mr u Flashcards
it is one thing to mortify curiosity another to conquer it
rhetoric of u being at battle with his own human nature, accomplishment of overcoming his innate trait of curiosity, reader proud- victorian society should repress desires, respectable, modern reader; pity, how overtly repressed he is
he was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone to mortify a taste for vintages
self imposed strictness, on surface level he drinks to restrict himself from indulging in more expensive alcohol, drinking- repressing true desires, gin- low every class, drinks it alone to avoid tarnishing reputation
god for give us god for give us
pleading to god, ideas of mortality are due to religion, struggles to navigate world outside this, religion- in treacherous state of science people will always revert to god
mr u beheld a marvellous number of degrees and hues of twilight
metaphors for power of evil, penetrative nature- can even shift u, strait laced character in the novella, reality is only partially visible, we see u trying to comprehend full picture of case- so moral he doesn’t suspect this,
labyrinth of lamplighted city
allusion of greek legend of minotaur, beast living in city, ambiguous- hyde or man, state of being lost- so moral doesn’t understand this case
