Key Quotes Flashcards
(17 cards)
“Go to the devil “
Utterson - gives us the Christian context of the novel but also presents utterson having a dual nature , a respectable lawyer but surrounds himself with men who are sinful . Stevenson is saying that we all suffer from dual nature of society , especially fiddle class men of the Victorian era
“ Like some damned juggernaut “
First description of Hyde - not like a man , “damned” gives us the Christian aspect of the novel again , Stevenson is an aethist and is playing with a daul game with the readers (reinforcing Christian morality by killing Hyde and Jekyll for their sins - suggesting Christianity is forcing the false facade to cover our own sins)
“I incline to cain’s heresy”
(Good vs evil, repression) Prelapserian language - juxtaposition why would you let your brother go the devil , ignoring each others sins
Does not take responsibility for other peoples actions
Does not want to interfere even if they are wrong
“The curtains of the bed plucked apart “
Utterson dreaming about Dr Jekyll I’m his bed , “plucked” has an intimate side like anshirt being plucked open imaging Jekyll being intimate without him but instead with Hyde sense of jealousy possibly sexually , not socially expectable
Imagery
(Duality of man)
“Satans signature “
(Utterson as a unreliable narrator)
“Ape-like fury”
Darwin’s theory of eveolution ,
“Fog still slept .. lamp light city “
“I won’t speak of this note “
(Utterson)
“I found it in my heart to pity him “
“Make his name stink from one end of London to the other “
( Enfeild )He undertsands the importance of reputation , he pressures Hyde into paying for his crime by threatening to …. “” . He doesn’t like to gosip and is “ashamed” when he tells Utterson about mr Hyde. Afraid to ruin reputation.
“Pale and dwarfish”
Troglodytic deformity
“Trampled over calmly”
Oxymoron
“I was born into a large fortune “
“Unscientific balderdash “
“To be tempted … was to fall”
Prelapserian language
“I concealed my pleasures “
“Man is not true oh one but truely 2 “
