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which extracts are used to present duality of man at the beginning of the novel?

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  • ch.1 - story of the door
  • ch.2 search for mr hyde
  • ch.3 - dr jekyll was quite at ease
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which extracts are used to present duality of man in the middle of the novel?

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  • ch.4 - the carew murder case
  • ch.5 - the incident of the letter
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which extracts are used to present duality of man at the end of the novel?

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  • ch.10
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(ch.1 +2) initially, duality of man is presented…

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  • through the settings of jekyll and hyde respectively
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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘air of wealth…

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…and comfort’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘ancient..

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…handsome houses’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘no..

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…window’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘nothing but a door…

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…on the lower story’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘blind…

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…forehead’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘prolonged…

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..and sordid negligence’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘blistered..

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..and disdained’

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‘air of wealth and comfort’
‘ancient, handsome houses’
‘no window’
‘nothing but a door on the lower story’
‘blind forehead’
‘prolonged and sordid negligence’
‘blistered and disdained’
‘tramps’

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  • dichotomy
  • wealth and reputable / neglected, dilapidated and dissheveled with ‘tramps’ near
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(ch.1) initially, duality of man is presented…

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…through the corruption of victorian gentlemen

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘an honest man..

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…paying through the nose’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘capers…

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..of his youth’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘name…

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…your figure’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘a hundred..

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..pounds’

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‘an honest man paying through the nose’
‘capers of his youth’
‘name your figure’
‘a hundred pounds’
‘blackmail’

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  • alluding to the hypocrisy and corrupt nature of victorian society
  • reputation was all that mattered and wealthy and influential figures could get away in society without damaging their social status
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(ch.1,2+3) initially, the duality of man is presented…

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through the appearance of jekyll and hyde

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘a flush…

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..of anger’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘pale…

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…and dwarfish’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘something…

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..troglodytic’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘satan’s..

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…signature upon a face’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘displeasing..

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..smile’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘deformity without any…

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..nameable malformation’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘murderous mixure…

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..of timidity and boldness’

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(ch.3) finish the quote: ‘large..

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..well-made’

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(ch.3) finish the quote: ‘smooth-faced…

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..man of fifty’

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(ch.3) finish the quote: ‘every mark of…

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..capacity and kindness’

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(ch.3) finish the quote: ‘see…

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..by his looks’

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(ch.3) finish the quote: ‘sincere and…

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..warm affection’

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32
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‘pale and dwarfish’
‘something troglodytic’
‘satan’s signature upon a face’
‘displeasing smile’
‘deformity without any nameable malformation’
‘murderous mixture of timidity and boldness’

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  • semantic field of appearance
  • ‘displeasing smile’ - oxymoronic - even a smile isn’t pure and happy - hyde is purely evil and diabolical
  • ‘deformity without any nameable malformation’ - hyde is presented as a mystery
  • ‘murderous mixture of timidity and boldness’ - presents hyde as criminal - oxymoronic suggesting that hyde is quaint and abnormal
  • ‘troglodytic’ -> criminals had primitive urges - lombrosos theory of atavism
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‘large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty’
‘every mark of capacity and kindness’
‘see by his looks’
‘sincere and warm affection’

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  • presented through physical appearance - victorian ideas of physiognomy
34
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(ch.3) finish the quote: ‘the large handsome face of dr jekyll…

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…grew pale to the very lips’

35
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(ch.3) finish the quote: ‘there came a…

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…blackness about his eyes’

36
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‘the large handsome face of dr jekyll grew pale to the very lips and there came a blackness about his eyes’

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  • jekyll’s cheerful and pleasant demeanour rapidly disappears when he is questioned about his will
  • the change from good to evil is disturbingly quick
  • the juxtaposition of j’s ‘handsome face’ with his pale lips and black eyes show that man’s dual nature is not just a mental conflict, but also a physical one
  • ‘pale’ has associations with death that comes later in the novel - the ‘blackness’ of ‘his eyes’ alludes to the darkness of hyde’s soul
  • since jekyll’s lips ‘grew’ pale and blackness ‘came about’ his eyes, the reader gets a sense of evil spreading over him uncontrollably
37
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(ch.4) throughout the course of the novel, the duality of man is presented…

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through the behaviours of hyde

38
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finish the quote: ‘clubbed him…

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…to the earth’

39
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finish the quote: ‘ape-like…

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…fury’

40
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finish the quote: ‘trampling…

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..his victim’

41
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finish the quote: ‘storm of…

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…his blows’

42
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finish the quote: ‘bones were…

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…audibly shattered’

43
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‘clubbed him to the earth’
‘moment’
‘ape-like fury’
‘trampling his victim’
‘storm of blows’
‘bones were audibly shattered’

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  • ‘clubbed him to the earth’ -> prehistoric - cave man
  • brutal, animalistic violence and evil fill this image, the almost inhuman destruction of another human life highlights the power of evil
  • shows jekyll’s alter ego as extremely evil and satanic, this side of hyde so different to jekyll and such a regressed version of jekyll that he is almost primitive and savage - yet they are one
  • simile - ‘ape-like’ -> gives hyde strong animal characteristics but also suggests he has not yet evolved from animals
  • ‘storm of blows’ - seen as a brutal force of nature
  • dehumanises his victim - nothing more than his ‘victim’, ‘bones’ and a ‘body’ rather than a person and is ‘shattered’
  • the swiftness of these actions is frightening - it all occurs in a moment - presenting the duality of man as terrifying
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(ch.4) throughout the course of the novel, the duality of man is presented…

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through the symbol of the walking stick

45
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finish the quote: ‘one splintered…

46
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finish the quote: ‘rolled in the neighbouring…

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…gutter’

47
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finish the quote: ‘other half of…

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..the stick’

48
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finish the quote: ‘found behind…

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..the door’

49
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finish the quote: ‘luxury..

