Utterson Main Quotations

Question 1

Analyse the quotation - ‘_______ with himself’

Answer 1

austere

• Adjective
  Demonstrates Utterson’s strict moral code and repression of his emotions due to the contemporary society.

Question 2

Analyse the quotation - ‘last good ___________ in the lives of ____-going men’

Answer 2

influence, down

-Foreshadowing
It foreshadows Jekyll’s downfall and the fact that Utterson will help Jekyll at the end of the novella due to his kindness. He will contradict himself when he says that he will not interfere with others.

Question 3

‘I _______ to ______ heresy’

Answer 3

Incline, Cain’s

-Religious imagery
His dogmatic nature at the beginning of the novella is clear due to him upholding a persona. The irony is that he interferes with everyone in spite of this, in this quotation it implies he won’t help others.

Question 4

Analyse the quotation - ‘___olicity’

Answer 4

Cath

-Religious imagery
Catholics were seen as strict and perhaps stuck in their beliefs in Protestant society. This is a representation of Utterson’s desire of privacy and confidentiality as a lawyer.

Question 5

‘____ man to satisfy’

Answer 5

hard

Utterson’s fear of losing his reputation drives him to be stern but this ceases when presented with evil.

Question 6

‘A thing that cries to heaven’

Answer 6

-

Question 7

I shall ________ it my ____ to break in that door

Answer 7

consider duty

Repeated motif

The repeated motif of duty or responsibility is key to Utterson, as he says he ‘inclines to Cain’s heresy’, so he renounces his apathetic nature.