Moment 5: The Incident of the Letter Flashcards
(9 cards)
‘which had once been a garden, to the building which was indifferently known as the laboratory or the dissecting rooms’
Descriptive language of Jekyll’s house to build setting and portraying that Jekyll is a scientist.
‘and he eyed the dingy, windowless structure with curiousity’
A sinister description of Dr Jekyll’s home.
‘a distasteful sense of strangeness’
Disturbing adjective which may build suspense / fear for the audience.
‘once crowded with eager students and now lying gaunt and silent’
A gloomy description of the dissecting rooms, they are no longer filled with life and energy.
‘sat Dr. Jekyll, looking deadly sick’
Contrasts to ‘Dr Jekyll was quite at ease’
Utterson: “You have not been mad enough to hide this fellow?”
Utterson questions Hyde - references wordplay of ‘hide’.
Jekyll: “I swear to God”
Repetition of blasphemy.
‘The lawyer listened gloomily’
Alliteration - displeasement of Utterson.
‘he did not like his friend’s feverish manner’
Fricative - (AO3) Stevenson was ill and fell into fevers regularly - this can be seen in Jekyll’s ‘feverish manner’.