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…and good taste’

50
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‘one splintered half’
‘rolled in the neighbouring gutter’
‘other half of the stick’
‘found behind the door’
‘luxury and good taste’

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  • theme of duality
  • one in the ‘gutter’ by the crime scene
  • suggesting it is dishonourable and low
  • one found in a furnished setting with ‘luxury and good taste’
  • reflecting the duality of jekyll and hyde
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(ch.4) throughout the course of the novel the duality of man is presented…

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  • through the irreputable side of london
52
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finish the quote: ‘dismal quarter…

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…of soho’

53
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finish the quote: ‘slatternly…

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…passengers’

54
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finish the quote : ‘district of some..

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…city in a nightmare’

55
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finish the quote: ‘blackguardly..

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..surroundings’

56
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(ch.5) throughout the course of the novel, the duality of man is presented …

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through the revelation of clues

57
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finish the quote: ‘differently…

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…sloped’

58
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finish the quote: ‘i regard..

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..as dead’

59
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finish the quote: ‘back way…

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…to dr jekyll’s’

60
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‘differently sloped’
‘back way to dr jekyll’s’

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  • duality - differently sloped handwriting - the link between jekyll and hyde is revealed here
61
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finish the quote: ‘the smile was struck…

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…out of his face’

62
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finish the quote: ‘succeeded by an expression…

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..of such abject terror and despair’

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‘the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair’

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  • ‘smile’ is a gentle image, and is removed forcefully and violently when it is struck out - hyde causes a physical reaction in all he meets, and ‘froze the very blood’ of the two men who we know to be sensible, rational gentlemen
  • clue that it is hyde
  • presents the duality of man through the liminal position of jekyll - transforming into his alter ego, hyde
  • battle between the two sides of jekyll and hyde - and evil is victorious
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CONTEXT

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  • contemporary readers would be shocked
  • deacon brodie - cabinet maker - stevenson owned one and was inspired by how such as respected citizen could commit such atrocious crime - perhaps influenced stevenson’s perception of duality
65
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(ch.10) finally, the duality of man is presented…

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through jekyll’s revelations

66
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finish the quote: ‘the respect of…

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..the wise and good’

67
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finish the quote: man is not truly one…

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..but two’

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finish the quote: ‘radically…

69
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‘the respect of the wise and good’
‘man is not truly one, but two’
‘radically both’

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  • jekyll is an established gentleman with respect in society
  • however he is guilt of ‘irregularities’ - sins and desires he keeps hidden and decides that this applies to all of humanity
  • he is so convinced that he is correct that he experiments and risks everything
  • ‘radically both’ -> jekyll is more self-aware than other characters - the good and evil sides of his personality are struggling against each other- and decides to separate them
70
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(ch.10) finally, the duality of man is presented…

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through jekyll’s inner conflict between both sides of his conscience

71
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finish the quote: ‘two natures…

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…contended in the field of my consciousness’

72
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‘war’
‘two natures contended in the field of my consciousness’

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  • like two forces meeting on a battlefield
  • metaphor
  • internally conflicted
  • suggestive that both sides cannot co-exist - one winner - for jekyll it was hyde
73
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(ch.10) finally, the duality of man is presented…

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through jekyll’s dual personality

74
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finish the quote: ‘distinguished…

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…for religion’

75
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finish the quote: ‘ordinary..

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..secret sinner’

76
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‘distinguished for religion’
‘ordinary secret sinner’

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  • jekyll lives a virtuous life and pious and charitable
  • but he is also a sinner who enjoys fulfilling his deep desires
  • stevenson may be trying to imply that all people including jekyll are a mixture of sin and virtue
77
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(ch.10) finally, the duality of man is presented…

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through the essential nature of original sin

78
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finish the quote: ‘younger..

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…lighter, happier’

79
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finish the quote: ‘original…

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…evil’

80
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‘younger, lighter, happier’
‘original evil’

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  • presents the duplicitous side of the pysche as tempting, powerful and unavoidable
  • tempting - ‘younger, lighter, happier’
  • powerful - hyde eventually takes over
  • unavoidable - as hyde, jekyll gives in to original evil
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CONTEXT

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  • branch of christianity - evangelicalism
  • taught that all mankind are essentially and inevitably sinful as adam and eve sinned
  • frightened readers as suggests that their sinful side isnt only inevitable, but stronger
  • pious victorian society - church every sunday

English Literature : Jekyll and Hyde (34 decks)

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