Science Flashcards
(ch.2)initially, science is presented…
through lanyon’s perspective of jekyll’s science
finish the quote: ‘too fanciful…
..for me’
finish the quote: ‘wrong,
…wrong in the mind’
finish the quote: ‘such unsci..
..entific balderdash’
(ch.2)initially, science is presented…
through hyde
finish the quote: ‘impression….
…of deformity’
finish the quote: ‘without any..
…nameable malformation’
finish the quote: ‘murderous..
…mixture of timidity and boldness’
finish the quote: ‘husky,
…whispering and somewhat broken voice’
finish the quote: ‘something…
…troglodytic’
‘impression of deformity without any nameable malformation’
‘murderous mixture of timidity and boldness’
‘husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice’
‘something troglodytic’
- animalistic
- regressed as a product of an experiment
- science created a physical manifestation of the pre-human animal - doesn’t fit in with normal society
- the idea that an animal could hide behind the facade of a well-represented member of the community -> shocking for the victorian reader - especially in a society where external appearances were of high value
- science that proves that the “devil” in us all is primitive
- darwin’s ‘origin of species’ - 1859 - hyde was less evolved than jekyll - ‘dwarfish’ - animalistic side to everyone
- idea of this would be unsettling and nightmarish - RLS wanted to horrify the victorian reader by engineering the themes of his novella to evoke their deep seated fears
finish the quote: ‘satan’s..
..signature upon a face’
‘satan’s signature upon a face’
- hyde is a product of a scientific experiment
- hyde is considered blasphemous - mystic science presented as blasphemous
(ch.5)throughout the course of the novel, science is presented…
through dr jekyll’s laboratory
finish the quote: ‘a yard…
..which had once been a garden’
finish the quote: ‘laboratory…
…or dissecting rooms’
finish the quote: ‘his own tastes..
..being rather chemical than anatomical’
finish the quote: ‘the first time…
…that the lawyer had been recieved in that part of his friend’s quarters’
finish the quote: ‘distasteful..
..sense of strangeness’
finish the quote: ‘bottom of …
…the garden’
‘a yard which had once been a garden’
‘laboratory or dissecting rooms’
‘his own tastes being rather chemical than anatomical’
- j inhabits a very scientific environment, rejecting the simple pleasures of the old garden- he prefers the appeal of chem to the natural world
- science presented through change in victorian thoughts of discovery and invention
- there was once a ‘garden’, a natural, wholesome place of relaxation, but has been replaced by the scientific exploration of the ‘laboratory’
- science was a threat to religion in the 19th century as it often contradicted religious teachings
- j’s tastes being ‘rather chemical’ refers to the fact that he desires scientific exploration over utterson’s ‘dry divinity’
‘the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend’s quarters’
‘bottom of the garden’
‘dissecting rooms’
- science presented through secrecy and crime
- allusion to grave robbers at the time -for medical science - duplicity of society - backdoor to j’s -> allusion to jekyll being involved in grave robbing -> hypocrisy of society
‘distasteful sense of strangeness’
- science presented as unknown and mysterious
- fear of science stemmed from its unknown qualities - scared a contemporary reader
(ch.6)throughout the course of the novel, science is presented..
through lanyon’s shock
finish the quote: ‘death-
..warrant written legibly upon his face’
finish the quote: ‘the rosy man…
..had grown pale’
finish the quote: ‘his flesh..
…had fallen away’
finish the quote: ‘he was visibly..
…balder and older’
finish the quote: ‘swift..
..physical decay’
finish the quote: ‘lanyon declared..
..himself a doomed man’