Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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The victorian obsession with reputation
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- to maintain respectability and keep up appearances
- keep up a high status in society.
2
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Quotes for Victorian Obsession with reputation
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- ‘He was austere with himself; drank gin… to mortify a taste for vintages’
- ‘he had always been known for charities, he was now no less distinguished for religion’
- ‘We may at least save his credit’
3
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Religion v Science
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- science experiment that goes wrong highlighting that religion doesn’t go wrong
- moral beliefs for science
4
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Religion v science quotes
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“The hard law of life, which lies in the root of religion” (the ‘hard law’ suggests that all humans are sinful)
- “Chief of sufferers” [Refers to Jekyll] ( jekyll’s lack of control over his science has makde his face the hell of reality in which he suffers)
- ‘oh God.. Oh God’ - lanyon ( Lanyon cannot from a rational or religious view point understanding of the transformation of Hyde which is made by science needing help from God to help from religion because of the science in which jekyll has done)
5
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‘God forgive us, God forgive us’
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- utterson chapter 7
6
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‘horror in their eyes’
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chapter 7
7
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‘the door was opened on a chain’
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chapter 8 referring to Jekyll’s house
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