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English Literature : Jekyll and Hyde > Gothic and the Supernatural > Flashcards

Gothic and the Supernatural Flashcards

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(ch.1)initially, supernatural is presented…

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through hyde

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finish the quote: ‘the man trampled…

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..calmly over the child’s body’

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finish the quote: ‘left her..

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..screaming on the ground’

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4
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finish the quote: ‘like some…

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…damned juggernaut’

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5
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finish the quote: ‘black..

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..sneering coolness’

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‘the man trampled calmly over the child’s body’
‘left her screaming on the ground’
‘like some damned juggernaut’

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  • first depiction of hyde’s evil nature
  • stevenson deliberately inflicts it on a child to increase the reader’s fear of hyde’s character - gothic monster
  • assault of a young girl
  • ‘man’ against ‘child’ -> threatening
  • ‘trampled calmly’ -> oxymoronic- hyde is naturally comfortable with violence
  • supernatural force -> ‘juggernaut’ - violent, powerful force surging forwards in an unstoppable manner
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(ch.1) initially, supernatural is presented…

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through hyde’s house

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8
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finish the quote: ‘by-street…

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..in a busy quarter of london’

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9
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finish the quote: ‘sinister block..

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…of building’

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10
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finish the quote: ‘nothing..

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…but a door’

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finish the quote: ‘bore in every feature…

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…the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence’

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finish the quote: ‘with neither..

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..bell nor knocker’

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13
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finish the quote: ‘blind..

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…forehead’

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14
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HYDE’S HOUSE

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  • mystery
  • abandoned
  • gothic trope
  • no window - symbol of secrecy and mystery
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(ch.4)throughout the course of the novel, the supernatural is presented…

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through the gothic setting

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16
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finish the quote: ‘a great chocolate-

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..coloured pall lowered over heaven’

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17
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finish the quote: ‘hues..

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..of twilight’

18
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finish the quote: ‘fog..

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..would be quite broken up’

19
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finish the quote: ‘like the district..

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..of some city in a nightmare’

20
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(ch.7)throughout the novel, the supernatural is presented..

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through jekyll’s transformation

21
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finish the quote: ‘through the..

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…by-street’

22
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finish the quote: ‘full of..

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..premature twilight’

23
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finish the quote: ‘smile was..

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..struck out of his face’

24
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finish the quote: ‘succeeded by an expression..

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..of abject terror and despair’

25
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finish the quote: ‘froze the..

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..very blood of the two gentlemen’

26
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finish the quote: ‘window..

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..was instantly thrust down’

27
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finish the quote: ‘there was an ans..

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..wering horror in their eyes’

28
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finish the quote: ‘god forgive us,

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..god forgive us’

29
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(ch.9)finally, the supernatural is presented..

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through lanyon’s perspective

30
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finish the quote: ‘there was something…

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…abnormal and misbegotten’

31
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finish the quote: ‘very essence of the ..

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….creature that now faced me’

32
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finish the quote: ‘something seizing..

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..surprising and revolting’

33
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‘there was something abnormal and misbegotten’
‘the very essence of the creature that now faced me’
‘something seizing, surprising and revolting’

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  • sibilance in ‘something seizing, surprising’ - traditionally gothic sound, creating a sinister tone of fear, terror and menace
  • hyde is impossible to define- called a ‘creature’, giving him animal characteristics, but the repetition of ‘something’ demonstrates that lanyon cannot identify what it is about hyde that makes him so hideous
34
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finish the quote: ‘o god!..

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..i screamed, and ‘o god!’ again and again’

35
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‘o god! i screamed and o god! again and again’

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  • the level of disbelief in the supernatural events before him, and the evil he is witnessing, leads lanyon to desperately call out god to protect him
  • scream of horror but a direct plea to god to protect him
36
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(ch.10) finally, the supernatural is presented…

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through jekyll’s perspective

37
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finish the quote: ‘he, i say-

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…i cannot say, i’

38
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finish the quote: ‘the child..

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..of hell had nothing human’

39
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finish the quote: ‘nothing lived in him…

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…but fear and hatred’

40
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‘he, i say- i cannot say, i’
‘the child of hell had nothing human’
‘nothing lived in him but fear and hatred’

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– ‘child of hell’ - continues h’s association with the devil and diabolical behaviour - calling him a child suggests he has grown and been nurtured under the guidance of hell itself
- 3rd person - jekyll’s refusal to accept that h is a human part of him - despite his acknowledgement that man is ‘truly two’ - hyde is still considered inhuman
- h’s gothic, supernatural elements are explicit- he is not of this world

English Literature : Jekyll and Hyde (31 decks)

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