j&h quotes Flashcards
something troglodytic
anaphoric repetition of something shows the unknown cause of hydes evil its more of an atmospheric feeling
troglodytic refers to an ancient cave dweller which could both refer to how hyde is so separated from societal conformities that he behaves as if he not from the era, but it could also play into lombroscos theory of avatism as he has stunted features
it was like some dammed juggernaut
this plays into ideas of hyde being the antithesis of religion as a juggernaut is a deity from hinduism- somewhere forgein to victorian england and hence disliked, showing the otherness of hydes behaviour and appearance
it is diminishing ad animalistic pronouns
dammed refers again religiously to how he is cursed by god
juggernauts physically are dragged through the street crushing anything
something downright detestable
i scarce know what
the anaphoric repetition of something would scare the reader utterson until this is a very reliable narrator and anchor, so his inability to form logic shows the new entity of hyde
the harsh constonant on the ds show the distain of evil, such a heavy reaction makes us wonder if its the temptatiom
foul soul
biblical connotation as god breathed life into adam in genesis so he could form a soul, the idea that something biblically pure has been corrupted shows the horrors of hyde
black sneering coolness
the tricolon uses the daulity on kight and dark in the novella to show the extent of the evil that hyde possesses, coolness is the atithesis of warmth and humanity whilst sneering shows a bad characterisation of his atmosphre
child of hell
biblical connotations, this is an oxymoron which directly juxatposes the youthful and uncorrupted nature of children with the idea of eternal troture and suffering, unsettling to any adience partialyy chrsitian victorians
shows hydes temptation as he is youthful
ape like fury
jumped like a monkey
SIMIAN IMAGERY
uses fears ofdevolution to scare a contemporary christian audience, dawrins theory of apes
dehumanises hyde
smaller, slighter and younger
this tricolon accentuates the temptation of giving in to ones primal evil especially after years of repression, as it is essentially frozen the id does not mature and instead remains a source of youth
this too was myself
jekyll reminding the audience that the gap between him and hyde is only partially permiable and you cannot undertsand the plot without grasping that man is so dual in this manner
all the evils of hyde must be reflected onto the upper class gentleman in order to warn against the real like temptations of ones inner evil
so ugly it brought out the sweat in me
this is physical imagery that plays into the dislke shown by a contemporary physigonomony focusssed society, links to the theory that appearance corrolates to character and also socieites views on it
clothes hung formlessly on my shrunken limbs
shows the temptation of evil as hyde is much smaller nad younger due to his consant repression throughout jekylls career
clothesa re a symbol of materialism and respect in an upper class socialite world so them being ill fitting shows how men are forced to bend to conform
my devil had been long caged, he came out roaring
stevenson uses the temptation of evil to both criticise socitys standards for being too opressive so that ones freudian id is able to grow in temptation, and also warn the audience against conforming to a point of breakdown much like jekyll
the idea of the devil basically shows how the id is a symbol for the purest form of evil and how one cannot withold it under high pressure
roaring is animalsitic
satans signataure upon his face
s sibilence highlights the prescence of shocking evil in hyde
religious connotations, shows him to be the purest form of evil
physigonomy wouldve scared audiences
smooth faced, well made man
jekyll is very compliant and fits with societies ideals of a man, well made may alude to him being old money upper class but he is certainly from a well off background
smooth faced clears him of blemishes and in soceity probably any trace of wrong- would make the viewer much more receptible to him
such unscientific balderdash wouldve estranged damon and pythias
ancient classical allusions to figures damon and pythias who were famously an inseperable pair of friends
unscientific balderdash is not just dissmissive or logical but directly hateful, shows the clear rift between science and religion
i only ask for justice when i am no longer here
on first read we are confused and intruiged by the certainty of when as it implies he is awre of his unknown fate
upon second reading it portrays jekyll more as an example of how upper class men like john hunter and jack the ripper are able to get away with crime under a facade of respectibility and chivalry
intelligent ruptable men
jekll is a very clear conformist and completely adheres to soceties ideals, he has popular friends and is a known socialite
no less distinguished to religion
this shows how throughout the play religion is directly proportional to morality and when jekyll is free of his id he attempts to amke amends through rejoining of religion
clasps his hands to god
in his worst moments ou of guilt jekyll, a permiable entity with hyde, prays to god in a confession like stance out of horror for his actions
if we knew all, we should be more glad to get away
lanyon has spent all of his life with the certainty that religion and the bible is the roots of his belief and indeed the worlds structure, it says that jesus is only able to perform transformations and soley for the greater good
therefore jekylls bending of the bible has broken the mould of lanyons beleifs just as how science kept defying religion- and ultimately its the promethian nature of jekyll that leads to lanyons quick death
cerebral disease
the idea of having opposing opinions especilaly ones that defy religion is a disease like horror and should not happen
i was bound to do as he requetsed
the good side of friendship, though they have STARK differences jekyll and lanyon still have public and even private loyalties to one another as they are gentlemen
oh god oh god
similarly to jekyll in his moment of panic lanyon is only able to call out to the divine figure whom he has dedicated his life to for a form of an intervention that does not arrive
i must die and yet i shull die incredulous
symbolic of how religion was ending or persevrering with the inability to accept modern theroies such as darawins evolution, lanyons beliefs are so deep rooted that he cannot shake his mindset
