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Chinwendu Nnachochalaz

Cards (29)

what is the gothic? 
a genre of writing/litrature that includes features such as :strong emotions ,supernatural creatures and a scary setting etc. It aims to evoke feelings of fear and uncomfortably.
what was excepted of a Victorian gentleman? 
kindness
having strong morals
solemn exterior
repressed desires
going on walks
taking a high status/jobs in society
who is mr utterson? 
a lawyer who is the perfect example of a victorian gentle man this is evident in his traits as he repressed his desires to go to the theatre
what does the setting symbolise 
the setting symbolises mystery and suspiciousness and it sets the scene for the rest of the story
who is Mr hyde? what have you learned about him? 
my hyde is the antithesis of dr jekyll and is a careless and evil man this is seen as he tramples of a little girl remorselessly and then pays it off as if it is a minor event
who is dr lanyon 
a doctor who is an old friend of mr utterson and dr jekyll he had a scientific disagreement with dr jekyll he is described as heartly, healthy and dapper with a shock of premature white hair.
how does stevenson use delayed revelation to build suspense in chapter 1 and 2  
he uses delayed revelation to hold back information about mr hyde and his connection to dr jekyll
what is the dual nature of man? 
the idea that every human has too sides : one good and one evil
who is dr jekyll 
dr jekyll is a doctor who is an old friend to dr lanyon and mr utterson who had a scientific disagreement with dr lanyon and is then antithesis of mr hyde
how does stevenson use pathetic fallacy in the novel what does it symbolise 
he uses pathetic fallacy through the fog which symbolises secrecy and that something sneaky is going on
quotes on dr jekyll
He began to go wrong, wrong in the mind,” (Lanyon about Jekyll)
“The large, handsome face of Dr Jekyll grew pale to the lips and there came a blackness about his eyes”
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.”
“Like some disconsolate prisoner”.
“Weeping like a woman or a lost soul”.
“Pale and shaken and half fainting, and groping before him with his hands, like a man restored for death-there stood Henry Jeykll”.
quotes on mr hyde

“Black, sneering coolness/like Satan”
“The other snarled in a savage laugh”
“Stamping his foot/broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth,”
“ape-like fury”
“A murderer’s autograph”.
“like some damned Juggernaut”
“mere animal terror”
“pale and dwarfish”
“haunting sense of deformity”
“like a rat”
“some creature”
quotes on mr utterson
If he be Mr Hyde, I shall be Mr Seek”
“God forgive us! God forgive us!”
“he had an approved tolerance for others”
“the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down going men”
“Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed”
“backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary”
“somehow lovable”.
quotes on dr lanyon
He had his death warrant written legibly upon his face”
“Lanyon declared himself a doomed man”
“my soul sickened at it...I must die”
“O God!” I screamed, and “O God!” again and again; for there before my eyes—pale and shaken, and half fainting”
quotes on pathetic fallacy/atmosphere
“nocturnal city”
“The figure in these two phases haunted the lawyer all night”
“labyrinths of lamp lighted city”
“Like a district of some city in a nightmare”
“It was a wild, cold seasonable night of March”
“fog rolled over” and “dismal quarter of Soho”
“dingy windowless structure”.
“sordid negligence”
“fog slept above the drowned city”
quotes on violence and crime
“Little man trampled calmly over the child’s body...it was hellish to see”
“bones were audibly shattered”
“I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow”
“clubbed him to the earth”
quotes on duality
The two hands are in many points identical” (said by Guest)
“If it was my master, why had he a mask upon his face?” (said by Poole)
“Man is not truly one but truly two”.
“I felt younger, lighter, happier in body..”
“I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde,”
“my devil had been long caged, he came out roaring”
“all human beings are commingled out of good and evil”
“If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers”
“disconsolate prisoner”
quotes on science vs religion
“To be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil; and the thought, in that momen
“hid them with a sense of shame”.
“The compound changed to a dark purple...watery green”
“To be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil; and the thought, in that moment, braced and delighted me like wine”.
“Pious work...annotated with startling blasphemies”
“I let my brother go to Cain’s heresy”
“hid them with a sense of shame”.
how is the old man that mr hyde kills the antithesis of him?why does stevenson contrast them? 
they are antithesis beacuse mr hyde is an agressive man he is describes as having "ape like fury" whereas sir danvens care is a innocent man who is an victorian gentleman stevenson contrast them to emphaises that mr hyde really is pure evil and the evil side of dr jekyll
analysis structure 
point
evidence
explanation
single word analysis+its signifinace
context
reason for the writer
effect on the reader
what was the conflict between science and religion in the victorian era 
that they contradicted especially the theory of evolution which challenged traditional religious beliefs and creations/origin of humanity
how is the motif of the letters used in the novels 
the motif of the letters is used to reveal character secrects and motivations paticulary jekylls struggle between his dual identitites
what is the window in chapter 7 a metaphor for 
the window is a symbol for the barrier between jekylls dual identities and outside world. Also a moment of revelation as utterson peers into jekyll life and begins to understand
why is chapter 7 so short 
to create urgency and tension, reflecting tje escalating conflict and physical turmoil as utterson confronts the mystery of jekyll and hyde
how does stevenson structure chapter 8 to build tension 
using pacing,imagery and dialogue. He uses short sentences to create a sense of urgency which evokes anxiety
who is poole 
henry jekyll's , servant/loyal butler. who plays a significant role in the story especially when it comes to jekyll's strange behaviour
how is conflict between science and religion shown in chapter 8 
it is shown through jekyll's experiments that separate his dual identities ,leading to moral degradation and violence as Hyde
how does Mr Hyde's housekeeper explore the 'dual nature' of man  
she tells Utterson about the murder-the dual nature revealed through Mr Hyde ( representing evil) killing Carew (represents good)
what is the id and the ego 
id: the pleasure of principle. what you want straight away. doesnt care about morals
ego: balances your wants and needs . stops innibitions