jekyll and hyde Flashcards
what was Victorian London like
it was a patriarchle society with a MASSIVE class divide
what were upperclass gentlemen like
had to meet the social expectation of being wholly good
what are jekylls key concepts and ideas
-upperclass victorian gentilman
-represents duality
-repressed charecter
-sin/experimentation through science
-is stevenson
-secracy
what quote about jekyll/ hyde shows him through zoomorphism with a cage
“my caged animal came out roaring”
what quote shows jekyll as a normal victorian gentilaman
“smooth faced, well made, man of fivety”
what two quotes show duality in jekylls house
“most pleasentest room in london”
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“dingy windowless structure”
what quote shows jekyll taking responsiblitiy for his actions but also proclaiming his “suffering”
“if i am the chief of sinners i am the chief of sufferers also”
what quote shows evil in jekylls eyes
“blackness about the eye”
what quote shows lanyons opinion(s) of jekyll (negative)
“wrong wrong in mind” “too fanciful for me”
what is different about jekylls language patterns compared to usual victorian gentilmens
he is refered to with darkness whereas normal ones have use of lots of light imigary
what semantic field is jekyll presented with
emotive language
what are hydes key concepts
-mankinds hidden desires (ID)
-reps evil/sin
-UBIQUITOUS
-deformed and instantyly disliked
-charecters are afraid of him
-gothic genre
why is jekyll and hyde gothic
it would have been terrifying for the victorians because of the science and also jekyll is supernatural
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what quote shows bones breaking (hyde killing carew)
“bones were audiably shattered”
what does ubiquitous mean
it means that vwe cannot escape him because he was in every single chapter
what quote shows jekyll turning into hyde like a schooolboy
“like a schoolboy strip-off… and spring headlong into the sea of liberty”