Jekyll and Hyde

Question 1

Zeitgeist

Answer 1

The impression and cultural feelings of an era, often reflecting contemporary issues

Question 2

Punitive

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Punishing, Brocklehurst used religion to bully children

Question 3

Dogmatic

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Inflexible, black and white attitude- the Victorian era saw a spike in these religious dogmatic ideals

Question 4

Pleasure principle

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Freudian theory, someone unbothered by society and only follows instincts

Question 5

Motif

Answer 5

A repeated idea or image

Question 5

Epitome

Answer 5

The best example of something

Question 6

Stoic

Answer 6

Unemotional façade of masculine strength

Question 7

Vice

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Pleasure that is flawed

Question 8

Duality

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Belief that there is good and evil in everyone, often demonstrated as opposites

Question 9

Plosive

Answer 9

Repeated consonant word beginners, ‘b’ ‘p’ ‘m’

Question 10

Narrative focaliser

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The person whose eyes we see things through

Question 11

Liminal imagery

Answer 11

Inbetween spaces such as doorways, thresholds and corridors

Question 12

Sigmund Freuds theory

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Conscious, subconscious and id (hidden desires)- repressed subconscious leads to a huge reveal

Question 13

Jane Eyre

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Brocklehurst bullies Jane with religion which reflects strict Victorian religious attitudes

Question 14

Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species

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His theory of evolution opposed strict Victorian religion, very insulting and blasphemous, people found it disgusting that they were linked to apes and primitive man

Question 15

Lombroso’s Theory of Physiognomy

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Proposed criminals had specific physical aspects that made them appear evil, creating prejudice about disabled and coloured people

Question 16

Frankenstein

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Ghost story by Mary Shelley reflected fears of science and technology as they may go too far

Question 17

Hogarth’s Picture of London

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Gin Lane depicted working class London as a horrific, chaotic, dirty and uncivilised place dominated by drinking

Question 18

Turner’s paintings

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Painted an idyllic past and a polluted future, demonstrating contemporary fears about the industrial revolution turning society from slow paced to fast moving

Question 19

Flaneurs

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Wealthy Victorians who, dressed pompously, went to explore and observe the underclass as a form of entertainment

Question 20

Utterson’s first description (quote)

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‘The lawyer’- title reflects his status and his respectable class

Question 21

Utterson as stoic

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‘rugged countenance’- straight facial expression that was ‘never lighted by a smile’ as gentlemen were expected to repress their emotions= Muscular Christianity

Question 22

Utterson’s flimsy Victorian façade

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‘something eminently human beaconed from his eye’ -after drinking, Utterson’s personality changes as his inhibitions are lowered

Question 23

Utterson as repressed

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‘had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years’- despite enjoying the theatre he does not indulge in his pleasures

Question 24

Duality in setting

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'Two doors from one corner'- proximity of good and evil

Question 25

Hyde's first action

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'Stumping along' and 'trampled calmly'

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Hyde as dehumanised

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'Damned juggernaut'

Question 27

Hyde's infectious influence

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'I saw sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him'

Question 28

Hyde reflecting uncertainty

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'He's not easy to describe'

Question 29

Lanyon's initial description

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'Hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman

Question 30

Use of pathetic fallacy

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'Fogged city moon' and 'fog rolled over' reflects secrecy and hidden aspects of the setting linking to the id and repressed animalistic tendencies

Question 31

Liminal imagery

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'entry of the court'- crossing into the unknown and no return from his obsession with darkness

Question 32

Utterson's description of Hyde

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'pale and dwarfish' 'gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation'

Question 33

Jekyll's initial description

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'well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty'- complete opposite to Hyde, Stevenson draws on Lombroso's theory of physiognomy to reflect the morals of his characters in their appearance

Question 34

Jekyll's supposed control over Hyde

Answer 34

'The moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde'