Jekyll and Hyde chapter 1

Question 1

‘the man trampled

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calmly over the girl’s body and left her screaming on the ground’

Question 2

‘There is something wrong with his appearance;

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something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. he must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity.’

Question 3

‘No, sir; I can make no hand of it;

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I can’t describe him. And its not want of memory; for I declare I can see him in this moment.’

Question 4

‘The door, which was

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equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.’

Question 5

‘Mr Utterson the lawyer

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was a man of rugged a countenance that was never lighted by a smile.’

Question 6

symbol of doors

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no knocker or bell shows secrecy

Question 7

reputation and victorian gentlemen

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-victorian gentlemen were secretive in order to uphold their status in the homosocial society

Question 8

lombroso

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enfield’s repetition in his description of Hyde as deformed immediately shows the audience Hyde’s criminal nature

Question 9

who’s narrative is chapter 1

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Utterson, the audience learns things at the same pace as utterson