Hyde Flashcards
snarled aloud…
into a savage laugh
Savage - dehumanises Hyde; refers to humans in prehistoric times
Further evidenced by “troglodytic” - someone who lives in a cave
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution published 27 yrs was influential and suggested that humans evolved from apes
Hyde has not fully developed, explaining primitive nature(“ape-like fury”)
“snarled” - spiteful & vile; not familiar with Victorian era’s social expectations of always being courteous
Maybe because he has been isolated in Jekyll
Trampled calmly…
over the child’s body and left her screaming
“Trampled” - no conscience; unaware of actions and implications; heartless and lack of sympathy
“left” - took little notice of what he has done; no empathy; trampled without conscience
Murderous mix of…
Hailing down…
Broke into a…
timidity and boldness
a storm of blows
great flame of anger
Boldness - shown by no empathy of murder/trampling
Timidity - snarling
“storm” - powerful force of nature which cannot be stopped and is destructive
“flame” - connotes great fury; is small but has the ability to grow stronger and become more destructive
It wasn’t like
Ape-like…
a man
fury
“It” - not a humane but rather a thing or animal
Ape-like - he is an ape opposed to a human and is not developed or presented as sophisticated as the people in the Victorian era, such as Jekyll
Early stages of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
The pleasures which [Jekyll] made haste to seek in [his]…
disguise were… undignified
Jekyll used Hyde as an outlet of what he was unable to do in society
Jekyll wanted to remove the Id but transform into him so he could feel no remorse but satisfy the Superego which is influenced by society and culture
i.e. keeping up appearances and seemingly being a perfect Victorian gentleman, as if an outskirt, you could be banished/put in jail e.g. Oscar Wilde)
Eyes fell upon [his] hand
the powers of Hyde…
seemed to have grown with the sickliness of Jekyll
Hyde grew stronger up to a point where he spontaneously transformed Jekyll into Hyde
Growth has a significant and sickly impact on Jekyll who looked “deadly sick” when Utterson visited him and caused him to shut himself off from the rest of the world
Deteriorated Jekyll mentally, physically, and ruined relations
[Jekyll’s] devil had been long caged,…
carrying [his coolness] off…
and he came out roaring
like Satan
Roaring - intense anger maybe leading to destruction
Portrays Hyde as the devil - he is evil - the complete opposite of good and pure - strong language to use in Victorian era as people were very religious and often did not speak of Satan - shows the intense emotions brought out of people by Hyde
