Jekyll and Hyde - setting Flashcards
(18 cards)
Chapter 1 - “The street shone in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood..
..like a fire in a forest.”
Analysis on “like a fire in a forest”
- the simile highlights the street’s brightness amidst the gloom
- the contrast symbolizes duality, reflecting good versus evil
Chapter 1 - “A certain sinister block of building thrust forward..
..its gable … nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper”
Chapter 2 - “was still occupied..
..entire … a great air of wealth and comfort” (Jekyll’s house)
Chapter 4 - “Brilliantly lit..
..by the moon”
Analysis on “Brilliantly lit by the moon”
- creates stark contrast , highlighting tension
- moonlight symbolizes exposure and truth
Chapter 4 - “furnished with luxury and good..
..taste…recently and hurriedly ransacked”
Chapter 4 - “this mournful reinvasion of darkness…like..
..a district of some city in a nightmare”
(Utterson about Soho)
Chapter 5 - “he eyed the dingy..
..windowless structure with curiosity”
Chapter 5 - “even in the house..
..the fog began to lie thickly”
(about Jekyll’s study)
Chapter 5 - “The fog still slept..
..on the wing above the drowned city”
Analysis on “The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city”
- implies a pervasive, eerie calm
- creates a mysterious, foreboding atmosphere
- symbolizes duality and hidden truths
Chapter 7 - “The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of..
..premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset”
(think about liminal space, halfway point)
Chapter 8 - “It was a wild..
.., cold, seasonable night of March”
(as Poole and Utterson walk to Jekyll’s house)
Analysis on “It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of March”
- setting creates a foreboding atmosphere
- harsh weather mirrors tension and impending conflict
Chapter 8 - “The square when they got there, was full of wind and dust, and the..
..thin trees in the garden were lashing themselves along the railing”
Chapter 8 - “The hall, when they entered it, was brightly lit up … the..
..servants, men and woman, stood huddled together like a flock of sheep”
Analysis on “The hall, when they entered it, was brightly lit up … the servants, men and woman, stood huddled together like a flock of sheep”
- he bright hall contrasts with the servants’ fear
