Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Y.11 English > Jekyll and Hyde Week Six > Flashcards

Jekyll and Hyde Week Six Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
Q

‘pale…flesh had …………………. away’

A

fallen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

‘He must be ……………………. somewhere’

A

deformed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

‘A dismal ………………, as of mere animal terror, rang from the cabinet’

A

screech

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

‘My mind …………………… in terror’

A

submerged

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What is a ‘doppleganger’?

A

An apparition or double of a living person.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What was the Victorian era the golden age for?

A

Natural discoveries, industrial advancement and scientific achievement.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

‘professional honour and faith…were stringent ………………………..; and the packet slept…in his private ……………’

A

obligations, safe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

‘Unscientific …………………………………’

A

balderdash

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

‘even in the ………………. the ………… began to lie thickly.’

A

houses, fog

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

‘………………… the very blood of the two gentleman below’

A

froze

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What is the definition of the ‘ego’?

A

The part of a person’s mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What lay below the surface of Victorian society?

A

A darker and less civilised fascination with the unexplainable and paranormal lurked beneath the surface.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Define ‘repression’.

A

The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling or quality.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

‘crime of singular …………………’

A

ferocity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Define the ‘superego’.

A

The part of psyche that mediates the demands of the id and the superego.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

‘stood huddled together like a flock of …………….’

A

sheep

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

‘a pale moon, lying on her ………… as though the wind had tilted ……….

A

back, her

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

‘The body of a self-………………..’

A

destroyer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

‘I could hear his teeth ………….. with the convulsive action of his jaws’

A

grinding

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

‘Lanyon…an ……………………… blatant pedant…I was never more ………………………………… in any man than Lanyon’

A

ignorant, dispappointed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

‘Mr. Utterson… was never lighted by a …………….. …yet somehow ………………….’

A

smile, lovable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

‘a ………………. chocolate covered pall…a ………………… shaft of daylight’

A

great, haggard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

How did Victorians view physical deformity?

A

As a reflection of the mental state of an individual, and in the case of physical deformity, reflected the evil inherent in their character.

24
Q

What is the ‘superego’ responsible for?

A

The superego is responsible for ideals and morals.

25
Q

What do the terrible acts that Mr Hyde commits act as a kind of warning against?

A

They warn that is you repress your id and allow your actions to be ruled solely by the superego, and there will be dire consequences. Man cannot be wholly good.

26
Q

Define ‘duality’.

A

A situation where two opposites exist at the same time; having two parts.

27
Q

What is pathetic fallacy?

A

A literary device that attributes human qualities and emotions to inanimate objects of nature, usually weather or setting.

28
Q

‘‘deep seated terror of the ………………..’

A

mind

29
Q

‘beautiful gentleman with …………….. hair’

A

white

30
Q

Complete this quotations from Stevenson: “there are but ………….. camps in the world … one mostly on its ………….. and singing ……………., the other on the road to the ……………….. and the bottomless ………..”.

A

two, knees, hymns, gallows, pit”.

31
Q

Define ‘sensibilities’.

A

A quality of being delicately sensitivity, making one liable to be offended or shocked.

32
Q

‘Something …………………………….’

A

troglodytic

33
Q

What is the ‘ego’ responsible for?

A

The ego moderates between the demands of the id, the superego, and reality.

34
Q

What did Stevenson’s nanny - a fundamentalist Christian - teach him in great deal?

A

The everlasting torments of Hell.

35
Q

‘your sight shall be blasted by a prodigy to stagger the unbelief of …………..’

A

Satan

36
Q

‘trampled ………………… over the child’s body’

A

calmly

37
Q

What is an ‘enigma’?

A

A person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.

38
Q

Name three ways Victorians were expected to be respectable.

A

There was a strict moral attitude.
All words with vaguely sexual orindelicateconnotations were not to be used or replaced by euphemisms. Manners and speech were to be re-trained and sober.

39
Q

‘I must go ……………… and read these documents’

A

home

40
Q

What is the ‘id’ responsible for?

A

The id is responsible for all needs and urges.

41
Q

Who influenced the very strict moral attitude of the age?

A

Queen Victoria

42
Q

‘with …………..-like fury…trampling his victim…the bones were audibly ……………………..’

A

ape, shattered

43
Q

‘Dr Jekyll…I regard as ……………’

A

dead

44
Q

What theory did Charles Darwin present in ‘The Origin of the Species’ in 1859?

A

The Theory of Evolution

45
Q

‘This was a hearty, ………………, dapper, red-faced gentleman’ (Dr Lanyon)

A

healthy

46
Q

Define ‘versimilitude’.

A

The appearance of being true or real.

47
Q

‘The marks of prolonged and sordid ………………………..’

A

negligence

48
Q

Why did this theory shock the Christian population?

A

This shook the Christian population to their very core, as it directly challenged the creation story, and therefore, God.

49
Q

What is a ‘motif’?

A

A recurring subject, theme or idea in literature or art.

50
Q

Define Darwinism.

A

The theory of the evolution of species by natural selection advanced by Charles Darwin.

51
Q

‘I cannot bring my mind to set on ………………..’

A

paper

52
Q

‘The door, which was equipped with neither ………… nor …………….’

A

bell, knocker

53
Q

Define the word ‘id’.

A

The part of the psyche associated with instinctual, repressed, or antisocial desires, usually sexual or aggressive.

54
Q

‘The features seemed to …………….’

A

melt

55
Q

Why were people with disabilities kept in prisons, workhouses and freak shows Victorian society?

A

It created a boundary between the “normal” and the “abnormal,” allowing those on the normal side to feel safe from the possible evil and monstrosity of the abnormal.

Y.11 English (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions