mr salles predictions vid

Question 1

-highlights the dual nature of utterson, as on the outside he is a respectable, well-liked gentleman, however he surronds himself with men who are sinful, foreshadwoing jekyll is going to suffer, links to the quote “the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men”

stevenson highlights the middle class men are challenged from insociety

-‘devil’, links to christianity imagery

Answer 1

“I let my brother go to the devil in his own way”

Question 2

-‘damned’ linkls to christian context

-stevenson’s an atheist, hes playing a dual game, on one hand he’s pleasing the christian audience around the idea of christian morality, however it could also mean that christainity causes the ‘false facade’ that is put on, as we have to cover up our ‘sins’

-Christinaity teaches us to act like a jeykll

-juggernaut is use of hyperbole and ironic because he is a ‘dwarf’

Answer 2

“it was like some damned juggernaut”

Question 3

-christians believe hyde is so wrong

whose in the wrong, as doctor and mr enfield want to murder him

Answer 3

“turn sick and white with the desire to kill”

Question 4

-enfield and doctor have blackmailed him
-emphasis on duality

Answer 4

“we screwed him up to a hundred pounds”

Question 5

-survival of the fittest
-darwins theory of evolution, we could potential get worse and worse in terms of morality if it led to our survival

Answer 5

“something troglodytic”

mr utterson describing hyde

Question 6

-christian messege of the novel, hyde is so evil its like satan has actively created him

-stevensons use of ‘i read’ symbolises that it is a myth

Answer 6

“i read satan’s signature upon hyde’s face

Question 7

-lanyon hides truth, wheras jeykll will expose it

Answer 7

“wrong in mind”

dr lanyon

Question 8

-jeyklls harmatia

-foreboads the future

Answer 8

“the moment i chose, i can be rid of mr hyde

jeykll

Question 9

• darwins theory of evoltuion, links to victorian fear, science v religion

-victorian fear of crime, would damage repuation

-victorians secrelty loved it, links to the penny dreadfuls

-audience are entertained by their fears, links to the running theme of hypocrisy

-hyperbole

Answer 9

” ape-like fury

Question 10

thesis statement

Answer 10

-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