jekyll Flashcards
1
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‘I felt …
A
’ I felt younger, lighter, happier in body’
- Stevenson uses triadic structure to show how burdensome effects of society are on Jekyll
2
Q
Man is not…
A
Man is not truly one but truly two’
- significance is reinforced by use of repetition and harsh consonants
- Jekyll believes
3
Q
Had I approached my discovery…
A
’ Had i approached my discovery in a more noble spirit… I had come forth an angel instead of a fiend’
- he was intending to extract the good in his character, not the bad
4
Q
My devil..
A
‘My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring’
- Jekyll’s ‘devil’ is a manifestation of his deepest desires
- connotations of ‘devil’ also suggests that Jekylls desire are directly contradicting contemporary Christian idealogies
