Jekyll and Hyde - setting Flashcards
Chapter 1 - “The street shone in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood..
..like a fire in a forest.”
Analysis on “like a fire in a forest”
- the simile highlights the street’s brightness amidst the gloom
- the contrast symbolizes duality, reflecting good versus evil
Chapter 1 - “A certain sinister block of building thrust forward..
..its gable … nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper”
Chapter 2 - “was still occupied..
..entire … a great air of wealth and comfort” (Jekyll’s house)
Chapter 4 - “Brilliantly lit..
..by the moon”
Analysis on “Brilliantly lit by the moon”
- creates stark contrast , highlighting tension
- moonlight symbolizes exposure and truth
Chapter 4 - “furnished with luxury and good..
..taste…recently and hurriedly ransacked”
Chapter 4 - “this mournful reinvasion of darkness…like..
..a district of some city in a nightmare”
(Utterson about Soho)
Chapter 5 - “he eyed the dingy..
..windowless structure with curiosity”
Chapter 5 - “even in the house..
..the fog began to lie thickly”
(about Jekyll’s study)
Chapter 5 - “The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city”
..on the wing above the drowned city”
Analysis on “The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city”
- implies a pervasive, eerie calm
- creates a mysterious, foreboding atmosphere
- symbolizes duality and hidden truths
Chapter 7 - “The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of..
..premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset”
(think about liminal space, halfway point)
Chapter 8 - “It was a wild..
.., cold, seasonable night of March”
(as Poole and Utterson walk to Jekyll’s house)
Analysis on “It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of March”
- setting creates a foreboding atmosphere
- harsh weather mirrors tension and impending conflict
