J + H Important Chapters Flashcards
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Chapter 1
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- Establishes intrigue
2. Introduces Gabriel Utterson- making him a believable and credible narrator
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Chapter 2
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- Opening up speculation about Jekyll’s experiments
2. Sense of a possible dark secret in Jekyll’s past
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Chapter 3
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Establishes Jekyll’s respectability but reinforces rift with Lanyon
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Chapter 4
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- Climax of Hyde’s brutality
- Features are not described in detail but his deformed, evil presence and ape like fury are reaffirmed
- Gives a fresh gothic angle on this horror
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Chapter 5
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- Contrasting portrait of a now sickly Jekyll
2. Utterson is now concerned with protecting Jekyll from scandal due to his connection with Hyde
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Chapter 6
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- Jekyll’s good spirits coincide with the disappearance of Hyde
- Truth is hidden inside the letters, paperwork and packages
- Delay in opening them adds to the tension
7
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Chapter 7
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- Reader is left to draw on their own conclusions about Jekyll and Hyde
- Second reading we know that Jekyll has turned into Hyde which is why he has to hide
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Chapter 8
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- Personification emphasises the power of the wind and hints at supernatural forces
- Utterson’s rational, legal perspective can no longer provide answers
- Lanyon and Jekyll’s documents are now in Utterson’s possession
- Second reading we know there is something left of Jekyll- “weeping like a woman or a lost soul”
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Chapter 9
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WE FIND OUT THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON
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Chapter 10
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- Jekyll reveals his life story
- Linear account contrasts to the non-linear narrative of the rest of the text- structural level suggests duality
- At first, the experience of turning into Hyde is intoxicating- releases repressed aspects of his personality
- He blames Hyde for murder of Carew and trampling of the girl without acknowledging that he is apart of himself
- Hyde’s body is found at the end suggesting the evil side of our personality is more powerful
