Jekyll Flashcards
What is an interpretation of Jekyll and Hyde?
they are not 2 people but must entity, conjection of personalities,
after giving into temptations you have a lack of control to the side that people see of you.
‘had fallen upon his knees and lifted his clasped hands to god.’
turns to god for redemption after realising his mistakes although he is not very religious.
Jekyll is a member of the bourgeoisie and marxism.
He makes Hyde commit violent actions to those in the lower classes showing their true overall power
Murder of carew shows the lack of loyalty and trust of those in upper class circles
How did John Hunter influence stevenson for Jekylls character?
He was an upper class docter who used to have grave diggers get him bodies to be able to experiment on.
He has duality within his house as it backed onto his students accommodation and a dingy alley just like Jekylls house layout.
How is Jekyll shown as moral and honourable?
‘charitable man’
‘his head high’
he could have been using the drug to seperate our evil to make us better people.
How is Jekyll shown as inventive?
very intelligent and curious, Jekyll symbolisies the encroachment of science on religious thought.
‘my devil had long been caged’
manifestiation of jekylls deepest desires
‘devil’ religious allusion, constrast with christian ideas of morality
‘he came out roaring’
animalistic, uncontrolled, agitated,
‘both sides of me were in dead earnest’
failed splitting evil, enabled evil to thrive and consume his underlying purity and innocent.
he can no longer return to society.
