Secrecey Flashcards
initially, secrecy is presented as…
(ch1)
shield against scandal
secrecy is also presented…
(ch7)
through unreliable narration
secrecy is revealed through…
(ch10)
the confession of Jekyll
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‘showed no…
…window’
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‘blind…
…forehead’
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‘name that I…
…can’t mention’
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‘so you…
…found it out’
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‘window was…
..instantly thrust down’
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‘they saw…
…it for a glimpse’
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‘God forgive us…
…God forgive us’
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‘even a deeper…
…trench’
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‘lies at the…
…root of religion’
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‘morbid sense…
…of shame’
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‘…in shame’
‘plunged…
When did RLS write the Body Snatcher?
1884
What happens in the Body Snatcher?
a man is haunted by his guilty conscience and one of his victims
What are symptoms of syphillis?
rashes, sores, growths
infertility, hair loss
How did the Victorians treat syphillis?
mercury
Examples of prudery and repression in Victorian era
arms and legs = ‘extremities’, ‘limbs’
Language of Flowers
Examples of Language of Flowers
Red Carnations ; ‘my heart aches for you’
Pink ; ‘Yes’
White Rose ; ‘I cannot’
What form is Jekyll and Hyde?
gothic shilling shocker
What is so shocking to the reader about Jekyll being Hyde?
- he enjoys it ; ‘younger, lighter, happier’
- he had always been inherently evil ; ‘I concealed my pleasures’
How does the name of the novel create the theme of secrecey?
‘case’
mystery to be solved
‘hyde’
hiding
What is interesting about the perspective of Jekyll and Hyde?
- Utterson’s narrative ; he is unjudgmental but not omniscient
- framed narrative ; maid, Enfield, Lanyon
- nothing from Hyde’s perspective ; secrecy, elusive
