Themes (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Gentlemen's main characteristic in Jekyll & Hyde
Gentlemen's main characteristic in Jekyll & Hyde
Reluctance to share information
Jekyll's secret at centre of novel
Jekyll's secret at centre of novel
His secret alter ego
Time Enfield was out (unexplained in novel)
Time Enfield was out (unexplained in novel)
Three o'clock in the morning
What gentlemen prioritise over truth
What gentlemen prioritise over truth
Social respectability
Why Jekyll 'can't speak' about Hyde
Why Jekyll 'can't speak' about Hyde
Cannot admit Hyde's origin as part of himself
How Enfield describes trampling of girl
How Enfield describes trampling of girl
Merely 'a bad story'
Why Lanyon & Jekyll write instead of speak
Why Lanyon & Jekyll write instead of speak
Creates distance; reveals truth only after death/absence
Features of Jekyll's back door
Features of Jekyll's back door
Neither bell nor knocker
What breaking cabinet door symbolises
What breaking cabinet door symbolises
Breakdown of Jekyll's walls of secrecy
Effect of narrative gaps on readers
Effect of narrative gaps on readers
Forces readers to fill in details with own assumptions