Jekyll and Hyde Flashcards
He conveys a
He conveys a strong feeling of deformity- his appearance insinuates that he’s a criminal
ape- like
ape- like fury- gives him animalistic qualities, him being primitive opposes religion
Man is not truly
Man is not truly one, but two- people have two personalities in them and one they repress - its their true self.Jekyll realises after the experiment that you need to balance them out or else something bad will happen
Like a…
Like a damned juggernaut- a large destructive, powerful force which emphasises the sheer power of Hyde, Simile. This is when he trampled on the girl
Every mark of
Every mark of capacity and kindness- admired and cherished with good reputation
There is something wrong
There is something wrong with his appearance, something displeasing, something downright detestable- he is naeusiating to even look at, him being ugly insinuates he’s a criminal with bad intentions. ALSO ITS SAID BY ENFIELD
A large, well..
A large, well-made, smooth faced man of fifty,
With something…
With something of a slyish cast- hints jekylls deceitful nature which he is hiding
Mr Hyde broke…
Mr Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth- referring to the killing of sir danvers carew. The verb ‘clubbed’ indicates how brutal he was and the imagery presented to reader is horrifying
under which the
under which the bones were audibly shattered
he was trampling his
he was trampling his victim under foot, and hailing down a storm of blows- ‘storm of blows’ metaphor indicates his non-human state.
The door was……….B
blistered and distained
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
Charles Darwin came up with the idea that we evolved from apes and that we are distant ancestors of them. This profoundly challenged religion at the time as they strongly opposed of it so being compared to one of them was a huge insult. It was a new scientific discovery which was obviously against traditional religious beliefs ( Like god designing human beings). It can also suggest why people were so repulsed by seeing him as they could recognise distant ancestors within themselves and his primitive looks manifested it
What is physiognomy?
In the victorian era, criminology was much more evident in particular scientists. Many believed in physiognomy where you would judge someone’s personality solely based upon their looks alone and it is connected with crime. Anyone who looked at hyde would be simply revolted which insinuates that he’s a criminal
Why did he…
Why did he cry out like a rat and run from me? Links to Darwin’s theory, he’s asking himself questions as he can’t fathom it. Poole asking Utterson about jekyll
