Chapter 1 Flashcards
What happens in Chapter 1?
Utterson and Enfield are taking their regular Sunday stroll, when the come across a neglected house that looks out of place in the neighbourhood.
Enfield relates a story in connection with it. Enfield was walking in the same neighbourhood one night when he witnessed a shrunken man trample a young girl. The crowd of people who gathered around the scene immediatly despised the man. The man didn’t want to have his name ruined so bought them off with one hundred pounds - which he got from inside the neglected building. However, the cheque bore the name of a respectable man. Enfield hypothesized that the ugly man had blackmailed the man whose name appeared on the check.
Utterson asks questions and Enfield says that the mans name was Hyde. Utterson states that he knows that name, and notes how he could guess the name n the check. However, on the topic of gossip, they dont discuss the situation further.
“trampled calmly”
Enfield describing Hyde trampling a little girl
“damned Juggernaut”
Enfield describing Hyde trampling a little girl
A Juggernaut is a huge wagon bearing the image of a Hindu God. A force that seems to crush everything in its way.
“really like Satan”
in reference to Hyde by Enfield
“downright detestable” “deformed”
plosive alliteration in reference to Hyde by Enfield. Theory of Atavism.
“where one ends ant the other begins”
Enfield says to Utterson regarding the building. Duality.
“envy”
“good nature”
Utterson envies the "misdeeds" of others. Despite him being a typical upper class man.
