Duality of Man Flashcards

Question

(ch.2) finish the quote: 'deformity without any...

Answer 1

..nameable malformation'

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..of timidity and boldness'

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..well-made'

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..man of fifty'

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..capacity and kindness'

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..by his looks'

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..warm affection'

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- semantic field of appearance - 'displeasing smile' - oxymoronic - even a smile isn't pure and happy - hyde is purely evil and diabolical - 'deformity without any nameable malformation' - hyde is presented as a mystery - 'murderous mixture of timidity and boldness' - presents hyde as criminal - oxymoronic suggesting that hyde is quaint and abnormal - 'troglodytic' -> criminals had primitive urges - lombrosos theory of atavism

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- presented through physical appearance - victorian ideas of physiognomy

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...grew pale to the very lips'

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...blackness about his eyes'

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- jekyll's cheerful and pleasant demeanour rapidly disappears when he is questioned about his will - the change from good to evil is disturbingly quick - the juxtaposition of j's 'handsome face' with his pale lips and black eyes show that man's dual nature is not just a mental conflict, but also a physical one - 'pale' has associations with death that comes later in the novel - the 'blackness' of 'his eyes' alludes to the darkness of hyde's soul - since jekyll's lips 'grew' pale and blackness 'came about' his eyes, the reader gets a sense of evil spreading over him uncontrollably

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through the behaviours of hyde

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...to the earth'

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..his victim'

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...his blows'

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...audibly shattered'

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- 'clubbed him to the earth' -> prehistoric - cave man - brutal, animalistic violence and evil fill this image, the almost inhuman destruction of another human life highlights the power of evil - shows jekyll's alter ego as extremely evil and satanic, this side of hyde so different to jekyll and such a regressed version of jekyll that he is almost primitive and savage - yet they are one - simile - 'ape-like' -> gives hyde strong animal characteristics but also suggests he has not yet evolved from animals - 'storm of blows' - seen as a brutal force of nature - dehumanises his victim - nothing more than his 'victim', 'bones' and a 'body' rather than a person and is 'shattered' - the swiftness of these actions is frightening - it all occurs in a moment - presenting the duality of man as terrifying

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through the symbol of the walking stick

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...gutter'

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..the stick'

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..the door'

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...and good taste'

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- theme of duality - one in the 'gutter' by the crime scene - suggesting it is dishonourable and low - one found in a furnished setting with 'luxury and good taste' - reflecting the duality of jekyll and hyde

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- through the irreputable side of london

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...of soho'

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...passengers'

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...city in a nightmare'

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..surroundings'

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through the revelation of clues

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...sloped'

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..as dead'

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...to dr jekyll's'

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- duality - differently sloped handwriting - the link between jekyll and hyde is revealed here

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...out of his face'

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..of such abject terror and despair'

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- 'smile' is a gentle image, and is removed forcefully and violently when it is struck out - hyde causes a physical reaction in all he meets, and 'froze the very blood' of the two men who we know to be sensible, rational gentlemen - clue that it is hyde - presents the duality of man through the liminal position of jekyll - transforming into his alter ego, hyde - battle between the two sides of jekyll and hyde - and evil is victorious

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- contemporary readers would be shocked - deacon brodie - cabinet maker - stevenson owned one and was inspired by how such as respected citizen could commit such atrocious crime - perhaps influenced stevenson's perception of duality

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through jekyll's revelations

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..the wise and good'

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..but two'

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- jekyll is an established gentleman with respect in society - however he is guilt of 'irregularities' - sins and desires he keeps hidden and decides that this applies to all of humanity - he is so convinced that he is correct that he experiments and risks everything - 'radically both' -> jekyll is more self-aware than other characters - the good and evil sides of his personality are struggling against each other- and decides to separate them

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through jekyll's inner conflict between both sides of his conscience

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...contended in the field of my consciousness'

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- like two forces meeting on a battlefield - metaphor - internally conflicted - suggestive that both sides cannot co-exist - one winner - for jekyll it was hyde

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through jekyll's dual personality

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...for religion'

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..secret sinner'

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- jekyll lives a virtuous life and pious and charitable - but he is also a sinner who enjoys fulfilling his deep desires - stevenson may be trying to imply that all people including jekyll are a mixture of sin and virtue

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through the essential nature of original sin

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...lighter, happier'

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- presents the duplicitous side of the pysche as tempting, powerful and unavoidable - tempting - 'younger, lighter, happier' - powerful - hyde eventually takes over - unavoidable - as hyde, jekyll gives in to original evil

Answer 53

- branch of christianity - evangelicalism - taught that all mankind are essentially and inevitably sinful as adam and eve sinned - frightened readers as suggests that their sinful side isnt only inevitable, but stronger - pious victorian society - church every sunday