Good vs Evil

Question 1

Idea 1: between Utterson and Hyde

Answer 1

-Utterson angel/ god sent
-Hyde Claimed by the devil

FOIL

Question 2

Idea 2: Jekyll and Hyde

Answer 2

• Hyde Ammoral
• Jekyll intentiantly lets out evil
• Is jekyll evil has as he has a moral code yet subverts it?

Jekyll immoral, Hyde ammoral which is evil?

Question 3

Utterson is described as the ultimate good

Answer 3

-“About the Hearth the whole of the servents…like a flock of sheep”
- “Bless God!”

Question 4

Hyde described as ultimate Evil

Also what is purgitory

Answer 4

• “Satan’s signature upon a face”
• “Why had he a mask upon his face?”

Devil worship (mask), shame (purgitory, forced unto evil)

Purgitory- intermediate state after death for expiatory purification.

Question 5

Zoom, Technqiue (refers to a Parable)

“About the Hearth the whole of the servents…like a flock of sheep”

Utterson arrives at jekyll’s house

Chapter 8

Answer 5

• “Hearth” immediate warm connotations
• simile -> refers to Parable of the and the goats (sheep follow god, goat independant)
  —-> Waiting for utterson for leadership
  (he is godlike)

Utterson established as good and godlike

Question 6

“Bless God!”

Chapter 8

Answer 6

• Exclamative
• Short sentence
• Emphasises passion and extatictness
• Utterson seems as though a god sent (name is also Gabriel like arch angel Gabriel)

Question 7

Technique x2, Zoom, Effect

“Satan’s signature upon a face”

- Mr Utterson describes Mr Hyde + first meeting

Chapter 2

Answer 7

• Metaphor
• Sibilance sinister
• “signature” personal
• Inextripically linked to evil

Suggests Mr Hyde is signed over to ultimate evil
and Foreshadows brutality

ultimate evil

Question 8

“Why had he a mask upon his face?”

Poole says to utterson

chapter 8

Answer 8

-Rhetorical question (think)
- Ashamed of signature (covers)
- Epiphany

suggests hyde is in between/ suffering which links to purgitory (evil is punished)

Mask-thomas + Jone, masked religion, covered for sex crimes)

reflect purgatory, suffering

Question 9

Religion

Context and why stevenson did this?

Affect audience and why?

Answer 9

• 1800s: majority christians
• Definate aliance with god and devil
• Resonated with audience
• Explore the ideas of good and evil in society
  —-> (as he was a christian) critisize and warn those who sin like hyde

Question 10

Zoom x2, Pronoun shift

“My devil had long been caged, he came out roaring.”

chapter 10

Answer 10

• “Devil” “Roaring”
  —–> Violent, Evil connotes
  —–> His own words, understands dangers of his ied.
• Pronoun shift
• “My” Internal
• “He” External
  —–> Albiet he tries to mentally seperate, in reality it is all him
  —–> He manifested it through his own desires

Knowingly allows dangerous ied out despite having a moral compass

Evil as he subverts his morals

Question 11

“Trampled Calmly”

Chapter 1

Answer 11

• Juxtaposition
• Animalistic (Nature)
• Peaceful (mental)
• Inhumane, implying lack of moral code

Ammoral ( does not have a moral code)

Ignorance mean’s he is not evil.

Question 12

(effect on reader)

Why did stevenson make jekyll evil and hyde good?

Answer 12

• Blends the lines between good and evil
• Making them less distinct
• Making Victorian people re-evaluate what their morals are, and how they identify good from evil

Question 13

(homosexuality)

Context: Why did stevenson make jekyll evil and hyde good?

Answer 13

• 1885 Criminal Law Amendment Act (1yr before)
• OSCAR WILDE
• Force society to revaluate wether homosexuality is even evil?