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in what ways is reputation presented in the novel?

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  • through the fear of being exposed
  • as important/major
  • through excitement
  • through conflict
  • through frustration
  • through the portrayal of an ideal victorian gentleman
  • through the house of hyde and the house of jekyll
  • through the different parts of London
  • through Stevenson exposing the hypocrisy of Victorian society
  • misleading
  • repressive
  • corrupting
  • lost
  • high and proper
  • through the use of secrets and unreliable narration
  • through the implied homosexuality between jekyll and hyde
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which extracts are used to present reputation at the BEGINNING of the novel?

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  • chapter 1: story of the door, hyde paying off an assault to protect his reputation
  • chapter 1: story of the door, utterson and enfield talking about hyde’s reputation
  • chapter 2: search for mr hyde, utterson talking about his and jekyll’s past
  • chapter 3: dr jekyll was quite at ease, jekyll’s dinners
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which extracts are used to present reputation at the MIDDLE of the novel?

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  • chapter 4: the carew murder case, the description of soho and hyde’s house in the night
  • chapter 5: incident of the letter, utterson warning jekyll about hyde tarnishing j’s reputation AND guest being silenced
  • chapter 6: incident of dr lanyon, jekyll’s improvement as a gentleman
  • chapter 7: incident at the window: enfield revealing his discovery about the connection between hyde’s and jekyll’s house and utterson already knowing
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which extracts are used to present reputation at the END of the novel?

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  • chapter 8 : the last night, poole visiting utterson
  • chapter 10: jekyll’s confession of enjoying turning into hyde
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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘make his…

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…name stink’

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(ch.1) start the quote: …pounds’

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‘a hundred…

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘can’t…

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…mention’

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(ch.1) finish the quote: ‘change…

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..their name’

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‘make his name stink’

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  • will ruin him
  • for victorians reputation was everything
  • shows how major and significant for a victorian gentleman
    -** presents reputation as major**
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‘a hundred pounds’

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  • reputation presented through fear of being exposed and presented as corrupting
  • hypocrisy of victorian society
  • would spend money -> would care for his reputation
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‘can’t mention’

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- reputation presented through the use of secrets
- gothic theme

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‘blackmail’

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  • reputed gentlemen paying people off to hide their immoral acts
  • victorian society was so repressive that people were so desperate they did immoral and sinful things behind closed doors
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‘change their name’

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  • shows how crucial reputation was to victorians
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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘concealed…

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…disgrace’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘black…

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…secrets’

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(ch.2) finish the quote: ‘look..

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…of him’

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finish the quote: ‘creature..

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..stealing like a thief to Harry’s bedside’

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‘wild’

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  • speaking of Jekyll’s past
  • reputation of Hyde presented through Jekyll’s past
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‘concealed disgrace’

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  • reputation presented as misleading and fake -> had their sins hidden
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‘black secrets’
‘look of him’

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  • lombroso’s theory of atavism -> looks present criminal tendencies and primitive urges - physiognomy and darwins origin of species - 1859
  • reputation presented through physical appearance
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‘creature stealing like a thief to Harry’s bedside’

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  • reputation is presented through the implied homosexuality between Jekyll and Hyde -> seen as unacceptable through Victorian eyes - would ruin your reputation - kept it quiet
  • ‘creature’ ‘like a thief’ -> ideas of atavism - typical of victorian time
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(ch.3)finish the quote: ‘intelligent..

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…reputable men’

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(ch.3) finish the quote: ‘judges..

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..of good wine’

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(ch.3)finish the quote: ‘smooth..

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..faced’

