Character Analysis: Danvers Carew Flashcards

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What does Stevenson use the character of Danvers Carew for ?

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To present the importance of class in the novella

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How is Danvers Carew described by the witness ?

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He approached Hyde with ‘ a pretty manner of politeness’
The witness also described Carews face as ‘innocent’ and having an ‘old world kindness’

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How is Hyde described by the witness ?

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She immediately ‘conceived a dislike’ and goes to describe his Hyde ‘carried on like a madman’
Attacking Carew with ‘ape like fury’ and ‘insensate cruelty’

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What does Carew represent here ?

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The upper class of Victorian London with his ‘ old world kindness’ referring to the established values of the Victorian class ( talk about Victorian attitudes to the influx of working class)

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How is Hyde represented ?

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He is an anthitheitc pairing
Animalistic and violent
He smashed this old way of life to peice and it is a crime that ‘startled London’

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