Jekyll and Hyde Set 3

of the penalty Mr. Hyde pays of this first known crime

Mr. Hyde is threatened with the ruin of his reputation and is told he can make a payment, he ran into a little girl and trampled her, kept walking, he writes a check with a very well-known name Henry Jekyll

Jekyll’s attitude when Utterson first approaches him about Mr. Hyde

He says he can get rid of Mr. Hyde whenever he wants, also is. bring nad asks Utterson to care for Hyde after he is gone

Descriptions of Mr. Hyde

Detestable, mysterious, was pale and dwarfish, impression of deformity without malformation, displeasing smile, sly but bold, husky whispering and voice

descriptions of the weather and atmosphere after the murder

“A great chocolate pall lowered over the heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapors,” mysterious, god, brown mud, daylight coming through, “muddy ways,”

incriminating evidence in Hyde’s apartment

There was a “green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door,” “a visit to the bank, where several thousand pounds were found to be lying to the murderer’s credit, completed his gratification.”

Hyde’s reasons for and requests in a registered letter he sends Lanyon

He requests Lanyon get the drawer with the contents and meet him and bring them to him, reason so he can become Jekyll

the following statement after, “if I am the chief of sinners,…”

“I am the chief of sufferers also.” (not Biblical)

what Hyde tells Lanyon he will experience if he watches him drink the potion

He will experience wealth, power, knowledge, fame

Biblical allusions in the novel with its respective meaning

Good brother with evil brother- Cain and Abel, Jekyll, and Hyde

Finger on the wall- Hyde’s judgment was set

Captains of Philippi- shook the doors of his “prison house,” eyes opened, being Hyde

Veil being torn- “self-indulgence,” gave into sin, selfish ways

The technical climax of the novel (when the reader knows the answer to the main mystery)

When Poole and Utterson find Hyde on the floor of the room, hear a strange voice know it is not Jekyll

Also- when the reader reads Lanyon’s narrative

most on going concern for a friend is which friendship

This concern is when Lanyon gets asked to bring the contents to Hyde- what would you do for a friend, to what extent?

Jekyll’s focus mainly changes from the fear of the gallows to what reality

He fears himself, Hyde, the evil inside him, and the evil he has committed, he has this inside him?

reasons the servants believes that the person inside the cabinet must no be Dr. Jekyll

His voice is different, if he was harmed he would flee, the chemicals he had been ordering, he had a mask, ran from Poole, Poole thinks there a murder

Jeykll’s rationalizations that he is not morally responsible for Hyde

They are on two different paths, separate the evil from the good, he can try to undo the evil Hyde has done, he is good and has a good reputation so it’s okay, it balances out

the first time Jekyll realizes that he is losing control

when he goes to bed as Jekyll and wakes up as Hyde, sees the hand

things discovered in the lab at the end of the novel

find the tracing of chemicals, find a broken key, find a religious book with blasphemies written in it, then a new letter saying Utterson gets his fortune not Hyde

uses of written document s

there are many letters written, Jekyll writes a letter that supposedly came from Hyde, the will, letter to Lanyon to get the drawer and its contents, letter that Utterson gets the fortune, etc.

roles of friendship

Utterson cares for Jekyll, tries to get his will figured out

Lanyon cares for Jekyll get him the drawer with the chemicals

Poole cares for Jekyll, thinks he was murdered, great concern, breaks down the door

Jekyll cares for his friends, tries to hide Hyde from them

appearance VS reality

Jekyll appeared good, good reputation, but was hiding the evils of Hyde and his evil desires, Hyde is a murderer

views on science

thinks science can do much, provide wonder, wealth, power, knowledge, and fame

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views of the nature of man

The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde depicts man’s nature as inherently subjective; each character is different, but the separation of the good and evil will bring ultimate destruction.

·      separate Jekyll and Hyde, the good and the evil- for example, commits evil (murder, trample) as Hyde and keeps a good reputation as Jekyll

·      Utterson- tries to be good, get will fixed, check on Jekyll, concerned for him

·      Lanyon- tries to be good, help Jekyll, get drawer contents

·      Jekyll starts to give into the evil of Hyde, allowing him to take over, switch becomes involuntary, causes distress

·      Jekyll ultimately ends his own life

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themes

This story has multiple themes such as friendship, sin is destructive, and a desire for the unknown and the pleasures of sin.

·      Lanyon getting the drawer for Jekyll, this only feeds  into Jekyll’s evil

·      Utterson trying to help Jekyll, with his will, concern for him and trying to get the will fixed, make sure Dr. Jekyll is okay

·      Poole’s concern for Jekyll, thinks he was murdered, breaks down the door

·      Jekyll suffered from the effects of being Hyde, involuntary switch, brought guilt, fearing Hyde himself and the evil he had done

·      Jekyll has a desire for the unknown, separate his good and bad, can he do it?

·      Tells Lanyon he will acquire fame, knowledge, power, wealth