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(ch.3) finish the quote: 'warm..
...affection'
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'pleasant'
- expectations of victorian gentlemen - host 'pleasant' and expensive dinners - reflective of victorian standards -> of propriety and well-mannered gentlemen
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'intelligent, reputable men'
- men with good reputations and high social status expected to have friends of the same status - hyde broke those standards as jekyll had connections with hyde which were visible to the victorian eyes - utterson, enfield and lanyon all examples of this - reputation presented through social status
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'judges of good wine'
- rich - reputation presented through social class - presents the hierarchy of victorian society
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'smooth-faced' 'sincere' 'warm affection'
- reputation presented through physical appearance - victorian ideas of physiognomy
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(ch.4) finish the quote: 'dismal...
..quarter of soho'
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(ch.4) finish the quote: 'slatternly..
..passengers'
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(ch.4) finish the quote: 'like a district..
..of some city in a nightmare'
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(ch.4) finish the quote: 'many women of..
..different nationalities passing out'
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(ch.4) finish the quote: 'dingy..
..street'
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'dismal quarter of Soho'
- presented reputation through the different parts of london' -> showing the dichotomy of london reflecting that of jekyll and hyde
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'muddy'
- dirty - reflective of the people that lived there - reputation was presented through where you lived - context - brothels, etc
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'slatternly passengers'
- adj - untidy - reputation presented through parts of london - hyde in soho, jekyll's house -> 'air of wealth'
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'like a district of some city in a nightmare'
- simile - nightmare -> gothic trope - london but stevenson lived in edinburgh -> imagining london - through use of gothic tropes
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'dingy street'
- remote and scary - dark - reflecting hyde - presents reputation through parts of london
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'many women of many different nationalities passing out'
- allusion of prostitution -> brothels - hypocritical society -> reflective of immoral activities happening behind closed doors - reputation presented as dishonourable
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'blackguardly'
- adj - dishonourable - poor reputation -> reflecting that of hyde's reputation -> foreshadows the finding out as the murderer of carew
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(ch.5) finish the quote : 'if it came...
..to a trial, your name might appear'
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(ch.5) finish the quote : 'wouldn't...
..speak'
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(ch.5) finish the quote : 'locked the note...
..into his safe'
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'if it came to a trial, your name might appear'
- suggests that utterson is more concerned about preserving reputation than bringing hyde to trial and exposing his ugly truth - presents reputation as being the most important and a priority - sinful -> hide to protect their own reputations and don't stand up for what is right - reminds reader of oscar wilde trial - brutal and he was sent to a workhouse and died of malnutrition
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'wouldn't speak'
- reputation is presented through the use of secrets and staying quiet - victorian society - gentlemen wouldn't gossip - v.reserved
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'locked the note into his safe'
- reputation presented through the use of secrets and secretive info - context - mystery case - gothic trope - victorian reader would be hooked and thrilled -> crime and mystery was very topical -> invention of the printing press meant that the public were more aware of things like that
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(ch.6) finish the quote: 'known...
...for charities'
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(ch.6) finish the quote: 'no less...
..distinguished for religion'
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(ch.6) finish the quote: 'open...
..air'
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(ch.6) finish the quote: 'did...
..good'
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(ch.6) finish the quote: 'open and...
..brighten'
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how is reputation presented as a whole in chapter 6?
- through the portrayal of an ideal victorian gentleman
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'known for charities' 'no less distinguished for religion' 'busy' 'did good'
- seen as generous and charitable - pious and religious - doctor - reputable profession - was good to be busy - seen as a good and kind person - reputation presented through the portrayal of an ideal victorian gentleman - hypocrisy of society
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'open air' 'open and brighten'
- it was seen as healthy and used as a remedy to "take the air" in victorian times - believed it to heal you - a victorian gentleman would be expected to be frequently seen outside
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(ch.8) finish the quote: 'a visit..
..from Poole'
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(ch.8) finish the quote: 'glass of...
..wine'
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(ch.8) finish the quote: 'self...
..destruction'
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(ch.8) finish the quote: 'doggedly...
...disregarding the question'
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'evening' ' a visit from Poole' 'glass of wine'
- shocking for a victorian reader that a servant would come to visit a gentleman in the evening and not be serving his master - 'glass of wine' -> boundaries crossed between servant and gentleman - reputation is presented through social class
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'cried'
- utterson's reaction to the servants being at the lobby and waiting - presents his shock - utterson used to portray a victorian perspective - against social decorum/propriety - reputation presented through social classes
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'self destruction'
- scandalous in victorian perspective - disobeying the bible -> suicide seen as a great sin - presents reputation as very important as he did this to escape the 'gallows' -> didn't want to have a bad reputation - life ruined - would rather be dead than to be seen humiliated and disrespected
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'doggedly disregarding the question'
- secrets kept - mystery of the novel - reputation presented through secrets kept
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(ch.10) finish the quote: 'sat under...
..shelter'
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(ch.10) finish the quote: 'like a...
..schoolboy'
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(ch.10) finish the quote: 'strip...
...off'
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(ch.10) finish the quote: 'I did not...
..even exist!'
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(ch.10) finish the quote: 'like the stain of...
...breath upon a mirror'
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(ch.10) finish the quote: 'sea of...
..liberty'
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(ch.10) finish the quote: 'a man who...
...could afford to laugh at suspicion'
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'crimes'
- hid their crimes - implying that even the most reputed people have inner horrible secrets except some can afford to keep them and quiten others and others cannot - reputation presented through the hypocrisy of victorian society
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'sat under shelter' 'public'
- reputation presented through fear of being exposed - hypocrisy of society - fear of not being respected
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'like a schoolboy' 'strip off'
- felt repressed - 'school boy' -> irresponsible - reputation presented through frustration- repressive - liberty in being hyde
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'I did not even exist!'
- exclamation -> reputation presented through excitement - can cast off fear as he no longer bore the responsibilities of releasing his alter ego/inner hyde
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'sea of liberty' 'a man who could afford to laugh at suspicion'
- through conflict - 'temptation' - jekyll's reputation presented as high - rich -> reputation presented as through social cues - implying that even the most reputed people have inner horrible secrets except some can afford to keep them and quiten others and others cannot
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what were the traits of a victorian gentleman?
- amazing self-control - propriety - social etiquette - morals - trustworthy - christian - social status

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