Violence Flashcards
(ch.1)initially, violence is presented…
through enfield’s narration of the crime
finish the quote: ‘the man trampled..
…calmly’
finish the quote: ‘over the child’s…
..body’
finish the quote: ‘hellish..
..to see’
finish the quote: ‘like some damned..
..juggernaut’
‘the man trampled calmly’
‘over the child’s body’
‘hellish to see’
‘like some damned juggernaut’
- first depiction of hyde’s evil nature, and stevenson deliberately inflicts it on a child to increase the reader’s fear of hyde’s character
- oxymoronic - ‘trampled calmly’ - hyde is comfortable with violence
- contrasting ‘man’ against ‘child’ -> threatening
- ‘damned’ refers to h’s sinful nature -> image of a juggernaut - suggesting a violent, powerful force surging forwards in an unstoppable manner
finish the quote: ‘turn sick and..
…white with desire to kill him’
‘sick and white with desire to kill him’
- refers to lombroso’s theory of atavism
- criminal
- hyde evokes violence
(ch.2) initially, violence is presented..
through hyde
finish the quote: ‘snarled..
..aloud into a savage laugh’
finish the quote: ‘murderous..
…mixture of timidity and boldness’
(ch.4)throughout the course of the novel, violence is presented…
through hyde’s behaviour
finish the quote: ‘great flame…
..of anger’
finish the quote: ‘stamping..
…with his foot’
finish the quote: ‘clubbed him..
…to the earth’