setting in J+H Flashcards

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tangible objects

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‘window’ - vantage point - should be able to see everything - but maid unable to identify Hyde, and E/U couldn’t see all of Jekyll when he started to change to Hyde - prolonged mystery. J+H separated by a pane of existence
‘door’ - concealment - mystery + tension

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fog quote

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‘fog rolled over the city’ - Hyde clouds Jekyll’s judgement, fog is hard to see in - darkness, uncertainty

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labyrinth quote

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‘labyrinths of lamplighted city’ - truth obscured like the idea that a lamp is bright but dim
labyrinths - plural - multilateral to this puzzle - the clues - but has dead ends similarly to a maze

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darkness quotes

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‘gross darkness of the night and curtained room’ - adj ‘curtained’ concealment, alt ‘curtain’ is like Jekyll’s mind, darkness hides sins

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city quotes

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‘nocturnal city’

‘like a district of some city in a nightmare’ - Hyde is a district of Jekyll - duality of man

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duality of man quotes in terms of setting

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‘the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbour’ - duality of places.
J - ‘street shone’ - positive verb ‘shone’. H - ‘dingy neighbour’ - adj ‘dingy’ - uncertainty of Hyde,

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setting to describe Jekyll - his home

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‘a square of ancient, handsome houses now…decayed’
Jekyll description - was (had everything - adj ‘ancient, handsome’), now (destroyed by Hyde - ‘decayed’)
verb ‘decayed’ - symbolism of Hyde - evil does to man

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