Duality Flashcards
How can the idea of mankind having two sides be seen?
it can be seen as a moral obligation humans have inherited and that without it it would be unnatural
How can humanity be compared to Dr Jekyll about repressing their desires?
humanity can be seen as also having two sides of good and evil and they repress their desires to maintain reputation
What happens if the duality of human nature is interfered with?
interfering with duality of human nature results in heavy consequences shown through the character of Dr Jekyll and his suicide
‘man is not…but…’ (chap 10)
truly one
truly two
‘it wasn’t like a man ; it was like some…’
dammed juggernaut
‘I incline to…’ (chap 1)
Cain’s heresy
‘…with himself’
austere
‘why did he…’
cry out like a rat
‘…fury’
ape-like
‘He was perfectly cool and…’ (chap 1)
made no resistance
‘There is something…with his appearance ; something…, something downright…’ (chap 1)
wrong
displeasing
detestable
‘You must suffer me to… ; I have brought on myself a…’
go my own dark way
punishment
‘Three…windows barred with iron’
dusty
‘I was slowly losing hold of my…self, and becoming…with my second and worse
original and better
slowly incorporated
‘I had supplied my…, I thought I sat beyond the…’
double with a signature
reach of fate
How does Stevenson use setting to show duality?
Stevenson uses contrasting settings, like the grand facade of Jekyll’s house versus the neglected back door, to visually represent the duality of human nature and the coexistence of good and evil
‘…block of building’
sinister
‘The door, which was equipped with…, was…’
neither bell nor knocker
blistered and distained
‘Mr. Hyde…and clubbed him to the…’
broke out of all bounds
earth
‘he could…no longer ; …and battered as it was, he recognized it for one that he had himself presented many years before to…
doubt
broken
Henry Jekyll
How does Stevenson use London to show duality?
Stevenson portrays Victorian London as a place where respectability and darkness exist side-by-side, with affluent streets juxtaposed against areas of poverty and degradation like Soho where Hyde lives, mirroring the duality within the characters.
Why does Hyde live in Soho?
Hyde lives in Soho which is a part of London that was associated with crime and immoral living in the Victorian period so hence Hyde’s appearance and personality he lives there
How does Stevenson present duality in chapter 10?
he marvels at how Hyde has taken over his life
once, Jekyll looked with pleasure on his twin, identifying with both Hyde and Jekyll equally
now the duality has turned to rivalry and the difference between good and evil has been blurred
Hyde is not the only creature with hatred in his heart
How does Stevenson use Jekyll’s transformation to show the struggle between the two sides of mankind (good and evil)?
the transformation process itself is described as painful and unsettling, highlighting the struggle between the two sides of Jekyll’s personality
‘Satan’s…upon a face’
signature
How does Stevenson use man’s dual nature to comment on society?
Stevenson uses the idea of duality to criticise respectable society and he suggests that the gap between appearance and reality in the people and places in Victorian London is hypocritical
How does Jekyll’s fate act as a warning?
Jekyll’s fate is a warning about trying to hide who you are
‘he was now no less distinguished for…’
religion
‘…secret sinner’
ordinary
How does the character of Jekyll represent a mixture of sin and virtue?
without Hyde, Jekyll lives a virtuous life and is ‘distinguished for religion’ and charity
but he is also an ‘ordinary secret sinner’ therefore all people, including Jekyll, are a mixture of sin and virtue
How does the character of Hyde represents the purely satanic side of Jekyll?
he writes all over Jekyll’s religious text with ‘startling blasphemies’ and Jekyll calls Hyde ‘My devil’, and Utterson thinks that ‘Satan’s signature’ is written upon Hyde’s face
What quote shows that Jekyll letting his sinful side take over was tempting?
‘I felt younger, lighter, happier in body’
What acts as proof that the sinful side to mankind is more powerful if we allow it to take over?
Hyde takes over in the end
How can letting you sinful side take over be seen as unavoidable?
‘sold a slave to my original evil’
‘original evil’ highlights that we are all born with it (Evangelism teaches that all of mankind are inevitably sinners because Adam and Eve sinned)
How does Hyde act as Jekyll’s uncivilised side?
he disrupts the ordered, civilised world that Jekyll and his friends live in
Why could some of the upper-class Victorian see Hyde as less evolved?
same upper-class Victorians thought that people who committed crimes, or disrupted the social order, were less evolved
this can refer to the Darwin theory that humans shared a common ancestor with apes
How can the character of Poole portray the dual nature of mankind?
although Poole is a loyal, ‘well-dressed’ servant, he shouts at another servant ‘with a ferocity of accent that testified to his own jangled nerves’ which can be seen as animalistic
