Jekyll and Hyde Flashcards

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‘sawbones turned sick and white with the desire to kill’

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reaction to Hyde juxtaposes with his job as a doctor

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‘gave me one look so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running’

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Hyde has an unpleasant appearance

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‘trampled calmly over the child’s body’

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oxymoron of calmly and trampled, animal imagery

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‘the door was equipped with neither bell nor knocker’

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abnormal description of door

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5
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‘figure had no face’

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couldn’t picture Mr Hyde

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‘clubbed to the earth’

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violent imagery

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‘with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim underfoot’’

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animal imagery

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‘man is not truly one ,but truly two’

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Jekyll and Hyde 2 different personalities

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‘I let my brother go to the devil in his own way’

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foreshadows Jekyll’s future evil

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‘i incline to Cains heresy’

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bible story Cain and able -> hypocrite

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‘embarrassed in discourse’

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unusual -> contradictory character

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12
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‘it sounds nothing to hear but was hellish to see’

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dehumanising

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13
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‘really like Satan ‘

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devil , hell linking Hyde to evil

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‘i am ashamed of my long tongue’

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hypocrite

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‘the other snarled into a savage laugh’

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animalistic

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16
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if i ever read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend

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physiognomy, evil

17
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’ i would trust you before any man alive’

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empathises relationship

18
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‘the moment i choose i can be rid of Mr Hyde’

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obvious lie, afraid, cant control Hyde

19
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‘and i beg of you to let it sleep’

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begs not to talk about Hyde

20
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’ although a fog rolled over the city’

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metaphor for Hyde’s influence

21
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’ the maid fainted’

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impact of Hyde

22
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‘bones audibly shattered’

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sound imagery

23
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’ broke out in a flame of anger,

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free from Jekyll’s mind

24
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‘first fog of the season’

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setting to represent battle in Jekyll’s head

25
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‘for even in the houses the fog began to lie thickly’

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Hyde’s influence growing

26
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‘the fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city’

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Hyde’s now uncontrollable