context of Science (2)

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  1. Advances in Chemistry and Biology and how chemicals worked
  2. Psychology emerged as a science in the 1880’s
52
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What is the context of gothic literature

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  1. Gothic settings - dark and mysterious
  2. Most gothic literature has gothic elements
  3. Gothic novels focus on human experience on the margins of normality
53
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Where is J+H placed in Novella tradition

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Written before Frankenstein and Dracula

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