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English Literature : Jekyll and Hyde > Science > Flashcards

Science Flashcards

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(ch.2)initially, science is presented…

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through lanyon’s perspective of jekyll’s science

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finish the quote: ‘too fanciful…

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..for me’

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finish the quote: ‘wrong,

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…wrong in the mind’

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finish the quote: ‘such unsci..

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..entific balderdash’

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(ch.2)initially, science is presented…

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through hyde

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finish the quote: ‘impression….

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…of deformity’

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finish the quote: ‘without any..

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…nameable malformation’

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finish the quote: ‘murderous..

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…mixture of timidity and boldness’

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finish the quote: ‘husky,

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…whispering and somewhat broken voice’

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finish the quote: ‘something…

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…troglodytic’

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‘impression of deformity without any nameable malformation’
‘murderous mixture of timidity and boldness’
‘husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice’
‘something troglodytic’

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  • 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
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finish the quote: ‘satan’s..

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..signature upon a face’

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‘satan’s signature upon a face’

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  • hyde is a product of a scientific experiment
  • hyde is considered blasphemous - mystic science presented as blasphemous
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(ch.5)throughout the course of the novel, science is presented…

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through dr jekyll’s laboratory

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finish the quote: ‘a yard…

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..which had once been a garden’

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finish the quote: ‘laboratory…

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…or dissecting rooms’

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finish the quote: ‘his own tastes..

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..being rather chemical than anatomical’

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finish the quote: ‘the first time…

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…that the lawyer had been recieved in that part of his friend’s quarters’

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finish the quote: ‘distasteful..

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..sense of strangeness’

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finish the quote: ‘bottom of …

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…the garden’

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‘a yard which had once been a garden’
‘laboratory or dissecting rooms’
‘his own tastes being rather chemical than anatomical’

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  • 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’
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‘the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend’s quarters’
‘bottom of the garden’
‘dissecting rooms’

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  • 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
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‘distasteful sense of strangeness’

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  • science presented as unknown and mysterious
  • fear of science stemmed from its unknown qualities - scared a contemporary reader
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(ch.6)throughout the course of the novel, science is presented..

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through lanyon’s shock

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finish the quote: ‘death-

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..warrant written legibly upon his face’

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26
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finish the quote: ‘the rosy man…

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..had grown pale’

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finish the quote: ‘his flesh..

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…had fallen away’

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finish the quote: ‘he was visibly..

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…balder and older’

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29
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finish the quote: ‘swift..

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..physical decay’

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30
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finish the quote: ‘lanyon declared..

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..himself a doomed man’

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‘death-warrant written legibly upon his face’
‘the rosy man had grown pale’
‘his flesh had fallen away’
‘he was visibly balder and older’
‘swift physical decay’
‘a doomed man’

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  • semantic field of death and decay
  • amplifies the effect that the scientific discovery has had on him - shows how science, when pushed beyond ethical means can be horrific for the body and mind
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finish the quote: ‘deep-seated..

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..terror of the mind’

33
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finish the quote: ‘i have..

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..had a shock’

34
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finish the quote: ‘and i shall never..

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..recover’

35
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‘i have had a shock….and i shall never recover’

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  • tone of finality and resignation
  • aware of his death
  • once a believer in traditional science -> now he is horrified by what science is capable of -> shows the devious side of experimentation
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(ch.6)throughout the course of the novel, science is presented…

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as dangerous and painful

37
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finish the quote: ‘chief of..

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..sinners’

38
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finish the quote: ‘chief of su…

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…fferers’

39
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‘chief of sinners’
‘chief of sufferers’

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  • idea that science could create life - seen as dangerous
  • j’s failed experiment leaves him as the ‘chief of sinners’
  • experiences torments as hyde grows in strength
40
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(ch.6) throughout the course of the novel, science is presented…

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through the death of lanyon

41
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finish the quote: ‘in something less than..

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..a fortnight he was dead’

42
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‘he was dead’

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  • j’s science causes death and destruction
  • shows how powerful science can be when used to upset the conventional order of v life
43
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(ch.8) finally, science is presented…

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through its clash with religion

44
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finish the quote: ‘from among…

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..the chemicals’

45
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finish the quote: ‘bible-

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…word’

46
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finish the quote: ‘masked thing..

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..like a monkey’

47
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‘masked thing like a monkey’
‘among the chemicals’
‘bible word’

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  • non-human is ‘masked’ -> increase fear for contemporary readers - ‘among the chemicals’ -> dangerous scientific experimentation which could challenge religion
  • destructive manner - hyde is animalistic, surrounded by science and poole turns to religion to make sense of evil
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(ch.9) finally, science is presented…

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as mysterious

49
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finish the quote: ‘a blood-

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..red liquor’

50
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finish the quote: ‘seemed..

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..to me’

51
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finish the quote: ‘i could make..

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..no guess’

52
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‘a blood-red liquor’
‘seemed to me’
‘i could make no guess’

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  • fear of science -> vague language - unknown qualities
  • mystery
  • j’s scientific exploration links to violence -> ‘blood-red’
53
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(ch.9) finally, science is presented…

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through temptation

54
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finish the quote: ‘new province…

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…of knowledge’

55
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finish the quote: ‘stagger..

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…the unbelief of satan’

56
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‘new province of knowledge’
‘stagger the unbelief of satan’

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  • alludes to the devil tempting eve
  • h’s evil is worse than satans -> purely diabolical
  • scientific exploration is as equally as devastating as original sin
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(ch.9) finally, science is presented…

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as frightening and horrifying and immoral

58
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finish the quote: ‘o god! i…

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..screamed, and o god! again and again’

59
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finish the quote: ‘soul..

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..sickened’

60
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finish the quote: ‘my life is..

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..shaken to its roots’

61
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(ch.10) finally, science is presented…

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through warnings

62
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finish the quote: ‘will not..

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…enter deeply into this scientific branch’

63
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finish the quote: ‘more awful..

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…pressure’

64
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finish the quote: ‘my discoveries..

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..were incomplete’

65
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‘incomplete’

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  • even j, a respected scientist, failed to achieve his aims -> couldn’t control the power of the evil he unleashed
66
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(ch.10)finally, science is presented….

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as fatal and unpredictable

67
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finish the quote: ‘i risked..

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..death’

68
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finish the quote: ‘least scruple..

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..of an overdose’

69
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(ch.10) finally, science is presented..

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as painful and unsettling - hideous transformation

70
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finish the quote: ‘the most racking…

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..pangs succeeded’

71
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finish the quote: ‘a grinding..

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..in the bones’

72
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finish the quote: ‘deadly..

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..nausea’

73
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finish the quote: ‘more wicked..

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..tenfold more wicked’

74
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‘more wicked, tenfold more wicked’

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  • repetition
  • science portrayed through its potential for evil behaviour
75
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finish the quote: ‘it was the hand..

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..of edward hyde’

76
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‘it was the hand of edward hyde’

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  • at the end, j is caught in a state of sufering where there is a ‘brute that slept’ within him and is tortured by throes and longings to turn into hyde
  • once science is in power, it is uncontrollable and overpowering - consumed jekyll

English Literature : Jekyll and Hyde (31 decks)

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