POOLE (AND THE OTHER SERVANTS) Flashcards
Stevenson unwittingly presents a contemptuous…
… view on the working class
“She had an evil face…
… smoothed by hypocrisy” (Description of Hydes house keeper Ch4)
“I have been…
… afraid for about a week” (Poole, Ch8)
“Women of different nationalities, passing out…
…key in hand, to take a morning glass”(Ch4)
“Broke into…
…hysterical whimpering” (Household in Ch8)
Poole is used as a conduit in the plot…
…between Jekyll and other characters
“Poole had indeed…
… no very pleasant news to communicate” (Ch6)
“The doctor was confined to his house…
…and saw no one” (Ch6)
e emotional reactions of servants are used to highlight the…
…superior rationalism and professionalism of the main characters.
“A flash of odious joy…
…appeared on the woman’s face” (Hydes housekeeper in Ch4)
“At the horror of these sights and…
sounds, the maid fainted” (Ch4)
