Chapters (key quotes) Flashcards
Chapter 1 (structural technique)
The name Jekyll doesn’t appear, reflects on how he hides away from society. Creates ambiguity and mystery for the reader.
Chapter 1
embedded narrative
Embedded narrative creates a sense of mystery.
Each story forms another one and is part of the jigsaw.
Creates distance between the reader and Hyde as he can’t express his feelings when the stories aren’t told by him.
Chapter 1
about Jekyll
Mr Enfield states Jekyll “trampled calmly over the child’s body”. The oxymoron implies he is not bothered about his actions. The adverb “calmly” contradicts “trampled”, the juxtaposition could show the two sides of him, or the two sides of London in the Victorian era.
Chapter 2
the conflict between Dr Lanyon & Jekyll
The text states the “document had long been the lawyer’s eyesore”. He didn’t like Jekyll’s experiment and their conflict represents the conflict between science and religion in Victorian society. Whilst Stevenson critiques the role of Christianity in society, he may also be warning mankind to keep science & religion separate.
Chapter 2
Utterson
Utterson - “If he be Mr Hyde,” he had thought, “I shall be Mr Seek.”
Demonstrates Utterson’s persistence in wanting to find Mr Hyde. Stevenson uses the pun “Mr Seek” to show Utterson’s curious nature in discovering the truth about Mr Hyde.
Chapter 3
about Jekyll
The text states “there came a blackness about his eyes”.
If eyes are the windows to ones soul, it is significant the moment Jekyll hears about Hyde his eyes are “black”. Sinister connotations suggest Hyde is corrupting Jekyll’s soul. Connotations of evil & morality.
Chapter 4 (structural technique)
Chapter starts with “Nearly a year later”.
The shift in timeline emphasises Hyde’s capacity for evil as he is still around. The reader wonders what happened in this time. Also the chapter doesn’t start with Utterson which suggests something bad has happened, creates tension.
Chapter 4
about the stick
“splintered half”. Jekyll’s walking stick is broken. It was a symbol of one’s status in the Victorian era. Suggests Jekyll’s reputation could be about to get damaged.
Chapter 5 (structural technique)
The written documents in the novel create suspense as information is gradually revealed. Sense of confusion for the reader as they piece together the mystery. Links to theme of secrecy, should the reader trust the reliability.
Chapter 5
religion
“the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola”. A cupola is a domed roof that religious building have. “falling dimly” , Stevenson wants to imply religion is dying in the Victorian era.
Chapter 5 (secrecy of London)
“the fog began to lie thickly”. Personification to suggest the evil is getting stronger. Fog represents the secrecy of London in Victorian era, and Hyde’s evil.
Chapter 2
animalistic behaviour
Semantic field of animals: “snarled”, “hissing intake or breath” represents Hyde’s animalistic behaviour, showing how he rebels from society. Links to Darwin’s theory, he is less evolved. Victorian people don’t see him as human, would distance him from reader.
Chapter 6
transformation in Lanyon
The dates (for example “on the 12th”) show the transformation in Dr Lanyon, shocks reader. “the rosy man had grown pale” is an extended metaphor for Hyde’s evil being like a disease. Too much knowledge is dangerous and killed Lanyon.
Chapter 7 (structural technique, recalls start of novella)
Shortest chapeter in the novella, it recalls the start where Utterson and Enfield walk to the same door. The first incident began the narrative of Hyde, this chapter shows its not the end of Hyde.
Chapter 7
power of Hyde
Semantic field of terror: “despair” “froze the very blood” links to Gothic convention. The verb “struck” has connotations of violence, contrasts to previous image of Enfield, emphasises Hyde’s power to change characters.
