englihs quotes!! Flashcards

1
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what does he say as well as i incline to Cains heresy?

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‘I let my brother go to the devil in his own way,’

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quote describing utterson :

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‘utterson was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile, yet somehow loveable’

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description of the abused door

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‘A certain sinister block of building…Bore in every feature the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence’

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quote about Hyde teampling the poor child

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‘The man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming in the ground’

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Enfields hatred of Hyde

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‘I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight… I saw that sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him,’

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Hyde’s temperament

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‘there was the man with a kind of black sneering coolness, frightened too, but carrying it off, sir, really like Satan,’

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Enfields disbelief of the cheque

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‘I had every reason to believe the cheque was a forgery. Not a bit of it it was genuine.’

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the cheque:

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‘whipped out a key… came back with ten pounds in gold and a cheque… signed with a name… a name at least very well known and often printed,’

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Enfields description of Hyde

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‘there is something wrong with his appearance, something displeasing something downright detestable. he gives a strong feeling of deformity but i cannot specify the point,’

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Enfields description

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‘ I can’t describe him and it is not for want of memory because i declare i can see him this moment,’

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10
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reference to no gossip and gentlemen in the 1800s

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‘The more it looks like Queer Street, the less i ask,’

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11
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Jekyll’s will:

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‘In case of the disease of Henry Jekyll or the disappearance of unexplained absence for more than 3 calendar months Edward Hyde should step into Henry Jekyll’s shoes without further delayyy,’

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12
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description of Lanyon

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‘hearty, healthy, dapper, red faced gentleman, …and a boisterous and decided manner,’

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13
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disapporival of Jekyll

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‘It is more than 10 years that Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me, … such unscientific balderdash!’

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14
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Uttersons description of Hyde in his dreams

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‘even in his dreams, it had no face, or one that baffled him and melted before his eyes,’

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15
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utterson saying to himself about Hyde

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‘If he be mr Hyde, i shall be mr Seek,’

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mr hydes first impression of utterson

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‘mr Hyde took a hissing intake of the breath, but his fear was only momentary… and he answered cooly enoigh,’

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Hydes reaction to utterson saying we have common friends

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‘He never told you, I did not think you would have lied!’

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18
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uttersons description of Hyde

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‘Mr Hyde borne himself with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness,…God bless me the man seems hardly human! something troglodytic shall we say? ‘

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19
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what does Poole say about Hyde?

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‘Mr Hyde has a key… we all have orders to obey him… he never DINES here’

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20
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description of Jekyll

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‘a large, well made, smooth faced man of fifty with something of a slyish cast perhaps,’

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21
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jekylls feeling for utterson

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‘he cherished for Mr Uttedson a sincere and warm affection’

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22
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jekylls view on Lanyon

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oh I know he’s a good fellow, you needn’t frown, an excellent man, but a blatant pedant nonetheless, an ignorant blatant pedant,’

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23
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signs of Hyde in Jekyll, when utterson mentions him!

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‘the large handsome face of Dr Jekyll grey pale to the very lips and there came a blackness about his eyes,’

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24
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Jekyll not making sense, defending himself: - chapter 3

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‘You do not understand my situation,’ returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner,’ my position is a strange - a very strange one,’

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25
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Jekyll begging utterson to let it drop but also thanking him:

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This is downright good of you, i cannot find words to thank you in. I would trust you before any man alive, ay, before myself … I beg of you to let it sleep

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26
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Jekylls interest in Hyde

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I take a great, a very great interest in that young man

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27
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Jekyll asking for the lawyers promise

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‘I can’t pretend I shall ever like him’ (Utterson)
‘I don’t ask that,’ pleaded Jekyll, ‘I only ask you to help him for my sake when I am no longer here.’

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28
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Maid recognises Hyde

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recognise in him a certain Mr Hyde, (who had once visited her master) for whom she had conceived a dislike

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29
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description of Hyde before and during the assault

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‘I’ll-contained impatience, carrying on like a madman’
‘with ape like fury he was trampling his victim under foot,’ , ‘bones were audibly shattered,’

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30
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utterson noticing the cane, and Hyde’s appearance

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‘he recognised it for one he had presented many years before to H.Jekyll’ , ‘particularly small and wicked looking is what the maid calls him ,’

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31
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description of weather on the way to hydes house

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‘chocolate coloured pall lowered over heaven,’ , ‘for a moment the fog would be broken up’ , ‘this mournful re invasion of darkness seemed like a district of some city in a nightmare.’

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32
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woman’s delight at hydes troublemaking

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A flash of odious joy appeared upon the woman’s face ‘Ah… he is in trouble!’

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33
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contents of hydes burning

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‘the butt end of a green cheque book, the other half of the stick was found behind the door’ , ‘rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked,’

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34
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What does the officer saying ‘I have him in my hand. He must have lost my head,’ show to the reader?

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the ignorance of Hyde, presumption he will be easily caught given he just müderer a very high up man, that he may be underestimated whereas actuallt he is smart and calculating

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35
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what point did all observers of Hyde agree on?

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the ‘haunting sense of unexpressed deformity with which the fugitive impressed his beholders,’

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36
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what does Jekyll say about barring Jekyll in the old dissecting room etc

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‘It was the first time the lawyer had been received in this part of his friend’s quarters’

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37
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what is jekylls appearance when utterson sees him? (after the disappearance of Hyde)

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‘Dr Jekyll sat looking deadly sick… bade him welcome in a changed voice,’

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38
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Jekylls changed views on Hyde

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‘I cannot say I care what becomes of Hyde, I am quite done with him,’

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39
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what does Jekyll ask Poole about a letter?

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‘There was a letter handed in today - what was the messenger like?’ (but Poole said nothing had come except by post

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40
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What does the clerk discover about the two letters

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they are written by the same person -‘ the two hands are in many points identical: only differently sloped,’

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41
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Comparison of utterson’s early reaction to jekylls repulse of Hyde and reaction after finding out about the letter

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‘He was surprised by his friends selfishness, and yet relieved,’ in comparison to later on when he says ‘“what! Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer,” And the blood ran cold in his veins’

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42
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what does utter sin think of the death of sir Danvers?

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it was ‘more than paid for by the disappearance of Mr.Hyde.’

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43
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what did Jekyll do once he was ‘free’ of Hyde - (chapter 6)

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‘was now no less distinguished for religion, he did good, his face seemed to open and brighten, as if with an inward consciousness of service,’

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44
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how does utterson use time markers to describe his distress about Jekyll?

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he says on the 8th and then the 12 yh and again on the 14th - showing how hurt he was by this -‘he found this return of solitude to weigh upon his spirits,’

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45
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Dr Lanyons expression :

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had his death warrant written legibly across his face, the rosy man had grown pale, a look that seemed to testify to some deep seated terror of the mind

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46
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what does lanyon say about his life?

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‘Life has been pleasant; i liked it; yes, sir, I used to like it,’

47
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lanyons reaction to the mention of jekyll (and his illness)

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‘Lanyons face changed, “I am quite done with that person … one whom I regard as dead,”

48
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what does utterson say about the three friends?

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‘We three are very old friends, Lanyon, we will not live to make more,’

49
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what does lanyon say about what happened to him and the ‘accursed topic’?

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‘I cannot tell you, if you cannot keep clear of this accursed topic, then in gods name go for I cannot bear it,’

50
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Utterson writes to Jekyll ‘complaining of his exclusion from the house and asking the cause of this unhappy break with Lanyon,’ and is amazed by the response - what other feelings does he have about this?

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he is very curious - wants to know why and how lanyon was so terrified ,’ in view of lanyons manner and words there must lie for it some deeper ground,’

51
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what two things are written on the envelope and then the inside envelope given by Lanyon

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‘for the hands of G.J utterson ALONE (and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread)’
‘not to be opened until the death or disappearance of Dr. Henry Jekyll’

52
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where does utterson keep the packet from lanyon and why doesn’t he open it?

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he wants to -‘ a great curiosity cane on the trustee’ but he is a lawyer and an honest and good friend ,’ professional job our and faith to his dead friend were stringent obligations,’ and so he stores the packet in the ‘inmost corner of his private safe,’

53
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what happens to Jekyll by the end of chapter 6?

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he ‘confined himself (now more than ever) to the cabinet over the laboratory where he would sometimes even sleep…’ suspicious
‘he was out of spirits,’
‘it seemed as if he had something on his mind,’

54
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What does Enfield say about Hyde as they pass the door on their walk?

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‘that story’s at an end at least. We shall never see more of Mr. Hyde,’

55
Q

how is Jekyll described when utterson sees him?

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‘taking the air… like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll,’

56
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uttersons good mood in seeing Jekyll - what does he say and ask? (when seeing him with Enfield)

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‘What! Jekyll! I trust you are better.’
‘Come now; get your hat and take a quick turn with us,’

57
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Jekylls excuses for not being able to go out?

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‘I should like to very much, by no no no if is quite impossible i dare not,’
‘I would ask you up, but the place is really not fit,’

58
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what happens to jekylls smile that is so terrifying?

