Jekyll and Hyde ( Chapters

Context
1. Published in 1886
  1. Victorian England
  2. First horror novel
    1. Science
      1. Research into germs,chemicals,electricity. Invention of cars,radio, theory of evolution changed how humans behave and view themselves
  3. Robert Louis Stevenson
2. Victorian values
  1. Social expectations
    1. higher up in society= more "rules" to follow about how they should live
      1. They should live respectably and discretly
      2. Seemed to increase prejudice about people "below" them
  2. Victorian Values
    1. Ridgid code of conduct
    2. Sexual restraint
    3. Low tolerance on crime
    4. Importance of appearance
  3. Social Problems
    1. industralisation
      1. made some people rich but some very poor
    2. Lack of education
    3. Workhouses
      1. Child labour
    4. Drug abuse and disease
    5. Crime and prostitution
    6. Homelessness
3. Class
  1. Clear class system
    1. didn't come in contact with anybody in other classes
      1. Marriage between classes was frowned upon
4. Physiognomy
  1. Pseudoscience
    1. Judge a persons character based on physical features
Chapter 1: Story of the door
1. Character: Utterson pages 1-2
  1. 2 Sides of personality but seem balanced.
    1. Good points
      1. Austere (serious) with himself
      2. Lovable
      3. Reputable
      4. Good influence
      5. Modest
      6. Tolerates others
      7. Non judgemental
      8. Loyal
    2. Bad points
      1. "Cold,scanty,dreary,dusty blunt emotionless
      2. Miserable "Never lightened by a smile"
      3. Keeps things to himself
      4. boring "singuarly dull"
      5. not sentimental
2. Setting: The door pages 2-3
  1. Back entrance to Jekylls house
  2. Quotes to how how it is made negative
    1. "Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east
    2. "Every feature marks of prolonged and sordid negligence
    3. "Tramps slouched in the recess and struck matches on the panels"
    4. "Certain sinister block of buildings"
    5. "No-one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages
3. Character: Mr Hyde pages 3-6
  1. Apperance and how he makes people feel
    1. "Something wrong with his appearance,something displeasing,something downright detestable
      1. Rule of 3
      2. Apperance
    2. "It wasn't like a man"
      1. Apperance
    3. "It was like some damned juggernaught"
      1. apperance
    4. "He gives a strong feeling of derformity"
      1. Feeling
    5. "I never saw a man, i so disliked"
      1. Feeling
Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde
1. Character: Hyde
  1. How is he presented
    1. "Went strongly against the watchers inclination
    2. "Hissing intake of breath"
      1. Animalistic
    3. "Snarled aloud into a savage laugh"
    4. "Radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures its clay continent
      1. Hyde is evil and this shapes his body
    5. "ever I read Satan's signature upon a face on your new friend
2. Setting: Jekylls house page 12-13
  1. "Square of ancient ,handsome houses"
    1. ""ancient" may suggest family history
      1. Aliteration make it stand out
  2. "costly cabinets of oak"
  3. "Wore a great air of wealth and comfort"
    1. "wealth" and "comfort" suggest money and luxury.
      1. If you had money you were a good person
  4. "bright open fire"
    1. Hyde is linked to cold things and secretively and jekyll is linked to warmth and honesty
3. Character: Jekyll page 15-17
  1. Good gentle man
    1. "every mark of capacity and kindness"
  2. Hiding something
    1. "You do not understand my position
  3. Uncomfortable
    1. "grew pale to the lips"
      1. become incoherent when talking
    2. "position is very strange- a very strange one"
  4. Cares for Hyde
    1. "but i do sincerely take a great,very great interest in that young man
    2. "i only ask for justice"

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