JEKYLL AND HYDE Flashcards
What era was Jekyll and Hyde set in?
The Victorian Era
What was important for men in the Victorian era?
Reputation and upholding a positive one
What is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and why does it go against the Victorian era?
It’s the theory we were made from smaller life forms millions of years ago and it goes against their Christian belief in god
What is lombroso’s theory? And why does it fit within Jekyll and Hyde?
It’s a theory that people who were ‘born criminal’ could be refinished on how they look, this fits in Jekyll and Hyde because people often feel uneasy with Hydes appearance
Why does Stevenson present houses in a certain way?
Because it matches the character e.g ‘a sinister block of building’ to describe Hyde/ Jekyll’s Laboratory where Hyde is mostly seen
What’s a quote for Hydes appearance?
Repetition of ‘Downright detestable’ Enfield said this when he first saw him (Physiognomy)
What does Pious mean?
The middle class Victorian’s tended to have pious vies about good and evil (basically they were hypocrites and claimed to be moral but they had a blind eye to anything unpleasant around them)
At the start of the book, who is Mr Utterson walking with?
His cousin Enfield who tells him about the door and Mr Hyde
What oxymoron is Chapter 1 can be used to describe Hyde being evil?
‘Trampled Calmly’ when he trampled the child leaving her screaming on the ground
What’s a key quote about the door from Chapter 1?
- ‘Marks of prolonged and sordid negligence’ about the door’s appearance ‘prolonged’ means that perhaps the door shows how Hyde has gone on for longer than wanted or intended along with ‘sordid’ which means immoral which could also represent Hyde
Chapter 2, what does Utterson do when he gets home?
He decided to look at Dr Jekyll’s will and it says that he’ll leave everything to Hyde ‘the disappearance or death of Henry Jekyll’
Whats an important quote for Jekyll about how he’s Hydes father figure?
‘Jekyll had more than a father’s interest; Hyde had more than a son’s indifference’ - Extended metaphor (it’s shows how Jekyll is protective of Hyde as he created him and Hyde is rebellious and has no respect for Jekyll)
What is an imagery describing Hyde’s painful death?
‘Contorted and still twitching’ this can show how Jekyll is punished for his hubris (fatal flaw: thirst for knowledge)
What is a metaphor that shows Jekyll as hypocritical?
‘I concealed my pleasures’ it’s for the duality of a Victorian gentleman as upper and middle men pretended to be respectable but they gambled and used prostitutes and it shows Jekyll enjoys this dark side of him (Hyde)
What is a quote for Hyde to show dehumanisation?
‘Ape-like fury’- Simile (this is Darwin’s theory of evolution as it believed we evolved from apes and it shows Hyde as inhuman as he’s so evil)
