Repression/reputation Flashcards
‘No, sir, I make it a rule of mine: the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask’
- Doesn’t want to know/be involved, scared of damaging other peoples reputations
‘rule’ suggests regular, never digs too deep
‘All intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine’
All ‘gentlemen’ (these are the qualities they should have) - creates a safe setting to a Victorian readership, reputation means you can trust them
‘The ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace’
Cannot comprehend a current sin because of Jekyll’s reputation
‘Cancer’ - idea that sin is a sickness, needs to be cured
‘And the next moment his eye lighted up with professional ambition’
Duality - gone from shock + horror at crime to hope at its uses for his career because it will help REPUTATION - Utterson consistently put against dual characters
‘If it came to a trial, your name might appear’
Constant rationality of Utterson + his desire to protect his friends reputation above everything else, even truth.
“What, what? Are you all hear? … very irregular, very unseemly’ you master would be far from pleased’
Repetition shows his fear, but in times of fear + shock he turns to normality - social order and reputation over legality
‘Renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer’
Alliteration - emphasises return to former self, becoming the Jekyll he once was - a gentleman, well like by society
