J+H - Drugs Flashcards
1
Q
“Well, sir, every day, ay, and twice and thrice in the same day”
“This drug is wanted bitter bad, sir, whatever for”
A
- Was legal then
- Hyde desperate for drugs to turn into Jekyll
- Deliberately focuses on the evils of drug taking
2
Q
“Maladies that both torture and deform the sufferer”
“Hence his eagerness to find this drug”
A
- Represents Hyde
3
Q
“i risked death, for any drug that so potently controlled and shook the very fortress of identity, might by the least scruple of overdose”
A
- Stevenson worried about overdosing risking death on the surface
- Our identities aren’t a fortress
- Drug Taking encourages creative thinking for writers
