Lanyon - Jekyll and Hyde

Question 1

4 main points about Lanyon

Answer 1

Not accepting/scared of change
Typical respectable Victorian gentleman
compared as a parallel to Jekyll
Is horrified of evil and despises curiosity to discover evil

Question 2

Not accepting/scared of change

Answer 2

‘Dr Jekyll was too fanciful for me’
‘He has gone too far’
‘unscientific boulderdash’

Question 3

terrified of evil and curiosity between discovering it

Answer 3

‘greed of curiosity’ - ‘greed’ seven deadly sins, so curiosity is alike to a sin
‘I saw what I saw and heard what I heard

Question 4

Respectable Victorian gentleman

Answer 4

‘hearty, healthy, dapper, red faced gentleman’
‘physical decay’
‘death warrant written legibly on his face’
‘Lanyon sat over the wine’

Question 5

compared as a parallel to Jekyll

Answer 5

‘if anyone knows, it will be Lanyon’ - makes Lanyon seem omniscient and alike to God in a way which is a parallel the Jekyll’s practices and alter ego of Hyde