Scientific developments jekyll and hyde Flashcards
What quote relates fog and darkness in Jekyll’s laboratory?
“even in the house the fog began to lie quickly”
What quote shows that Lanyon disagrees with Jekyll’s method of science?
“Unscientific balderdash” conflict between Jekyll and Lanyon
What quote tells the reader what happened to Lanyon after witnessing Jekyll’s transformation?
“The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh fallen away”
What quote shows conflict between Jekyll and Lanyon about science?
“Henry Jekyll became far too fanciful for me” - Lanyon says this after disagreeing with Jekyll’s methods
What quote shows Jekyll’s use of powders and potions in his science was like witchcraft?
“As the crystals melted”
What quote shows that science corrupted Jekyll’s personality?
“There lay a body of a man sorely contorted”
What quote shows that science eventually kills Jekyll?
“The crushed phial in his hand” - Jekyll died with his science equipment showing us it caused his death
What quote shows that Jekyll’s laboratory is chaotic and disturbed?
“The floor strewn with crates and littered packing straw” - crazy laboratory for a crazy scientist
What quote shows that the dangers of science needed to be hidden in Victorian society?
“Dingy windowless structure” - describing Jekyll’s laboratory
When did Darwin write Origin Of The Species and what effect did this have on Victorian society?
Darwin Published this book 24 November 1859, and caused fear of science in Victorian society as they did not know what evil could come from it. Jekyll and Hyde published after this in 1886 added to the fear
