Scottish Set Text Flashcards
What are the 4 main central concerns in Jekyll and Hyde
Duality , addiction , limits of science , theme of reputation
Duality
Every human has good and bad in them / there is 2 sides to everything
Addiction
Temptation of evil / evil is only one part of us
Limits of science
Questioning if we should do something just because we can
Theme of reputation
Reputation ment everything in Victorian society and leading the proper Christian life
‘’ never lighted by a smile ‘’
Character- utterson is uptight and serious
‘’ Last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men ‘’
Character - utterson is loyal and he is jekylls last friend
‘’ His affections like ivy were the growth of time ‘’
Character - simile to show how firm and lasting his friendships are
‘’ the well known gentleman about town ‘’
Context - London was much smaller in the Victorian era than it is today. Society was largely composed of professional men and their families
‘’ the chief jewel of each week ‘’
Character - metaphor shows how precious this friendship is to the both of them
‘’ like a fire in the forest ‘’
Plot - although the simile suggests the light of the streets there is also a connection to danger
‘’ a sinister block of building ‘’
Theme- duality : at the heart of this bright well known street is a dark and sinister house
‘’ equipped with neither a bell nor knocker ‘’
Plot - the door is not intended to be used to receive visitors.
‘’ it is connected in my mind with a very old story ‘’
Plot - Stevenson intrigues the reader by framing the story
Where and when is it set
Victorian London during the 1800s London was the capital of the British empire
What are some Victorian values
- gentle and ladies lived by strict rules about what was proper
- reputation was important
- live a Christian life
- Manners and behaviour had to conform importance
- sex was seen as vaulter and was unspoken of
What was science and religion in the Victorian era like
- the Victorian era was a time of great scientific discovery and technological advances
- all life had gone through evolution was discovered
- people found evolution hard to believe as they thought they were better than others ( especially the wealthy people )
Who is dr Jekyll
he is a doctor and a scientist who is a long time friend of mr utterson and dr lanyon. Jekyll as seen as tall and handsome which is the opposite to his other side mr Hyde ( mr Hyde and dr Jekyll are technically the same person) . Jekyll has been experimenting with separating his personality into the good and evil side and becomes successful in this which is how mr Hyde is created . He is looked down upon by other scientists due to his practices and he ends up loosing dr Layton as a friend due to this .
Who is mr utterson
He is a lawyer who is loyal to his friends and will stick by them through everything. He is also seen as uptight and boring. He is long time friends with Dr Jekyll and Dr Layon. He starts to worry about Jekyll when he sees the odd changes that Jekyll has made to his will and starts to investigate what is going on with Jekyll recently as he hasn’t seen him around as much as he used to.
Who is mr Hyde
Mr Hyde is the bad side of Jekyll personality that Jekyll has managed to split due to his experiments. Mr Hyde is all the bad in dr Jekyll and when we first meet mr Hyde he is seen as short and ugly ( which is the opposite to jekyll ) due to evil only being a small part of Jekyll but as mr Hyde does more bad things he continues to grow and Jekyll starts to get smaller until he can no longer go back to being Dr Jekyll and he is only mr Hyde which in the end leads to both of them dying as they are technically the same person.
“ It was like some damned juggernaut “
character - simile suggests that the man was powerful and unstoppable. This is the readers first encounter with Hyde
“ so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running “
character - Hyde induces a dreadful fear in people who meet him
“ Emotional as a bagpipe “
character - simile connected to the doctors origin - suggests lack of subtle feeling
