Chapter 6- Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon Flashcards
What happens in this extract?
- Jekylls back in good health for a few months before staying in solitude again
- Lanyon never wants to hear of Jekylls name again (due to knowing about his identity)
- Lanyon dies but leaves Utterson a note before he dies
What does it say on the front of the letter and what does this do?
“Not to be opened until the death or disappearance of Henry Jekyll”
This sparks up curiosity in Utterson
What happens every time Utterson tried to visit Jekyll?
He is turned away
What quote shows that Lanyon is terribly ill
“Had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face”
What quote shows that Jekyll agrees with Lanyons decision that the two should stay away from each other?
I must suffer and go my own dark way”
Give a few words beginning with ‘dis’ that are used to describe Hyde
- “disreputable”
- “displeasing”
Give a quote that tells us that the doctor stayed in his house and what does this connote?
“confined to the house”
- This connotes a sense of secrecy
There was something about Lanyons appearance that was similar to Jekylls in an earlier chapter, what was this and what could it mean?
Lanyon had “grown pale” when Utterson came to meet him, just like Jekyll
- This could indicate our first real link between Jekyll and Lanyon
Give 2 quotes from Lanyon that use ‘I’ alot and what could this tell us?
- “I have had a shock”
- “I shall never recover”
- reflects the idea that only Lanyon knows about Jekylls secret
- it also highlights the effect that jekylls secret had on Lanyon himself
Utterson repeats a phrase that he said in chapter 1, when Enfield was telling his story, what was this phrase and what does it show?
‘Tut-tut’ (in reply to Lanyons harsh words)
- This shows that Utterson was wary of negative talk and didnt have much to say on it (perhaps to protect reputation or to reflect what Victorian society were like?)
Give a quote that shows that Lanyon wanted to avoid the topic about Jekyll
“Talk with me of other things”
Give a quote from Jekyll in this chapter that refers to secrets being hid from Utterson and what could the quote really mean
“if my door is shut even to you” could really mean ‘if my secrets/sins are kept even from you’
What did it say, IN ITALICS, on the front of Lanyons letter and what is the effect of this?
‘to be destroyed unread’ (if Utterson dies early)
This highlights the importance of keeping secrets in the Victorian era
Give a quote that tells us how Utterson felt to be denied admittance by Jekyll at the end of the chapter and why may this be so?
Utterson was “relieved to be denied admittance”
- perhaps because hes too scared to face pure evil/sin himself
