Reputation Flashcards
Why Hyde’s appearence affects his reputation?
- Appearance effects how people view someone and thus thier reputation
- Reputation is the beleif or opinions surrounding someone
-Expose how everyone is susepctible to appearance based prejudices (reader)
Context: Hyde’s appearence affects his reputation?
- Physiogomy
- Study claiming ones appearance could indicate inner morals
- 19th centuary Legitimatly respected as science
Hyde’s appearence affects his reputation
- ” He gives a strong sense of deformity”
- “I had taken a loathing” to him “at first sight”
Zoom, type of statement + contrast
“He gave an impression of deformity…”
Mr Utterson, Chapter 2
- ** Impression**- An opinion concieveid without conscious thought or on little fact
- Declarative statement (meant to inform) which is contrasted by the ambiguity and lack of evidence
Highlights appearance based prejudice
Judgement made solely on ones appearance
Technqiue, zoom, technqiue
“Loathing”
“Loathing, disgust and fear”
Enfield chapter 1, Utterson chapter 2,
to Mr Hyde
- Repetition
- Loathing Extreme hate or disgust
Rule of 3- memorable, emotionally resonate and persuasive
reinforces the absolute negativity towards Hyde
Due to appearance
Importance of reputation and how it restrains victorian society
- “Make his name stink from one end of London to the other”
- “Sea of liberty”
Why: Importance of reputation and how it restrains victorian society?
- Bring to light the danger of allowing ones reputation to lead ones life
Context: Importance of reputation and how it restrains victorian society
- Oscar wilde
- Labouchere ammendment 1855- Homosexuality illegal for men
“Make his name stink from one end of London to the other”
Chapter 1, Enfield (about Hyde)
- Personifies “name”
- Emphasises power and importance of reputation
- ‘stink’ - extremly pungent odor, emphasises utmost negatvity threatened by enfield
- london is a massive area, thus emphasising the scale and catastrophe that is a ruined reputation
One’s actions could affect their reputation and thus thier life
” Sea of liberty”
Chapter 10, Jekyll (describes hyde)
- Jelouse of hydes freedom
- Metaphor
- “Sea” massivness, emphasises the grandness of freedom
- “Sea” alludes to the idea that hyde can submerge himself with all his natural desires
despite Hydes violence, jekyll selfishly chooses his own freedom
thus highlighting the extent of repression cuased by ones reputation
The jelousy and constraints of reputation