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For the buildings are so packed together aboutFor the buildings are so the court, that it’s hard to say where on ends
and another begins.
___ ___ about the court, A01 – uncertainty shows privacy of Jekyll (his
friends don’t even know what is his house) and
that it’s hard to say how he has hidden his duality.
A02 – metaphor – Jekyll and Hyde are the same
where one ___ and person
A03- Stevenson too almost has a double life(
another ___. student at day, parties at night)
Chapter 1 Jekyll / Hyde presentation – the secrecy
between them
Secrecy – nobody knows the truth even with all
the questions
You start a question it’s like starting a stone…
You start a ____ it’s like away the stone goes, starting others
A01- one stone encourages so many others, like
starting a ____… away one question can reveal so much more
A02 – metaphor for knowledge being dangerous
the ____ goes, starting A03- gothic genre has a theme of secrecy
Secrecy – revealing can be dangerous
others. Knowledge – fear of knowledge
Privacy – closest friends don’t know much
Chapter 1
Really like Satan
Really like ____ A01 – negative religious references to describe
Hyde
A02 – simile for devil like, the worst
Chapter 1 A03 – emphasis on religion in Victorian times –
decision between science and religion (Jekyll
chose science , Hyde is the result of this
Hyde
Religion – using religion negatively
There is something wrong with his appearance;
There is something something displeasing, something downright
detestable.
wrong with his A01- Hyde is strange looking , but nobody can
identify quite why
appearance; something A02 repetition of something – emphasises that
the deformity can’t be identified
_____, something____ Alliteration “downright detestable” emphasises
strong opinion his appearance conveys
_____. A03 – hierarchy was important in Victorian
Chapter 1 times. People of a lower class looked down upon
– relating to Hyde despite his looks
secrecy – reader isn’t told what Hyde looks like
is forced to imagine
presentation of Hyde
, And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can
And it’s not want of see him this moment.
A01 Hyde’s appearance is so shocking that the
memory; for I ___ I can image of him is stuck in Utterson’s head – fear of
him
see him this _____. A02 metaphor for Utterson not being able to get
away from Hyde mentally and physically through
Chapter 1 Jekyll
A03 – in Victorian times people with
deformities/ disabilities were isolated but often
appeared in freak shows (so were contained).
However Hyde isn’t contained, he has freedom-
scary
Hyde – his appearance
Fear – of Hyde
Last good influence in the lives of down-going
Last good ____ in the men
A01 – Utterson last reputable person. Bad men
lives of ___-____ men see lawyer – defends criminals
A02 – foreshadows the demise of Jekyll
A03 – Utterson is an example of a man following
social etiquette but protects men who aren’t
following social rules
Presentation of Utterson – involvement with
Jekyll
Chapter 1 Presentation of Jekyll – first sign Jekyll is going
evil
His affections, like ivy
His ___, like ____ A01 – his personality grows on people, he is loyal
to his friends and only has a few close ones
A02 – simile compares his feelings towards
people like ivy
A03 – shows how Victorians repress desires e.g.
To be out-going
Presentation of Utterson
Chapter 1 Friendship
, Sinister block of building thrust forward its gable
Sinister block of building A01 – isolated, gothic nature of Hyde’s house,
first impression we have of Hyde
____ forward its _____ A02 – metaphor for Hyde’s personality,
juxtaposition of street and house –house
infected street
A03 – in Victorian times, large class divide – low
class people often lived in the same
neighbourhood in much worse conditions
Duality – Hyde’s and Jekyll’s house connected
Chapter 1 Presentation of Hyde – his violent personality
and effect on others
Man trampled calmly over the child’s body
Man trampled ____ A01 – lack of empathy from Hyde, presents him
as threatening and unnatural
over the ____ body A02 – juxtaposition of power between man and
child – and his physical actions and emotions
A03 – Freud’s theory of the psyche, Hyde
represents id – impulsive and uncontrollable
Presentation of Hyde – inhumane nature
Chapter 1
Duality – between actions and emotions
It was like some damned juggernaut
It was like some _____ A01 – dehumanising Hyde, Enfield can’t describe
Hyde – too horrific
______ A02 – simile – show inadequacy of language –
has to use simile to describe him
A03 – juggernaut is a Hindu carriage carrying a
girl – physically superior to girl
Presentation of Hyde – violent and unnatural
Chapter 1
Inadequacy of language – describing Hyde
Would have estranged Damon and Pythias
Would have estranged A01 Shows the severity of Jekyll and Lanyon’s
fall out
___ and ___ A02 Contrast the strength of Utterson and
Lanyon’s friendship
A03 Religious context
Chapter 2 Friendship
Presentation of Jekyll
Science vs religion
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