Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Quotes Flashcards
ILMBGTTDIHOW
I let my brother go to the devil in his own way - Utterson
* Uttersons dual nature - he is respectable but he surrounds himself with men who are sinful - Jekyll is going to suffer from this - Stevenson = we all suffer from in society
IWLAM;IWLSDJ
It was like some damned Juggernaut - Mr Enfield
* “It wasnt’t…” IRONY - Stevenson saying that this is what men are acc like, LIKE HYDE, what they present is Jekyll - false facade
* Christianity - teaches us to be more like Jekyll - we are capable of Hyde though - perhaps Christianity enourages people to present false facades to hide our sins
TCWNMTW
The child was not much the worse
* Hyde is described as a dwarf, no massive damage
perception = damned and massive but is ironic but hes acc small
TSAWWTDTK
Turn sick and white with the desire to kill - doctor
* Stevenson - athiest - the real evil people are the doctor and enfield
Stevenson believes that as a society we overlook the flaw’s and sins of respectable people in society - they are not all perfect
WSHUTAHPFTC
We screwed him up to a hundred pounds for the child - doctor and Enfield
* “screwed” - blackmailed - evil - big fortune - duality
ST
Soemthing troglodytic
* Darwins theory - survival of the fittest but Hyde outlives Jekyll, perhaps suggesting that to survive, huamnity must get worse, he doesnt say evolving = getting better, this is what Victorians feared at the time
IRSSUHF
“I read Satan’s Signature upon his face”
* Stevenson trying to expose the Victorian myth that you can judge one’s character just by their appearance as you cannot “read” one. Criticism of Lombros theory
WIM
Wrong in mind- Dr Lanyon
* Lanyon objects to Jekyll’s thinking
* Jekyll exposes the truth even if its bad and Lanyon denies it
TMIC, ICBROMH
The moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr Hyde
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A-L F… TBWAS.. TBJUTR
Ape-like fury… The bones were audible shattered… The body jumped upon the road
* Hyperbole - Stevenson criticising how Victorian audience are entertained by reading what they fear - they are hypocrites
Criticising evil enjoyments of the readers
AGC-CPLOH
A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven
* chocolate - desirable
* Disguise of London - Londoners prefer with living with sin and carry on corruption, as long as they present the facade of it not being sinful
TDC - CIAN
The drowned city - city in a nightmare
* Bible - flood to punish the sinful ppl - metaphor for what should happen to the city - full of sin - HYPOCRISY
Christian pov = sin is drug taking, vice
MINTO,BTT
Man is not truly one, but truly two
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