J+H Flashcards
Who is the author of J+H and what era was it written in?
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the book in the Victorian Era
Who is Mr Utterson, Mr Enfield, Dr Lanyon, Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde, Mr Poole, Mr Guest and Sir Danvers Carew?
Mr Utterson: a well known and upstanding lawyer. J’s friend.
Mr Enfield: a cousin and a friend of Utterson.
Dr Lanyon: a reputable doctor from London. J’s friend.
Dr Jekyll: a doctor who engages in irrational forms of science.
Mr Hyde: Jekyll’s dark and evil side of being. Hyde is a being that is all evil taken out of Jekyll.
Poole: Jekyll’s butler for 20 years.
Mr Guest: Utterson’s clerk and an expert in handwriting.
SDC: a client of Utterson who was killed by Hyde.
STORY OF THE DOOR
Utterson was “never lighted by a smile; cold scanty and embarrassed” but somehow “loveable”.
-Narrator
Juxtaposition- shows the readers how a Victorian man is emotionless and should act.
STORY OF THE DOOR
Utterson “ enjoyed the theatre, [but] had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years”.
-Narrator
This shows us that in the Victorian Era doing something that you love or something that you’re passionate about is bad and unacceptable in society’s expectations of someone.
STORY OF THE DOOR
Utterson inclines “to Cain’s heresy” and “let his brother go to the devil in his own way.”
-Narrator
Utterson will betray his blood.
He is not abiding by society’s expectations and is not acting like a gentleman.
He is not acting religious so he is not pure.
STORY OF THE DOOR
“It was a nut to crack for many, what these two could see in each other or what subject they could find in common.”
-Narrator
Utterson and Enfield were nothing alike and were so different but they still found stuff in common.
Hinting at homosexuality as they were the same sex and were together all the time.
STORY OF THE DOOR
A house is described as having a “blind forehead.” What literary technique is this?
-Narrator
Personification- describing a house with human features.
STORY OF THE DOOR
“The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.”
-Narrator
The first chapter created a mystery about a door which is eventually revealed to be the back door of Jekyll’s house.
This is somewhere that doesn’t welcome visitors and is neglected.
STORY OF THE DOOR
Enfield was “coming home from some place at the end of the world about three o’clock of a black winter morning.” and was walking until he got into the state of mind “when a a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman,”
-Enfield
3 AM- looking at a door as if it relates to a past event or case to Enfield.
3 AM- seems suspicious as a well known and intelligent man is walking around the streets of London alone- seems unsafe or he is doing something he isn’t supposed to do.
STORY OF THE DOOR
“The man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground.”
-Enfield
The man = HYDE
Trampled calmly- oxymoron
The man doesn’t care what he is doing
STORY OF THE DOOR
“It was hellish to see.”
-Enfield
Enfield uses religious images to describe how horrific Hyde’s actions were
STORY OF THE DOOR
“I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight.”
-Enfield
Enfield hated Hyde after looking at him one time- shows how immoral and disgusting Hyde is.
Enfield is the first to have a natural reaction of repulsion towards Hyde.
STORY OF THE DOOR
I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best.”
-Enfield
“If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them.”
-Enfield
Enfield and the doctor wanted to kill Hyde but can’t so they try to repress their feelings and instead attempt to ruin his reputation.
STORY OF THE DOOR
“There was the man in the middle, with a kind of black, sneering coolness.”
-Enfield
POC were seen as dark and barbaric.
STROY OF THE DOOR
“Like Satan.”
-Enfield
Enfield uses a simile to highlight the religious aversions to Hyde.
STORY OF THE DOOR
“Blackmail I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose of some of the capers of his youth,”
-Enfield
Enfield is the first to suggest the connection between Jekyll and Hyde may be due to blackmail.
Blackmail highlights the fear of scandal the Victorian gentlemen would have felt.
STORY OF THE DOOR
“I think you might have warned me.”
-Utterson
Utterson knows who lives in the house so he knows who signed the cheque.
Hyde is blackmailing the person for the money and the cheque.
STORY OF THE DOOR
“I am ashamed of my long tongue. Let us make a bargain never to refer to this again.”
-Enfield
They pledged to never talk about it again because they are gentlemen.
Enfield likes to gossip but not if it will ruin someone’s reputation,
SEARCH FOR MR HYDE
M.D, D.C.L, L.L.D, F.R.S
-Qualifications of Jekyll
M.D: Medical Doctor
D.C.L: Dr of Civil Law
L.L.D: Dr of Law
F.R.S: Fellowship of Royal Society
SEARCH FOR MR HYDE
“It offended him both as a lawyer and as a lover of the same and customary sides of life.”
-Describing Utterson
Utterson is offended by the terms in Jekyll’s will; this highlights Utterson’s character as conventional.
SEARCH OF MR HYDE
“Dr Lanyon sat alone over his wine.”
-Narrator
Dr Lanyon drinks- in contrast to Utterson because Utterson forces himself to drink gin instead of wine.
SEARCH FOR MR HYDE
“This was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with a shock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner.”
-Describing Lanyon
Description of how all gentlemen in the Victorian Era should look like.
Contrasts to the description of Utterson because Utterson was “cold” and “scanty”.
“Decided manner” implies Lanyon doesn’t have any trouble making a choice so he isn’t dual.
SEARCH FOR MR HYDE
“Such unscientific balderdash.”
-Lanyon about Jekyll
Lanyon expresses disgust at Jekyll’s theories. Lanyon presents a conventional approach to science.
SEARCH FOR MR HYDE
“Damon and Pythias”
-Lanyon
STORY OF A TEST OF LOYALTY
Pythias was accused of attempting to kill the king and he was held in prison. Pythias wanted to go back home to say goodbye to everyone but the king thought that he would just escape. Damon offered to be held as a hostage while Pythias went. The king said, if Pythias didn’t return after a certain amount of time, Damon would be executed. Just as Damon was about to be executed, Pythias returned. He said he was late because pirates stole his ship and threw him overboard so he had to swim back to the island. The king was so impressed by their loyalty that he decided to let Pythias go.
SEARCH FOR MR HYDE
“Six o’clock struck the bells of the church that was so conveniently near to Mr Utterson’s dwelling.”
-Narrator about Utterson
Utterson is religious.
In the Victorian Era, gentlemen were supposed to be religious to be seen as a “proper man”.
SEACH FOR MR HYDE
“He was small and very plainly dressed.”
-Narrator about Hyde
Hyde was smaller than the average Victorian man which means Hyde is not presented as a Victorian man.
SEACH FOR MR HYDE
“A hissing intake of the breath.”
-Hyde
This is the first time Utterson meets Hyde. Stevenson uses animal imagery to make Hyde appear Dangerous and savage.
SEACH FOR MR HYDE
“That is not fitting language.”
“Extraordinary quickness.”
-Utterson/ narrator
The narrator describes Hyde as an animal. This leads to people thinking about Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
SEACH FOR MR HYDE
“Snarled aloud into a savage laugh.”
-Narrator about Hyde
The snarl is animalistic but the “SAVAGE LAUGH” is the most shocking; a Victorian man would not be expected to be laughed at.
Hyde is laughing at Utterson when he tries to tell him off for lying about how he has heard of him.
SEACH FOR MR HYDE
“Mr Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation.”
-Narrator
There are many references to how Hyde is somehow deformed.
SEACH FOR MR HYDE
“if I ever read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is that of your new friend.”
-Utterson to Jekyll about Hyde
Utterson uses religious imagery to describe Hyde.
SEACH FOR MR HYDE
“In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.”
-Utterson to Poole about Jekyll
You can many times in the eyes of God.