Utterson Flashcards
Characteristics
loyal lawyer archetypal Victorian gentlemen friends are long standing curious doesn't judge easily polite
Was he liked?
‘When Utterson was liked, he was liked well’
Appearance?
‘Large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast’
What was he like?
‘His affection, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object’
Was he religious?
‘I incline to Cain’s Hersey’
Was he good at his job?
‘Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer’
Good qualities?
caring, not nosy, not judgmental, trustworthy, loyal.
Bad qualities?
distant, ‘scanty and embarrassed in discourse’
lied - ‘he never told you.. i did not think you would have lied’
jumps to conclusion ‘he was wild when he was young it must be that; the ghost of old sin’
Relations with others?
respects others privacy
not influenced by others
doesn’t break friendship when l and j have fall out
close relations ‘his friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest’
l passes j’s letter that was sent to him.
Context?
discreet sober good manners/morals archetypal Victorian Gentlemen 'he was austere with himself' - strict doesn't have any other family except Enfield respected in his profession
how does he change?
becomes increasingly curious
spends much time looking for Hyde
what are his values?
friendship and loyalty - walks with Enfield ‘the chief jewel of each week’
long standing
his job and financial stability
Final description?
absent towards the end of the novela
we don’t hear his views on the letter
leave him reading the letter.
Symbolise?
‘Everyman’ - closest to the reader
continuity to the reader as his opinions are shared.
focaliser - reader learns things at hte same time he does
How does he advance the plot?
focaliser - reader learns things at the same time as him
begins inquiry - ‘If he be Mr Hyde… I shall be Mr Seek’ (metaphor)
all docs some to him at the end, we don’t get to hear his opinion on them.
