'J + H' Vocabulary

Question 1

When someone uses logic and evidence to solve problems

Answer 1

Rational -

Mr Utterson and Dr Lanyon are both rational characters

Question 2

When someone has a powerful and unrealistic imagination

Answer 2

Fanciful -

Jekyll’s ideas about separating good from evil are seen as fanciful by other scientists like Lanyon

Question 3

Somebody who is thought of as a good and successful person

Answer 3

Reputable - 
It was very important in middle-class Victorian society to be reputable

Question 4

Someone who tries to avoid temptation and to ignore their desires

Answer 4

Repressed -
Gabriel Utterson is repressed: he likes the theatre and ‘vintages’ (expensive wine) but avoids both because he wants to do the right thing

Question 5

Looking or behaving savagely, like an animal

Answer 5

Animalistic -

Hyde is regularly described using animalistic imagery

Question 6

When a person says one thing and does the opposite; when they lead a double-life

Answer 6

Duplicitous -

Jekyll is duplicitous because he does not tell anyone about his experiments with Hyde

Question 7

Someone who has no idea of the difference between right and wrong, or who doesn’t care about morality

Answer 7

Depraved -

Hyde is clearly depraved; he seems to enjoy the violence and murder he commits