Jekyll And Hyde Flashcards
Quotes to describe Utterson’s character
“Last reputable acquaintance”
“Last Good influence”
“Austere with himself”
Idea of a “perfect” gentleman in Victorian society.
Quotes to describe Dr Lanyon (early)
“Hearty,healthy,dapper, red faced gentleman
How does lanyon describe Jekyll?
“Wrong in mind”
“Too fanciful”
“Unscientific balderdash”
“Would have estranged Damon and Pythias”
How does the setting change when Hyde is depicted?
“Frost in the air” “Patterns of light and shadow” “Fog rolled over the city in the small hours” “Full moon” lunar- lunatic= supernatural Pathetic fallacy
How is Jekyll described?
“Smooth faced man of fifty”
“Every mark of capacity and kindness”
“He cherished for Utterson a sincere and warm affection”
How does Jekyll describe Lanyon?
A “pedant”- someone overly obsessed with detail= overscrupulous.
How is Hyde’s movements described?
“Trampled calmly”
-oxymoron- Hyde shows a little restraint over his emotions but is cold and uncaring in his attacks.
“Brandished the cane…like a madman”
-simile- losing control over his emotions, can’t restrain himself.
How is soho described?
“For here it would be dark like the back end of evening”
-Pathetic fallacy
“Fog…broken by a haggard shaft of daylight”
-pathetic fallacy- ‘haggard’ even daylight is unkempt
“Glance in between the swirling wreaths”
“A great chocolate covered pall lowered over heaven”
-funereal imagery, symbolic of death+ comparing soho to hell
How is Jekyll’s laboratory described?
“Dingy windowless structure”
“Gaunt and silent”
“Light falling dimly through the foggy cupola”
-contrasts greatly to jekylls home-
Symbolic of the contrast between Jekyll and Hyde’s characters
Fog is seen in many of Hyde’s scenes- Jekyll is becoming more Hyde than Jekyll
How is jekylls appearance described (later)
“Jekyll looking deathly sick” “Held out a cold hand” “Infinite sadness” “Like some disconsolate prisoner” “Abject terror”
Lanyon’s appearance (later)
“The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older”
Foreshadowing Lanyon’s death- he has become almost skeletal.
What effect does Lanyon accepting his death have?
“I sometimes think if we knew all, we should be more glad to get away”
Shows what Lanyon saw was so horrifying that he no longer wants to live.
How does Jekyll describe Hyde?
“My devil had been caged; he came out roaring”
“That Child of Hell had nothing human”