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‘the smile was struck out of his face, and succeeded of an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very faces of the (two) gentlemen below

59
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what are utterson and r fields facial reaction to Jekyll and what does utterson say?

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‘they were both pale; and there was an answering horror in their eyes,’
‘“god forgive us, god forgive us,”’

60
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Poole visits utterson in chapter 8 - and utterson offers hkm wine and a seat - how is this very out of character and not to do in Victorian times?

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a servant would never visit their masters friend without permission or without their master, and they would usually be received in the servants quarters and would definitely not be offered a glass of wine and a seat

61
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what is uttersons reaction to pookie declaring hoarsely he thinks there’s been foul play?

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he was ‘a good deal frightened and rather inclined to be irritated in consequence’

62
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what’s the weather like in chapter 8?

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it was a ‘wild, cold, seasonable night of march, with a pale moon lying on her back as if the wind had tilted her,’ and in the square it was ‘full of wind and dust and the thin trees ere lashing themselves along the railing’

63
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reference to god and the metaphysical - when Poole and utterson get to jekylls house

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“‘God grant there be nothing wrong,’
‘Amen, Poole,’”

64
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how does utterson show he knows there is sometnjng wrong with Jekyll (towards the servants)

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‘Very irregular, very unseemly,’

65
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what does Poole say to utterson about Jekyll (rhetorical question)

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Sir,’ Said he looking mr utterson in the eyes,’ was that my masters voice?’… ‘no sir; master’s made away with,’

66
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‘importance to Dr J. can hardly be exaggerated,’what do we know about this that is suspicious, and also why is this so important?

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it is suspicious as no one knows the experiments Jekyll has been dojng and is very suspicious why he needs this salt so desperately, so important as it shows Hyde’s desperation to transform back to Jekyll as his defence - and also his love of life

67
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what was poole’s reaction to seeing Hyde?

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‘I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills,’

68
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how does Stevenson create tension when Utterson and Poole are talking about Jekyll?

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he asks a lot of rhetorical questions - building the tension between the two men - as one is in complete disbelief of jekylls death while one is sure of it, and it also builds tension as it is also very unusual for a servant to address their masters friend in such a way

69
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what else does Poole say apart from ‘that thing was not my master, and there’s the truth,’

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‘that thing in the mask was never Dr Jekyll (god knows what it was), but it was never Dr J.’

70
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pooles views on Hyde and if he saw him or not

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“‘there was sometnjng queer about thag gentleman,’, ‘I give you my bible word it was Mr Hyde!’”

71
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Hyde’s effect on Poole (Poole feels sympathetic)

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‘Once i heard it weeping! … I came away with that upon my heart, that I could’ve wept too!’

72
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how could utterson know Hyde killed himself?

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‘the crushed phial in the hand and the strong sneak of kernels, utterson knew he was looking on the body of a self-destroyer,’

73
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2 weird things about jekylls room?

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‘A copy of pious work annotated in his own hand with startling blasphemies,’ , ‘the cheval glass , so turned to show them nothing but the rosy glow playing on the roof,’

74
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uttersons fear for jekylls reputation?

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‘I foresee that we may yet involve your master in some dire catastrophe,’

75
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jekylls depressive last speech..?

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‘The end is sure, if you care to head more turn to the confession of your unworthy and unhappy friend,’

76
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what is strange about Jekylls letter to Lanyon?

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is very detailed, very pedantic - opposite to his usual self - something he insulted Lanyon about

77
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what time is lanyon to receive a ‘ man who will present himself ‘ as Jekyll , and what will he earn in return

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‘An Hour when your servants are in bed is to be preferred… earned my gratitude completely,’

78
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how is lanyons description different form uttersons narration?

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it’s very pedantic, scientific, all about details instead of time markings and speech

79
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Lanyons opinion on Jekyll after reading the letter

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‘I made sure my colleague was insane… that had lead (like too many of jekylls investigations) to no end of practical usefulness,’

80
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Lanyons description of Hyde?

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‘Combination of great muscular activity and great apparent debility of constitution,’

81
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Lanyons distaste for hyde

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‘ , struck in me a disgustful curiousity… at his touch a certain icy pang along my blood,’

82
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Lanyons pity towards hyde

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‘I took pity on my visitors suspense… I grew alarmed both for his life and reason,’

83
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What does Jekyll say through the protection of hyde (to Lanyon)

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‘Will you be wise… or has the greed of curiosity too much command if you? … Lanyon , you remember your vows : what follows is under the seal of our profession,’

84
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Lanyons terror finally reaches its peak… how does it progress?

