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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Kate S. ★ 5.0 (1)
University of leeds - ba english literature.
MA English Literature graduate from the University of Leeds
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- Question Bank - Characters
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- Question Bank - Emotion and Tone
- Question Bank - Setting
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- The strange double life of Robert Louis Stevenson
- Law, Science, Facts and Morals in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- The Beast Within
- A Study in Dualism: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Duality in Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- The effect of Charles Darwin on Victorian literature
- Sigmund Freud and the Psyche
Character Profiles
- Mr Utterson
- Appearance vs Reality
- Secrecy & Reputation
- The Gothic & Supernatural
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1 Plot Summary
1.1 Chapters 1-10
1.1.1 Chapters 1 & 2
1.1.2 Chapters 3 & 4
1.1.3 Chapters 5 & 6
1.1.4 Chapters 7 & 8
1.1.5 Chapters 9 & 10
1.1.6 End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6
1.1.7 End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-10
2 Characters
2.1 Jekyll & Hyde
2.1.1 Dr Henry Jekyll
2.1.2 Jekyll - Name & Quotes
2.1.3 Mr Edward Hyde
2.1.4 Jekyll/Hyde Quotes - Chapters 1-9
2.1.5 Jekyll/Hyde Quotes - Chapter 10
2.1.6 End of Topic Test - Jekyll & Hyde
2.1.7 Exam-Style Questions - Mr Hyde
2.2 Other Characters
2.2.1 Mr Gabriel John Utterson
2.2.2 Dr Hastie Lanyon
2.2.3 Minor Characters
2.2.4 End of Topic Test - Other Characters
3 Gothic Genre
3.1 Gothic Elements
3.1.1 Gothic Conventions
3.1.2 Gothic Settings & Symbolism
3.1.3 End of Topic Test - Gothic Conventions
4 Key Themes
4.1 Key Themes & Quotes
4.1.1 Science
4.1.2 Dual Nature of Man
4.1.3 Religion & Sin
4.1.4 Violence & Horror
4.1.5 Victorian Gentlemen
4.1.6 End of Topic Test - Key Themes & Quotes
5 Context & Author
5.1 Context & Author
5.1.1 The Victorian Era
5.1.2 Deacon Brodie & Freud
5.1.3 End of Topic Test - Context & Author
6 Literary Techniques
6.1 Literary Techniques
6.1.1 Language
6.1.2 Structure & Form
6.1.3 End of Topic Test - Literary Techniques
7 Grade 9 - Key Character & Theme Questions
7.1 Key Character & Themes - Linked Questions
7.1.1 Grade 9 - Key Characters & Themes
7.1.2 Extract Analysis - Jekyll
7.1.3 Extract Analysis - Duality
End of Topic Test - Literary Techniques
Extract Analysis - Jekyll
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EXEMPLAR ESSAY on JEKYLL in 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' NEW 9-1 GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, utterson character analysis.
- Comitini, P. (2012). The Strange Case of Addiction in Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Victorian Review, 38(1), 113-131. (https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/133/article/546074/summary)
- Danahay, M. (2013). Dr. Jekyll's Two Bodies. Nineteenth-Century Contexts, 35(1), 23-40. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08905495.2013.770616)
- Rago, J. V. (2006). Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A. Men’s Narrative” of Hysteria and Containment.” Robert Louis Stevenson: Writer of Boundaries. Eds. Ambrosini, Richard and Richard Dury. Madison, WI: The U of Wisconsin P, 275-85. (https://studylib.net/doc/8040192/rago--jane-v.--dr.-jekyll-and-mr.-hyde--a--men-s-narrativ…)
- Gaughan, R. T. (1987). Mr. Hyde and Mr. Seek: Utterson's Antidote. The Journal of narrative technique, 17(2), 184-197. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/30225181)
- Frank, C. O. (2010). Privacy, character, and the jurisdiction of the self: A “Story of the Door” in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. English Language Notes, 48(2), 215-224. (https://read.dukeupress.edu/english-language-notes/article-abstract/48/2/215/136024/Privacy-Character-and-the-Jurisdiction-of-the-Self)
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Jekyll and Hyde: Good and Evil Essay
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1. A thesis with three ideas in it, which the essay will explain and prove. 2. Each paragraph refers back to the ideas in the thesis. 3. Quotations are embedded. 4. The characters are constructs used to show the author’s viewpoint. 5. The author’s viewpoint is explained. 6. The essay writes about the whole text - at least beginning, middle and end. 7. The conclusion includes an interpretation of the ending.
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How does Stevenson present ideas about Good and Evil in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’?
(Extract: Pg. 44-45, “I knew myself [...] was pure evil”)
“I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil; and the thought, in that moment, braced and delighted me like wine. I stretched out my hands, exulting in the freshness of these sensations; and in the act, I was suddenly aware that I had lost in stature.
There was no mirror, at that date, in my room; that which stands beside me as I write, was brought there later on and for the very purpose of these transformations. The night however, was far gone into the morning—the morning, black as it was, was nearly ripe for the conception of the day—the inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber; and I determined, flushed as I was with hope and triumph, to venture in my new shape as far as to my bedroom. I crossed the yard, wherein the constellations looked down upon me, I could have thought, with wonder, the first creature of that sort that their unsleeping vigilance had yet disclosed to them; I stole through the corridors, a stranger in my own house; and coming to my room, I saw for the first time the appearance of Edward Hyde.
