jeklle and hyde Flashcards
who is dr jeklle
A respected doctor and friend of both Lanyon, a fellow physician, and Utterson, a lawyer. Jekyll is a seemingly prosperous man, well established in the community, and known for his decency and charitable works. Since his youth, however, he has secretly engaged in unspecified dissolute and corrupt behavior. Jekyll finds this dark side a burden and undertakes experiments intended to separate his good and evil selves from one another. Through these experiments, he brings Mr. Hyde into being, finding a way to transform himself in such a way that he fully becomes his darker half.
who is mr hyde
A strange, repugnant man who looks faintly pre-human. Hyde is violent and cruel, and everyone who sees him describes him as ugly and deformed—yet no one can say exactly why. Language itself seems to fail around Mr. Hyde: he is not a creature who belongs to the rational world, the world of conscious articulation or logical grammar. Mr. Hyde is Dr. Jekyll’s dark side, released from the bonds of conscience and loosed into the world by a mysterious potion.
who is mr utterson
A prominent and upstanding lawyer, well respected in the London community. Utterson is reserved, dignified, and perhaps even lacking somewhat in imagination, but he does seem to possess a furtive curiosity about the more sordid side of life. His rationalism, however, makes him ill equipped to deal with the supernatural nature of the Jekyll-Hyde connection. While not a man of science, Utterson resembles his friend Dr. Lanyon—and perhaps Victorian society at large—in his devotion to reasonable explanations and his denial of the supernatural.
who is dr lanyon
A reputable London doctor and, along with Utterson, formerly one of Dr. Jekyll’s closest friends. As an embodiment of rationalism, materialism, and skepticism, Lanyon serves a foil (a character whose attitudes or emotions contrast with, and thereby illuminate, those of another character) for Dr. Jekyll, who embraces mysticism. His death represents the more general victory of supernaturalism over materialism in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
who is sir danves carew
A well-liked old nobleman, a member of Parliament, and a client of Utterson. he was brutally murdered by mr hyde . more specificly this show the supernatural/evil over ruling against good/just side of socity once again. lanyon again showing the duality of socity and how man is not only one but trully two
who is stevenson
stevenson (the authour) creats jekkle and hyde to show the oprssive side of victorian londan of the time and wanted to promote his point the everyone has a dual nature. in other words he belived man had to sides to the good and eveil and no one was ever one or the other. he also belived that these super restrictive victorian rules would soon cause a rebel in socity . he created mr hyde to not only show the duality of man but also show what somone would do un effected by status and demands from others
3 quotes about jeklle
“what a lesson I have had”-he’s upset about the murder and has learned that he does not have much control over Hyde as he thought. Plus he is past the point of redemption
“I swear to god I wont set eyes on him again”-repetition=determination to remove Hyde from his life . guilt/remorse - didn’t believe in god before
“I had been safe of all men’s respect”-Jekyll wanted to maintain his strong reputation while releasing his evil side.
3 quotes about hyde
“trampled calmly over the girls body”-show that he is careless and emotionless. adverb “calmly” is immediately unsettling . “young girl”-innocents contrast to Hyde=pure evil
“dammed juggernaut”-malevolent and evil - descend for hell “juggernaut”-unstoppable moving force. excess of strength and paucity of self control
“hissing intake of breath”-atavistic,anamalistic,snake like -biblical reference=Adam and eve
a quotes about Utterson
“austere with himself…drank gin when he was alone”-he use of ‘mortify’ could indicate he is embarrassed with his desires. Victorian society reproved exuberance and excess of something which is why Utterson is ‘austere’ and drinks ‘alone’ to avoid exposing his desires. This could be Stevenson trying to explain that the reason the structure of society is so rigid is due to people’s fears with acknowledging that darker nature in them.
3 quote about Lanyon
quotes about duality
quotes about reputation
quotes about guilt
quotes about savage
quotes about repression
