simplifed jekyll + hyde

Question 1

“ it wasn’t like a man , it was like some dammed juggernaut “

Answer 1

themes of - christianity ( dammed ) , hypocrisy, science
something unnatural about hyde
helped the christian victorian readers of the novella dismiss hyde as evil and almost satanic for his unnatural actions
simile

Question 2

“ i saw that sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him “ (enfield)

Answer 2

original sin in the novella
at that stage, they are more evil than hyde at that point in the story it represents
repression of society
hypocrisy - moral christian standards abused and unfollowed by enfield with the desire to kill and later, “screwing him” out of £100 - corrupt

Question 3

“ the curtains of the bed plucked apart.. and there would stand a figure to whom power was given, and… he must rise and do its bidding “

Answer 3

repressed desire - utterson to jekyll
sexual desire
repressed victorian society

Question 4

“ i read Satan’s signature upon a face. it was on that of your new friend “

Answer 4

religious imagery
condridicts victorian christian readers
almost a supernatural evilness about him

Question 5

with ape like fury… hailing down a storm of blows under which the bones were audibly shattered “

Answer 5

simile
hyperbole
auditory imagery
animalistic imagery
plays into victorian fear of violence + regression
- fears of regression, darwin’s theory 🌟🌟🌟

Question 6

(setting) - “ marks of prolonged and sordid negligence “

Answer 6

sordid - adjective, connotations of filth ——— dirtiness of setting reflect jekyll decline and moral compass
indicates a deliberate refusal to face the consequences of his actions
physical representation of the corruption in society

Question 7

how is setting shown?

Answer 7

setting is shown as a reflective state of evil

Question 8

setting context

Answer 8

rapid industrialisation
london
hyde - soho
jekyll - trafalgar square
1886 publish date
robert louis stevenson

Question 9

dingy windowless structure

Question 10

“ in spite of the low growl of london from all round “

Answer 10

low - adjective
implies the city is a monster - animalistic imagery
anthropomorphism of the city as a creature suggests a living, malevolent presence

Question 11

“ through wider labyrinths of lamp-lighted city “

Answer 11

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Question 12

the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground … it was hellish to see “

Answer 12

biblical imagery
oxymoron
violent imagery
animalistic imagery
adverb

Question 13

downright detestable - hyde

Question 14

the criminal man theory (1876)

Answer 14

believed that there was a biological explanation to criminals
specific features which indicated a criminal

Question 15

dusty windows barred up with iron

Question 16

distasteful sense of strangeness ( about the lab ) ( setting )

Question 17

once crowded with eager students, now laying gaunt and silent

Question 18

even in the houses, the fog began to lie thickly

Question 19

hide bound pendant

Question 20

fog rolled over the city

Question 21

brilliantly lit by the full moon

Question 22

district of some city in a nightmare