Jekyll Flashcards
Religion
turbulent relationship with religion
‘he was now no less distinguished for religion’- completed religious work and study
‘had fallen upon his knees and lifted his clasped hands to God’- turns to God for redemption after realising his mistakes
Freuds’ structural theory of the mind
symbolises the ego- balance between man’s basal instincts and moral thought
Marxism
member of bourgeoise, Hyde is too by extension
violent actions because of creation of Hyde is commentary on behaviour of higher class in society
Trampling of girl shows bourgeoises’ behaviour towards lower class
Carew murder case shows bourgeoise’s lack of loyalty and selfishness towards each other
John Hunter
Doctor of high social status, wife would often throw parties but in the other side of the house were his specimens, grave diggers would give him dead bodies to dissect on
Jekyll’s house thought to be modelled this way, duality of houses shows how the upper class are able to completely isolate themselves from lower class
characteristics- moral and honourable
involved in charity work, community-minded, implied he had questionable behaviour when he was younger
frequently held parties, sociable and friendly but also self-resolved
characteristics- tentative
highly intelligent and curious minded
symbolises encroachment of science on religious thoughts
characteristics- erratic
becomes increasingly erratic as novella goes on as he’s faced with hiding Hyde from the rest of the characters
Relationships- Lanyon
Jekyll entrusts him about secret of Hyde but they drift apart after disagreement about improper and immoral usage of science
Relationships- Utterson
Very strong, drives plot forward,
intrinsic curiosity he had led to the uncover of the case
unconditional loyalty despite differences in opinion
Utterson is a neutral character, care for Jekyll is unwavering despite his self imposed isolation
Relationships- Hyde
power imbalance and increasing control over Jekyll propels narrative of plot forward
boundary between them becomes increasing fluid and uncontrollable as plot progresses as if two has become one
‘My devil has been long caged, he came out roaring’
manifestation of his deeper desires and inner ‘devil’
religious allusion denotes stark contrast with Christian morality
animalistic expression of his repressed elements of Hyde
has a now deeper natural tendency and inclination to immorality
‘something strange in my sensations, something indescribably new’
restraints of society are burdensome
no longer constrained by the maintenance of reputation when is the form of Hyde
‘Man is not truly one, but truly two’
syntactic parallelism shows man cannot be pure as he in constantly in equilibrium between good and evil
risks death to prove hypothesis that the human psyche can be split
‘from these agonies of death and birth, I had come forth an angel instead of a fiend’
inverse iconic word order in ‘death and birth’ shows desire to isolate moral and immoral goes above and beyond restrictions of generations, juxtaposition shows good vs evil
