jekyll and hyde Flashcards
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chapter 1 - “I incline to Cain’s heresy”
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- biblical allusion
- Utterson means that his “sin” is that he doesn’t get involved in the personal affairs of others
- blasphemous language
- Victorian reader would not like such language as it goes against their ethos
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chapter 1 - “drank gin when he was alone”
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- shows how Victorian society will go against anything considered sinful by society
- he is alone as he is scared of being ostracised by society
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chapter 2 - “the other”
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- displays the gothic theme
- represents Jekyll’s alter ego
- foreshadowing that Jekyll is actually Hyde
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chapter 2 - “something troglodytic”
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- suggests Hyde is a caveman
- correlates to the theory of evolution
- shows Robert Stevenson’s radical beliefs
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chapter 2 - “snarled… savage”
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- shows how Hyde is ape-like
- animalistic language
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chapter 1 - “street after street”
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- creates a sense of insanity through repetition
- sets the gothic tone
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chapter 2 - “great field of lamps of a nocturnal city”
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- great field of lamps suggest the primitive instinct of light representing safety
- “nocturnal” represents darkness and that Hyde will reveal himself when no one is looking
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chapter 2 - “human juggernaut trod the child down and passed on regardless of her screams”
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- repetition of juggernaut suggests the image is constantly being replayed in mr enfield’s head
- shows Hyde’s psychopathic nature, “regardless of her screams”
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chapter 3 - “cronies…intelligent, reputable men…judges of good wine”
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- shows his compassion and frendlienss through complements
- “judges of good wine” suggests jekyll’s friends are wealthy
- victorian audience would be pleased by this through the correlation of wealthiness to goodness
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chapter 3 - “good fellow… excellent fellow…. hide bound pedant”
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- disingenuous language
- shows his egotism as he gets angry if someone disagrees with him
- ironic language as jekyll is bound to hyde later on in the book
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chapter 3 - “smooth faced… slyish cast… marks”
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- lexical field of appearance and reality
- shows how fake his appearance truly is
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chapter 4 - “fog..full moon”
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- sinister setting
- the scene was once covered with fog, but is now clear with a full moon
- foreshadows that things will be exposed
- symbol for a werewolf
- symbolises the unnatural and the duality of Jekyll and Hyde
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chapter 4 - “nearly a year later”
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- it has been a while since hyde has shown himself
- represents the suppression and sudden release of emotion
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chapter 4 “streaming with tears”
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- emphasises gothic setting
- female stereotypical emotions
- damsel in distress
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chapter 4 - “not far from the river”
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- suggests the maid lives in poverty
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chapter 4 - “the maid fainted”
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- simple language
- shows the maids limited perspective
- follows the victorian belief that her being in a lower class means that she has a limited viewpoint
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chapter 4 - “aged white hair… older”
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- suggests the old man is not a threat
- victorian ageist society
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Marxist interpretation in chapter 4:
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- suggests that the lower class has to see the upper class as respectable and more moral, hence the description of the upper class older gentleman
- Robert Stevenson uses this interpretation in this text to explain that this is not true
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Queer theory chapter 4:
“beautiful gentleman… pretty manner…innocent”
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- feminine language
- women are usually portrayed as innocent
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chapter 4 - “ape-like fury”
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- primitive behaviour
- juxtaposes the civilised gentleman
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chapter 4 - “storm of blows”
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- graphic description
- sense of horror
- shows that evil will prevail over good
- reference to nature, shows how nature is a natural occurrence
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chapter 5 - “I swear to God”
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- repetition, attempting to reassure utterson that he is trustworthy
- irony
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chapter 5 - “he is safe, he is quite safe”
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- “safe”, implies that Jekyll he is protecting Hyde
- repetition of “safe”, implies he must be reassured that Hyde is “safe”, Jekyll is unable to know if he can contain Hyde again
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chapter 6 - “callous and violent”
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- indicative language of a barbaric person
- deliberately juxtaposes Jekyll’s positivity, “he came out of his seclusions”
- serves as an extent to throw the reader from one extreme to the next
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chapter 6 - "the rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away"
- imagery of death, "pale", "flesh had fallen away"
- gruesome description to emphasise the horror that Lanyon had witness after seeing Jekyll transform into Hyde
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chapter 6 - "I have brought on myself a punishment and a danger that I cannot name"
- jekyll feels remorse for his actions, "myself", he is responsible for his actions
- "cannot name", implies he has created a monster in an attempt to play god
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chapter 7 - "premature twilight"
- represents the liminal and representing transformation
- foreshadowing we will see Jekyll transform into Hyde again
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chapter 7 - "before the smile was struck out"
- "before the smile", before Utterson was able to smile before he saw Jekyll transform into Hyde, shows how uncontrolled Hyde is
- "struck", violent language, it is at this point that Jekyll had transformed into Hyde
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chapter 8 - "lying on her back as though the wind has tilted her"
- sexual innuendo, hinting towards Hyde's crimes
- reference to wind, represents natural forces, alluding to his natural impulses
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chapter 8 - "huddled together like a flock of sheep"
- simile, shows how weak and vulnerable they are
- biblical allusion, Utterson is seen as a saviour, conforms to the idea of social class
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chapter 9 - "you are one of my oldest friends"
- Jekyll is deliberately using a persuasive technique
- he is attempting to soften Lanyon up
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chapter 9 - "I beg of you "
- Jekyll is attempting to get sympathy out of Lanyon
- shows how sycophantic he is
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chapter 10 - "leap of welcome, it seemed natural and human"
- Jekyll enjoyed transforming from Jekyll to Hyde at first
- natural, ironic as nature is used positively in the context of Hyde compared to how it is usually portrayed
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chapter 10 - "I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck"
- Jekyll realises the consequences of his actions
- shipwreck metaphor amplifies Jekyll's guilt
