Chapter 9- 10 Flashcards
What happens in chapter 9?
Lanyon speaks about the letter he received from Jekyll. Jekyll asks Lanyon to leave everything and go to Jekyll’s house, where he will find Poole and a locksmith. Lanyon must break into the cabinet and take a drawer, labelled E, with chemicals and scientific notes on it. He then must take it back to his house and wait for Hyde to collect it at 12pm. Lanyon thinks Jekyll is mentally ill but does it anyway as he doesn’t know the severity of situation and wants to help Jekyll. He is scared when waiting for Hyde so arms himself with a pistol. Hyde comes to the house; Lanyon is immediately repelled by him. Lanyon forces him to say who he is. Hyde gives Lanyon the option of him to take the chemicals outside with him or for him to do it next to him. Lanyon choses to watch it out of curiosity. Lanyon is horrified to see Hyde transform into Jekyll.
What is the MOST important thing about chapter 9 of novella?
- Finally reveals Jekyll and Hyde are the same person.
Why does Stevenson make Lanyon list rhetorical questions about the incident with Jekyll?
- Direct the thinking of the readers….
What is Lanyon’s rational, scientific account of Hyde?
CONTRAST WITH….
“great muscular activity”
Clinical account!!
Something: “much deeper in the nature of man.”
Tries to give clinical account of transformation but is too overwhelmed ans says, “O god, o god, o god” –> mirroring Enfield and Utterson.
Lanyon says: there is something much deeper in the nature of man, about Hyde. What is the context of this?
- Original Sin
- Passed on from Adam and Eve.
Why does Stevenson refer to Hyde as a creature, through Lanyon’s lens?
- Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein.
- Frankenstein creates this creature.
- Just like Jekyll has created Hyde in an unnatural way.
- Does it chemical rather than anatomical manner.
In what way does Lanyon describe the contents of the potion when he picks it up?
“blood red liquor”
“phosphorous”
Rational account.
How does Lanyon describe his repulsion towards Hyde?
- calls him a “creature.” (not human!!)
- You would expect him to be more tolerant of physical deformity
- Sawbones was ALSO revolted in Chapter 1.
- It is not just physical, also spiritual.
How does Lanyon reveal to the reader that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person?
“O god, o god, o god”
Fumbles for his words ie. describing the shocking nature of what is in front of him.
EVENTUALLY SAYS: there stood Henry Jekyll.
We don’t know who is in front of him till the very end.
recreates tension that Lanyon felt.
How does Hyde try to convince Lanyon to watch the transformation?
- stay to be knowledgable…
- avenues to fame and power
- “greed of curiosity.” (one of 7 deadly sins in Catholic Church.)
What are two contexts that speak about the danger of forbidden knowledge?
- Adam and Eve exiled after eating from The Tree of Knowledge.
- Jekyll seeks knowledge (beyond Normal science.)
- Lanyon dies because of this knowledge, so does Jekyll.
Stevenson makes it clear that you shouldn’t meddle with the nature of humanity. What are the 2 opposing ways he COULD be doing this?
- Be moral, don’t comitt sins, don’t mess around with what shouldn’t be messed with (as it will lead to your death.)
- Don’t repress evil, it leads to worse
What is Lanyon’s final statement about what he has seen?
“My life is shaken to the roots.”
What happens in chapter 10?
- Jekyll describes how being respectable was something deeper in him than other men, so he had to separate the good and evil parts.
- He made a potion to change into Hyde, he realised how EVIL Hyde was, but was thrilled by it.
- One day, he woke up as Hyde without taking potion so decided to stop it.
- He then killed Carew
- He started changing into Hyde in public.
- Had to ask Lanyon for help.
- Ran out of potion unsure whether he will be hanged or not….
What is the significance of us only getting Jekyll’s account at the end of novella?
- Secrecy throughout whole novella.
- BUT
- Not truly transaparent
- Rather die than tell the truth “I will not enter deeply inyo this scientific branch.”
