Jekyll and Hyde Flashcards
A story that has a moral message; it tells us what is right and what is wrong
Allegory
Jekyll and Hyde is an Allegory about the dangers of playing God and breaking scientific rules
Someone who is thought of as a good and successful person
Reputable It was very important in middle-class Victorian society to be reputable
Someone who tries to avoid temptation and to ignore their desires
Repressed
Gabriel Utterson is repressed: he likes the theatre and ‘vintages’ (expensive wine) but avoids both because he wants to do the right thing
‘The ______ of some _________ disgrace’
‘The cancer of some concealed disgrace’
When someone has a powerful and unrealistic imagination
Fanciful
Jekyll’s ideas about separating good from evil are seen as fanciful by other scientists like Lanyon
‘The low _____ of ______ from ___ ______’
‘The low growl of London from all around’
‘________ calmly ____ the _____ ____’
‘Trampled calmly over the young girl’
What could the “windows barred with iron” at Jekyll’s cabinet (laboratory) be a symbol of?
A symbol of imprisonment
Jekyll is imprisoned by his evil deeds and his guilt - this is his punishment and he can not escape, like in a prison.
The technique of using the weather (e.g. fog, darkness) to reflect the mood (e.g. tense and mysterious)
Pathetic fallacy
Stevenson often uses pathetic fallacy to make the characters seem isolated and vulnerable
When someone uses logic and evidence to solve problems
Rational
Mr. Utterson and Dr. Lanyon are both rational characters
Looking or behaving savagely, like an animal
Animalistic
Hyde is regularly described using animalistic imagery
‘Man __ ___ _____ one, but _____ ___’
‘Man is not truly one, but truly two’
‘All ___________, _________ men and ______ of ____ ____’
‘All intelligent, reputable men and judges of good wine’
‘My _____ had long ____ _____; it ____ ___ _______’
‘My devil had long been caged; it came out roaring’
‘He would go _______ and __________ to ___’
‘He would go soberly and gratefully to bed’
