The transformation released everything Jekyll had suppressed.
Day 3 · 목표 ⭐
Jekyll wrote that the first transformation was the most terrifying and the most exhilarating experience of his life: the terror of becoming something genuinely other, and the exhilaration of being finally free from the civil obligations of being Dr. Jekyll.
2Reading· 오늘의 본문
We · Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1924
The laboratory was silent except for the bubbling of the final mixture in the glass. Dr. Henry Jekyll’s hands trembled slightly as he lifted the beaker. For years, he had been the perfect gentleman: a respected doctor, a generous friend, a prisoner of his own reputation. Every unkind thought, every selfish impulse, was locked away deep inside. This potion was the key. He drank it in one swift, desperate gulp. A searing pain shot through his body, a fire in his veins. He watched in the mirror as his own face seemed to melt and reform. His stature shrank, his features coarsened. But the physical horror was nothing compared to the flood in his soul. Every suppressed desire, every hidden cruelty, surged to the surface, pure and unchecked. Where Jekyll felt guilt, this new being felt only power. Where Jekyll was bound by duty, this creature was free. He looked at his twisted hands, now belonging to Mr. Edward Hyde, and a wave of terrifying, exhilarating liberation washed over him. He was no longer a man divided; he was, for the first time, wholly one thing.
B2 · 128 wordsavg 25.6 w/s
Jekyll’s experiment was not merely chemical; it was a profound psychological rebellion. He lived a life of impeccable civility, yet he was haunted by a duality he could no longer bear. The potion was his desperate solution—a scalpel to surgically separate the social self from the primal id. The initial transformation was a violent unraveling. His body contorted, but the true change was internal: a dam had burst within his psyche. All the polite smiles he had forced, the charitable acts performed for reputation, the anger swallowed during debates—these were the civil obligations that constituted the cage of 'Dr. Jekyll.' In creating Hyde, he wasn't creating a monster from nothing; he was giving form to everything he had consciously buried. The experience was a paradox of absolute horror and absolute freedom. This is precisely why Jekyll later wrote that the first transformation was the most terrifying and the most exhilarating experience of his life: the terror of becoming something genuinely other, and the exhilaration of being finally free from the civil obligations of being Dr. Jekyll. In that moment, he understood both heaven and hell. The true tension wasn't between good and evil, but between the suffocating peace of conformity and the dangerous, authentic thrill of one's shadow self stepping into the light.
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3Vocabulary· 핵심 어휘 & 연습
scheduled
예정된, 시간표에 따라 계획된
Every minute of a citizen's day is meticulously scheduled by the State.
concept
개념, 관념
The concept of personal freedom is alien in the One State.
privacy
사생활, 프라이버시
The glass walls ensure there is no privacy for any individual.
officially
공식적으로
Individualism was officially declared a mental illness.
abolished
폐지된, 철폐된
The old world's chaotic emotions have been abolished for stability.
collective
집단적, 공동의
The State values collective happiness over individual desire.
Activity 1 · 빈칸 채우기5 questions
1. Every hour of D-503's life was carefully ____ by the Table of Hours.
2. The ____ of privacy did not exist in the One State.
3. Individual names were ____ and replaced with numbers.
4. The glass walls guaranteed there was no ____ for citizens.
5. The State was ____ declared to represent perfect happiness.
Activity 2 · 듣고 고르기5 questions
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Activity 3 · 단어 배열하기3 questions · 점진적 난이도
Easy · 5 words
정답: People lived by numbers.
livedPeoplenumbersby.
Medium · 10 words
정답: Citizens had numbers instead of names in the One State.
hadinsteadCitizensnamesthenumbersofStateOnein
Hard · 13 words
정답: Privacy had been officially abolished in the name of collective happiness.