Jekyll and Hyde - Dr Lanyon Flashcards
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Who is Dr Lanyon
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- scientist and doctor like Jekyll, however unlike Jekyll, he’s seen as rational
- contrast to Jekyll
- established as Jekylls ‘oldest friends’ and ‘old-school companion’
2
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‘unscientific
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backlash’
3
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‘unscientific blacklash’
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- Lanyon is a respectable scientist in contrast to Jekyll, he views Jekyll’s experiment as dangerous
4
Q
How is he a mysterious character
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- refuses to inform Utterson about what happened between him and J
- Stevenson does this in order tor epics how repulsed he is about J’s experiments and as a result their relationship ceases to exist
5
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‘hearty, healthy,
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dapper, red-faced gentlemen’
6
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‘hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentlemen’
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implies he’s an energetic and amiable character
7
Q
contrast from his initial presentation with his
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dramatic physical and mental decline
8
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‘death warrant written
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legibly on his face’
9
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‘death warrant written legibly on his face’
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- physical deterioration
context: Victorian people used to get very ill after experiencing extreme shock -> may be because he finds out about Jekyll, and is the only person to do so
10
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‘grown pale;
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his flesh had fallen away’
11
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‘grown pale; his flesh had fallen away’
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12
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'’visibly balder
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and older’
13
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'’visibly balder and older’
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