I must here speak by theory alone, saying not that which I know, but that which I suppose to be most probable. The evil side of my nature, to which I had now transferred the stamping efficacy, was less robust and less developed than the good which I had just deposed. Again, in the course of my life, which had been, after all, nine tenths a life of effort, virtue and control, it had been much less exercised and much less exhausted. And hence, as I think, it came about that Edward Hyde was so much smaller, slighter and younger than Henry Jekyll. Even as good shone upon the countenance of the one, evil was written broadly and plainly on the face of the other. Evil besides (which I must still believe to be the lethal side of man) had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay. And yet when I looked upon that ugly idol in the glass, I was conscious of no repugnance, rather of a leap of welcome. This, too, was myself. It seemed natural and human. In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance I had been hitherto accustomed to call mine. And in so far I was doubtless right. I have observed that when I wore the semblance of Edward Hyde, none could come near to me at first without a visible misgiving of the flesh. This, as I take it, was because all human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.”
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Stevenson presents good and evil in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ as a natural component of man that should be understood, rather than something that should hold society inmate to its Christian afflictions. In the extract, Dr Jekyll is uncovering to the reader these ideas and finally, after nine chapters of repression, he lets go and unleashes his liberated self. Stevenson aims to use Jekyll’s findings about good and evil to remind his readership of innate duality and the importance of exploring man’s more sinister side.
4 ideas in the thesis.
At least thoughtful and detailed .
Good and evil in the extract, and the novella as a whole, is presented as a natural component of man. In the extract, Stevenson aims to emphasise to a reader that, though Dr Jekyll is transforming, what he becomes is not only as human, but also as monstrous as the former. He does this by having Jekyll describe the feeling of being Hyde as “natural and human”. Hyde’s actions throughout the novella are murderous, violent, and unpredictable, so for Stevenson to describe him in ways as human and relatable indicates Stevenson’s change of perspective as he previously presents evil as sinister but begins to depict it as innate, exhibiting a view that is more sympathetic towards Hyde.
Conceptualised - both critical and sympathetic to Hyde at the same time.
Each of the adjectives connotes normality about Hyde and reinforces Stevenson’s aims to be in the direction of normalising the “evil” which the character personifies throughout the novella . Dr Jekyll also admits that “this too, was myself”, cementing an impression of unexpected humanity about Hyde through the comma in this phrase that amplifies its formality and sobriety; Jekyll has manifested all of his evil into the creation of another being but feels nonetheless human because of it.
Detailed development of the previous point make this convincing
Stevenson continues this impression throughout the rest of the chapter: “man is not truly one, but two”, presenting each side of duality to just be “one”, rendering them synonymous in worth to each other. Stevenson is depicting the duality of man to be inherently balanced, calling recognition upon the monster that lies within, deviating from other gothic writers at the time who wrote about external, inhuman monsters, such as Mary Shelley when she wrote ‘Frankenstein’ earlier in the 19th century . Stevenson is developing a gothic trope in a way that no other writers during his time dared to, adding thought-provoking memorability to the message he is sending. He ultimately pushes forward the idea that good and evil should be seen as, in an ideal society, essential and normal parts of humanity.
Convincing exploration of context to show how Stevenson’s purpose differed from other gothic writers.
Good and evil is presented as a topic that should be explored further. This is shown in the extract when Dr Jekyll says he “must here speak by theory alone, saying not that which [he knows], but that which [he supposes] to be most probable”. Jekyll is giving a long and hollow explanation of his anagnorisis* , reminding the reader that even Jekyll is unsure of any exact details behind good and evil.
* the point in a play, novel, etc., in which a principal character recognizes or discovers another character's true identity or the true nature of their own circumstances
Thoughtful, but missing a convincing purpose for Stevenson doing this.
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At various junctures in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson uses vivid descriptions to evoke a sense of the uncanny and the supernatural, and of looming disaster. He first employs this technique in the opening scene, when Enfield relates his story of witnessing Hyde trample a little girl—a night when the streets were so empty that he began "to long for the sight of a policeman."
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AQA Grade 9 Exemplar full response to "Mr Hyde as a violent character".This resource models an answer to Paper 1 Section B on the novel, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Ideal for use with top set students who are struggling to breach the gap between grade 7-8 and grade 9. Preview is one of the paragraphs.
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In your answer, consider: when secrecy occurs. the effects of secrecy. Secrecy is a very important theme in 'Jekyll and Hyde'. The central secret is Jekyll's use of the potion that turns him into Mr Hyde. But secrecy appears elsewhere in smaller ways and Stevenson explores it as an idea. He was ashamed of some of his behaviour and wanted to ...
Hyde, using the third person for him in Chapter Ten: 'He, I say—I cannot say, I. That child of Hell had nothing human'. As Hyde comes to dominate and Jekyll transforms into him involuntarily, Jekyll becomes increasingly revolted by the monster he has created, and wants to claim that it is completely separate from him.
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Good and evil. The theme of good and evil is closely linked with that of the duality of human nature. Evil is personified in Hyde: Jekyll says Hyde is 'alone in the ranks of mankind, pure evil' (p. 61). His evil lies in being entirely selfish: he will do whatever he wants to satisfy his own appetites without any regard for other people.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson employs Utterson as the narrator and voice of the novella, as well as the investigator or detective figure that allows the story to be 'discovered' dramatically by the reader.Utterson also provides a contrast as a the voice of reason compared to the supernatural and fantastical elements provided by Jekyll and his experiments.
Stevenson aims to use Jekyll's findings about good and evil to remind his readership of innate duality and the importance of exploring man's more sinister side. 4 ideas in the thesis. At least thoughtful and detailed. Good and evil in the extract, and the novella as a whole, is presented as a natural component of man.