Duality - J+H Flashcards
1
Q
“The animal within me licking the chops of memory”
A
- Hyde just acts on natural instincts, not evil
- Animal =! evil
2
Q
“I have doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two”
A
- Duality is within all of us
3
Q
“Polar twons should be continuously struggling”
A
- Twins suggests we can’t get rid of the evil side of us, should we just understand it instead?
4
Q
“A heady recklessness, a current of sensual images running lime a millrace in my fancy, a solution fo the bonds of obligation, an unknown but not an innocent freedom of the soul”
A
- He could do things society didn’t approve of
- Not obligated by society
- Hyde is innocent because he was free
- We take away our freedom to be more moral
- Stevenson tries to find more primitive societies in the Pacific himself
5
Q
“braced and delighted me like wine”
A
- Natural pleasure, all should be allowed to enjoy it.
- Audience think it’s like being addicted to alcohol > sin.
