Context Jekyll And Hyde

Question 1

What was the inspiration for this book?

Answer 1

A nightmare

Question 2

What is duality

Answer 2

Having 2 parts, often with opposite meanings

Question 3

What was grave robbing?

Answer 3

Stealing bodies from the grave

Question 4

Why was there grave robbing

Answer 4

So medical research could be conducted

Question 5

What 2 grave robbers did we learn about in class

Answer 5

Burke and Hare

Question 6

What is Darwinism

Answer 6

Victorians were scared of Darwin’s theory of evolution and thought if we could evolve then we could devolve.

Question 7

What gothic conventions are there

Answer 7

Fog, dreams, science, sinister, remote settings, monsters

Question 8

When was the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde written

Answer 8

1886

Question 9

What era was the book written in

Answer 9

Victorian age

Question 10

What did Burke and Hare also do apart from grave robbing

Answer 10

Killing

Question 11

What did people have to gain by grave robbing

Answer 11

Medical schools payed good money

Question 12

When was Victorian era

Answer 12

1837-1901

Question 13

Who was Cesare Lombroso

Answer 13

A man who argued that criminals could be identified by looks.

Question 14

What features did Cesare say criminals could be identified by?

Answer 14

Asymmetrical face, large jaw, long arms, or unusual skull shapes. He thought this showed they were less evolved

Question 15

Cesare Lombrosos ideas are considered what:

Answer 15

Discriminatory and scientifically correct

Question 16

What did Cesare believe

Answer 16

Criminals are born not made

Question 17

What word means “having 2 parts, often with opposite meanings”

Answer 17

Duality