Duality quotes Flashcards
(9 cards)
duality overview
-stevenson forces readers to consider that everyone may have an uncivilised side
-may be criticising the unrealistic expectations of reputation in society
-emphasises they hypocrisy of gentlemen
duality with EVERYONE including Poole
-Poole is a loyal “well dressed” servant
-yet he shouts at other servants with “ferocity”
duality in the settings
-jekyll wears the “thick cloak” of hyde
-streets of london often cloaked in fog
-carews murder occurs on a “cloudless” night, “brilliantly lit by the full moon”
-this represents how mans true side has been revealed- symbolic
jekyll’s house
-“wore a great air of wealth and comfort”
-connected to the shabby door to the laboratory
-represents the misleading appearances
Jekyll compared to hyde
“I felt that i had _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ contained”
“I felt that I had lost in my duality, that the evil part of me was becoming too strong to be contained.”
“man _ _ one _ _ _”
“man is not one but truly two”
metaphor of jekyll’s inner “war”
“two natures that contended in the field”
sin and evil are…
-tempting “younger, lighter happier” as hyde
-powerful
-unavoidable