mr everything english Flashcards
(7 cards)
-simile conveys the nature of hyde, a beast, a savage.
-ape symbolises hyde, no control, all actions are being committed from emotion and impulsion
-animalistic side of hyde, brutal, devilish nature of hyde, refers to the nature of man, “man is not truly one, but two”
-theory of evolution, darwinism contextual link. We are evolving, however hyde is going the other way, and devolving (atavism) ,this is a fear for the victorian society.
-jeykll imitades God, trying to create life. Emphasises humans can’t mess around with the world of God, as he is omnipotent
-hyde gives science a bad look
-Science v religion
” ape like fury
chapter 4
-even nature contaisn a dual side, everytime hyde attacks, nature appears
-hyde gets more evil = fog gets thicker and thicker, fog alluding to jekyll’s mystery
-use of personifiacntion, aswell as pathetic fallacy
-links to gothic genre, weather is used like a weapon, which constructs another character
-fog is covering the sin of hyde, christian link, and highlights the theme of secracy, ironic as the victorian society had many fantasies, but they were kept repressed as they didnt want to harm their ‘socical repuations’
-even nature can be evil
-fog conveys the mystery and isolation of characters, foreshadowing danger lurking beneath the surface,
-weather is a reflection of hyde, weather supports him
“the fog rolled over the city”
chapter 4
-‘polar twins’ is an oxymoron, two different personalities
-highlights the duality of man
-on another level stevenson is alluding how we all have a good and bad side inside of us all the time, highlights the hypocrisy that occured in the victorian society
-foreshadowing one will win, and one will lose, links to jeykll lack of control towards the end, links ironically to the quote “the moment i chose i can be rid of hyde”
-battle between good v bad, jeykll and hdye a symbol of the whole victorian society
“these polar twins should be continously struggling”
chapter 10
-use of zoomorphism, animal is refering to hdye
-links to freud’s thoery of the i.d
-creates sympahty for jeykll, highlights his difficulties with self-control, aswell as hyde struggling to be himself, constant tension between both
-‘licking the chops’ commits evil because it feels so good,
-‘licking’ emphasises hyde taking over, through animalisic actions, links to hyde’s atavism
-presents evil as good
“the animal within me, licking the chops of memory”
chapter 10
-use of simile
-use of juxtaposition
-highlights setting, rich and poor live very close to one another,
highlgihts the class divide in London, Soho in the victorian soceity
, links to “the street shone out in contrast, do its dingy neighbourhood”
-fire in forest stands out, and begins to consume its surrondings, social divide is very visible
“like a fire in a forest”
chapter 1
-highlights hyde devilish actions
-use of adverb “trampled”, shows he feels no remorce or sympathy
use of oxymoron
-behvauoir of hyde in this quote reveals the underlying evil nature that he has
-hyde’s victims are always the most innocent, highlights jeykll’s jealsouly
-highlights the distugusting side of human nature
-hyde is conveyed as a predator “ape-like fury”, links to darwinsim, however hyde seems to be devolvning this is what makes the audience around him feel “there is something wrong with his appearance, something displeasing, something downright detesabtle”
“trampled calmy”
thesis statement
-explore ideas about good and evil
-exploit victorian fears of crime, violence
-expolit the fears of science and drugs
-expose the hypocrisy of middle class men and society