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‘Affecting a coolness i was far from possessing… my mind submerged in terror… Oh god oh god! - “there stood Henry Jekyll!”’

85
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what else does Lanyon say apart from ‘the creature was on jekylls own confession know but the name of hyde and hunted as the murderer of carew’

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‘I feel my days are numbered and that I must die; and yet i shall die incredulous,’

86
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henry jekylls financial situation as a young person

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‘I was born to a large fortune… with every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future,’

87
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what does Jekyll say about concealing his pleasures ’

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‘concealed my pleasures… stood commuted to a profound duplicity of life

88
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what does Jekyll say about man’s nature?

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‘provinces of good and I’ll which divide and compound man’s dual nature,’

89
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‘Though I was so profound a double dealer i was in no sense a ?

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hypocrite

90
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why does Jekyll ‘hesitate long before I put this theory to the test,’

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He ‘knew well that he risked death,’

91
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Jekylls description of Hyde (when he first transforms into him)

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‘Edward Hyde was so much smaller, slighter and younger (than Jekyll) - evil had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay,’

92
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what does Jekyll say when he sees Hyde for the first time?

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‘ i was conscious of no repugnance, rather of a leap of welcome,’

93
Q

what happens to his virtue and evil?

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‘At that time my virtue slumbered and my evil was alert and swift to seize the occasion,’

94
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what does Jekyll do to ensure Hyde has a part in his life?

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employs a housekeeper and furnished a house, tells his servants mr Hyde was to have ‘full liberty and power about his house,’, draws up the will

95
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Jekylls excitement about Hyde’s ability to conceal himself

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‘think of it - i did not even exist!’ and ‘Edward Hyde would pass away like the stain of breath upon a mirror,’

96
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Jekylls description and denial of Hyde

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‘The familiar i called out of my own (was inherently malign and villainous) … it was Hyde after all and Hyde along that was guilty

97
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Description of hydes hand when Jekyll wakes up as Hyde

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but the hand i saw now was lean and corded. It was the hand of Edward hyde

98
Q

Jekyll and hydes relationship

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‘Jekyll had more than a fathers interest; Hyde had more than a sons indifference…’

99
Q

why does Jekyll think the bargain is not uneven

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Aas ‘ while Jekyll would suffer in the fires of abstinence, Hyde would not be conscious of what he had lost,’

100
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Why does why does Jekyll decide to turn back into Hyde?

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He ‘began to feel tortured with throes and longings, and in an hour of moral weakness, i compounded and swallowed the draft,’

101
Q

‘My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring,’ - for how long had Hydes devil been long changed and when is this in the book?

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2 months, between chapter 3 and 4

102
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What happens at the murder of Carew?

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Jekyll (as Hyde) ‘mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow… I was suddenly struck through the heart with a cold thrill of terror,’

103
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What is jekylls reaction to being retransformed into himself

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‘’Henry Jekyll with streaming tears of gratitude and remorse lifted his clasped hands to god,’

104
Q

why does Jekyll turn into Hyde without his potion? what does he think?

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‘Comparing myself with other men, my active goodwill with the lazy cruelty of their neglect’

105
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How does Jekyll see himself before and after his transformation to Hyde

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‘I had been safe of all mens repsect wealthy, beloved and now I was the common quarry of mankind, thrall to the gallows,’

106
Q

How are Hyde’s spirits sharpened?

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‘Where Jekyll may have succumbed, Hyde rose to the importance of the moment,’

107
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Hyde’s two characters once he’d arrived at the hotel…

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‘Shaken with inordinate anger, lusting to inflict pain, yet the creature was astute, mastered his fury,’

108
Q

Jekylls description of Hyde - claiming Hyde is not him

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‘He - I say, I cannot say I. That child of hell had nothing human,’

109
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What is Jekyll scared of now he had come to?

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‘It was no longer the fear of the gallows, it was the horror of Hyde that wracked me,’

110
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description of Jekyll transformations into Hyde???

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indescribable sensations, raging and freezing, premonitory shudder

111
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Jekyll and Hyde’s contrasting views of each other

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‘He thought of Hyde as not only hellish but inorganic, the hatred of hyde for Jekyll was of a different order,’

112
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How is Hydes ‘love of life wonderful’ and how does it affect Jekyll

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He ‘finds it in his heart to piyy him,’

113
Q

Failure of jekylls drug

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‘Was that unknown impurity which lent efficacy to the draught,’

114
Q

Jekylls last speech in his letter

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‘This is my true hour of death, i bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end,’

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