Mr Hyde as a frightening outsider
- Created by: Ollie Hw
- Created on: 06-12-20 15:18
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- Mr Hyde
- Presented as a frightening outsider
- Appearance
- "Troglodytic"
- Meaning cave-man like and primitive. Darwin's theory of evolution had come out a few decades prior to this novel and and this anti-Christian idea was very scary in Mr Hyde
- "pale and dwarfish"
- Directly contrasts the "perfect male body type" from Victorian society (tall, big upper body, small waist)
- "deformity without any nameable malformation"
- Victorians believed that being physically and mentally disabled were the same thing so hearing Hyde as being deformed would make them think he was also mentally unstable
- The uncanny valley effect in humans where in when we see something that looks almost human but isn't it triggers a frightened and repulsed reaction which in this case would be directed towards Hyde
- "Troglodytic"
- Mannerisms
- "Snarled aloud into a savage laugh"
- This makes Hyde seem feral and like a wild animal
- None of these fit the rules of appearance and etiquette that dominated the Victorian era and therefore Hyde is an outsider to this society
- This makes Hyde seem feral and like a wild animal
- "with a flush of anger"
- A reaction that was quick, instinctive and probably provoked by the primitive id
- None of these fit the rules of appearance and etiquette that dominated the Victorian era and therefore Hyde is an outsider to this society
- A reaction that was quick, instinctive and probably provoked by the primitive id
- "he did not look the lawyer in the face"
- Extremely rude and a bad first impression on a Victorian gentleman such as Utterson
- Extremely rude and a bad first impression on a Victorian gentleman such as Utterson
- "Snarled aloud into a savage laugh"
- Religious imagery
- "with a hissing intake of breath"
- Reference to the serpent in Garden of Eden
- Victorian society was very traditional and strongly Christian so to use imagery like this would have had a very profound impact on a contemporary audience
- Reference to the serpent in Garden of Eden
- "Satan's signature upon a face"
- It is apparent to Utterson that Hyde is evil in a way that could be seen as satanic
- Victorian society was very traditional and strongly Christian so to use imagery like this would have had a very profound impact on a contemporary audience
- It is apparent to Utterson that Hyde is evil in a way that could be seen as satanic
- "like Satan"
- Before we have even met Hyde, Enfield describes him as akin to the Devil
- Before we have even met Hyde, Enfield describes him as akin to the Devil
- "with a hissing intake of breath"
- Appearance
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- Presented as a frightening outsider
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