jekyll and hyde Flashcards
quotes and context (21 cards)
how is lanyon presented? (4 key points)
- respectable, reputable man
- opposite of jekyll (rational vs experimental science)
- used to build mystery and suspense
- loyal and faithful friend
START OF NOVELL (chapter 2)
At the start of the novella, Stevenson presents Dr Lanyon as a respectable gentleman. (4 key quotes and context)
- epithet ‘the great dr layon’
- respectable doctor ‘citadel of medicine’ and ‘crowding patients’
- house in ‘cavendish square ‘
context - cavendish square = respectable, wealthy area of london
THROUGHOUT (chapter 2 and in epistolary style chapter 9)
Throughout the novella, Stevenson uses the character of Dr Lanyon to present rational science, and therefore presents him as the opposite of Dr Jekyll. (key quotes and context)
- context - zeitgeist issue in victorian london was darwansim/ new experimetal science, not very accepted
- jekyll’s ‘unscientific balderdash’ was ‘too fanciful for me’
- not accepting of experimental science so jekyll calls him a hyde-bound pedant’ x 3
- when narrating chapter 8 comments that jekyll had done some experimets which had led‘(like too many of jekyll’s investigations) to no end of practical usefullness’ (critical)
(END OF THE NOVELLA (chapter 6 and contrast to chapter 2, chapter 9)
Towards the end of the novella, Stevenson uses the character of Dr Lanyon to build suspense and mystery. (5 key quotes and context)
- chapter 6 title ‘incident of dr lanyon’ (context - detective fiction genre, case history)
- in c2 hearty, healthy, dapper contrasts semantic field of illness in c6 grown pale, his flesh had fallen away’ (sudden, unexplained change)
- witholds info from utterson ’ a danger that I cannot name’
- in epistolary chapter ‘cannot bring my mind to set on paper’ what he witnessed
THROUGHOUT NOVEL
Although Lanyon is presented as critical of his friends, he is presented as a loyal and faithful friend to Jekyll.
- although he criticizes jekyll, he ‘takes an interest in him for old sake’s sake’ c2
- when recieves jekyll’s requests ‘felt bound to do as he requested’, feels a ‘grave responsibility’ to help jekyll
key quotes lanyon (16)
- ‘the great dr layon’ (epithet)
2.’citadel of medicine’ ‘ - crowding patients’
- ‘cavendish square’
- ‘unscientific balderdash’
- ‘too fanciful for me’
- ‘hyde-bound pedant’ x 3
- ‘(like too many of jekyll’s investigations) to no end of practical usefullness’
- chapter 6 title ‘incident of dr lanyon’
- ‘hearty, healthy, dapper’
- ‘grown pale, his flesh had fallen away’
- ’ a danger that I cannot name’
- ‘cannot bring my mind to set on paper
- ‘takes an interest in him for old sake’s sake’ ‘
- felt bound to do as he requested’
- ‘grave responsibility’
key context lanyon (4)
- cavendish square = reputable area of london
- zeitgeist issue in victorian london was darwansim/ new experimetal science, not very accepted
- similar to detective fiction genre (case history)
- victorian gentlemen felt bound by strong morals eg loyalty
how is utterson presented?
- archetypal victorian gentleman
- seeker of the truth/ curious
- trustworthy, loyal friend
- main role is preserver of reputation and secrecy
At the beginning of the novel, Stevenson presents Utterson as the archetypal Victorian gentleman.
(3 key quotes and context)
- context - victorian gentleman repressed inner desires to seem respectable
- austere with himself and to mortify a taste for vintages (repressed inner self)
- last reputable acquaintance (good reputation sice he repressed his desires)
chapter 2, and throughout whole novel
Utterson is presented as the curious seeker of the truth.
- structure - omniscient 3rd person narrator follows utterson’s journey of discovery eg takes policeman to hyde’s house
- ‘a singularly strong, almost an inordinate curiosity’
- ‘if he be mr hyde […] i shall be mr seek’
- context - detective fiction genre
Stevenson presents Utterson as a rational, and therefore the converse of jekyll. (3 key quotes and context)
- ‘lover of the sane and customary
- role as lawyer to judge and evaluate using evidence (contrasts experimental science of jekyll)
- ‘to whom the fanciful was the immodest’
- mystery of hyde could disappear ‘as was the habit of mysterious things when well examined’
-context - darwinism and victorian doubt around science
Although Utterson’s journey of discovery is followed throughout the novel, his search for the truth is obscured by his need to preserve reputations and secrets. (4 key quotes and context)
- structure -> main reveal is delivered through jekyll and lanyon’s epistollary narration mystery was now to be explained in the letters
- if it came to a trial, your name might appear’
- the good name of another should be sucked down in the eddy of the scandal
- if [jekyll] has fled or is dead, we may at least save his credit’ (main concern is reputation)
- context- most important thing for victorian gentlemen was their reputation
key utterson quotes (13)
- austere with himself
- to mortify a taste for vintages
- last reputable acquaintance
- ‘a singularly strong, almost an inordinate curiosity’
- ‘if he be mr hyde […] i shall be mr seek’
- ‘mystery was now to be explained’
- ‘if it came to a trial, your name might appear’
- ‘the good name of another should be sucked down in the eddy of the scandal’
- ’ if [jekyll] has fled or is dead, we may at least save his credit’
- ‘lover of the sane and customary’
- ‘lawyer’
- ‘to whom the fanciful was the immodest’
- ‘as was the habit of mysterious things when well examined’
key utterson context
- victorian gentleman repressed inner desires to seem respectable
- detective fiction genre (following 1 character’s journey of discovery of the truth)
- darwinism and victorian doubt around science
- most important thing for victorian gentlemen was their reputation
how is respectability presented? (4 key points)
- through enfield’s secrecy to remain respectable
- lanyon as scientifically respectable
- hyde as unrespectable
- fragile through the destruction of jekyll’s respectability
START OF THE NOVEL chapter 1
At the beginning of the novel, Stevenson shows how secrecy can be utilized to mantain respectability. (2 quotes and context)
- enfield ‘coming home from some place at the end of the world’
- ‘three o’oclock of a black winter morning’
- context - victorian gentlemen concealed debauchery by doing unrespectable things at night and in disreputable areas of london
Stevenson presents Dr Lanyon as respectable in his scientific field. (4 key quotes and context)
- epithet ‘the great dr layon’
- respectable doctor ‘citadel of medicine’ and ‘crowding patients’
- house in ‘cavendish square ‘
context - cavendish square = respectable, wealthy area of london
MIDDLE OF NOVEL (chapters 2, 4)
Stevenson presents respectability through Hyde’s stark lack of it. (3 quotes and context)
- hyde’s violence and immoral widely seen as socially unacceptable and unrespectable
- trampling child made enfield ‘have a desire to kill him’
- ‘london was startled by a crime of singular ferocity’ ‘trampling his victim underfoot’
- house in soho -reflects his character
- context - strong morality in victorian london and soho being unrespectable area of london
At the end of the novel, Stevenson portrays respectability as fragile through the downfall of Jekyll.
key context respectability (5)
- victorian gentlemen concealed debauchery by doing unrespectable things at night and in disreputable areas of london
- cavendish square = respectable area of london
- strong morality in victorian london
- soho = unrespectable area of london
key quotes respectability (
1.’coming home from some place at the end of the world’
2.’three o’oclock of a black winter morning’
3.’the great dr layon’
4.’citadel of medicine’
5.’crowding patients’
6.’have a desire to kill him’
7.’london was startled by a crime of singular ferocity’
8.’trampling his victim underfoot’
