JEKYLL AND
HYDE: CHAPTER 1
CONTEXT AND SETTING
-The victorian gentleman had to be very respectable and uphold standards, he
had to be rich, have a good education, manners, speech and clothing. He had to
maintain his reputation at all costs. And everyone was very prudish.
-To be a physician or anything was manual labour was not gentlemanly
-There was lots of severe poverty, with the slums being crowded and outbreaks
of cholera among the smog
-The weekend became established in the 1890's
-The theory of evolution had become more widespread and accepted after
Darwin's release of his book 'On the Origin of Species' 26 years before Jekyll
and Hyde was published
-Physiognomy was important, the way someone looked reflected their soul,
criminals didn't look nice
QUOTES TO QUOTES TO
DESCRIBE DESCRIBE
UTTERSON
"his friends were those of his own
HYDE
"It wasn't like a man; it was like some
blood or those whom he had known damned Juggernaut"
HYDE: CHAPTER 1
CONTEXT AND SETTING
-The victorian gentleman had to be very respectable and uphold standards, he
had to be rich, have a good education, manners, speech and clothing. He had to
maintain his reputation at all costs. And everyone was very prudish.
-To be a physician or anything was manual labour was not gentlemanly
-There was lots of severe poverty, with the slums being crowded and outbreaks
of cholera among the smog
-The weekend became established in the 1890's
-The theory of evolution had become more widespread and accepted after
Darwin's release of his book 'On the Origin of Species' 26 years before Jekyll
and Hyde was published
-Physiognomy was important, the way someone looked reflected their soul,
criminals didn't look nice
QUOTES TO QUOTES TO
DESCRIBE DESCRIBE
UTTERSON
"his friends were those of his own
HYDE
"It wasn't like a man; it was like some
blood or those whom he had known damned Juggernaut"
