jekyll and hyde Flashcards
chapter 1 - “I incline to Cain’s heresy”
- 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
chapter 1 - “drank gin when he was alone”
- shows how Victorian society will go against anything considered sinful by society
- he is alone as he is scared of being ostracised by society
chapter 2 - “the other”
- displays the gothic theme
- represents Jekyll’s alter ego
- foreshadowing that Jekyll is actually Hyde
chapter 2 - “something troglodytic”
- suggests Hyde is a caveman
- correlates to the theory of evolution
- shows Robert Stevenson’s radical beliefs
chapter 2 - “snarled… savage”
- shows how Hyde is ape-like
- animalistic language
chapter 1 - “street after street”
- creates a sense of insanity through repetition
- sets the gothic tone
chapter 2 - “great field of lamps of a nocturnal city”
- 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
chapter 2 - “human juggernaut trod the child down and passed on regardless of her screams”
- repetition of juggernaut suggests the image is constantly being replayed in mr enfield’s head
- shows Hyde’s psychopathic nature, “regardless of her screams”
chapter 3 - “cronies…intelligent, reputable men…judges of good wine”
- 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
chapter 3 - “good fellow… excellent fellow…. hide bound pedant”
- 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
chapter 3 - “smooth faced… slyish cast… marks”
- lexical field of appearance and reality
- shows how fake his appearance truly is
chapter 4 - “fog..full moon”
- 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
chapter 4 - “nearly a year later”
- it has been a while since hyde has shown himself
- represents the suppression and sudden release of emotion
chapter 4 “streaming with tears”
- emphasises gothic setting
- female stereotypical emotions
- damsel in distress
chapter 4 - “not far from the river”
- suggests the maid lives in poverty
chapter 4 - “the maid fainted”
- 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
chapter 4 - “aged white hair… older”
- suggests the old man is not a threat
- victorian ageist society
Marxist interpretation in chapter 4:
- 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
Queer theory chapter 4:
“beautiful gentleman… pretty manner…innocent”
- feminine language
- women are usually portrayed as innocent
chapter 4 - “ape-like fury”
- primitive behaviour
- juxtaposes the civilised gentleman
chapter 4 - “storm of blows”
- graphic description
- sense of horror
- shows that evil will prevail over good
- reference to nature, shows how nature is a natural occurrence
chapter 5 - “I swear to God”
- repetition, attempting to reassure utterson that he is trustworthy
- irony
chapter 5 - “he is safe, he is quite safe”
- “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
chapter 6 - “callous and violent”
- 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
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
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
chapter 7 - “premature twilight”
- represents the liminal and representing transformation
- foreshadowing we will see Jekyll transform into Hyde again
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
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
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
chapter 9 - “you are one of my oldest friends”
- Jekyll is deliberately using a persuasive technique
- he is attempting to soften Lanyon up
chapter 9 - “I beg of you “
- Jekyll is attempting to get sympathy out of Lanyon
- shows how sycophantic he is
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
chapter 10 - “I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck”
- Jekyll realises the consequences of his actions
- shipwreck metaphor amplifies Jekyll’s guilt
