KEY
~ = Quotes + Titles
~ = Interpretations
JEKYLL AND HYDE Characters
Dr. Jekyll
Mr Hyde
ESSAY PLANS BY Mr Utterson
Dr. Lanyon
CHARACTER & THEME Themes
SECRECY AND REPUTATION(REPRESSION)
CONTROL
VIOLENCE/HORROR + TERROR
GOTHIC & SUPERNATURAL
DUALITY
FRIENDSHIP
GOOD & EVIL
RELIGION VS SCIENCE
By Ovie and Milo
, KEY TERMS
- Atavism: A change back to the way your ancestors used to be (atavistic).
- Savage: Fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
- Degenerate: An immoral or corrupt person.
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- Feral: Totally wild like an animal.
- Respectability: Being accepted and valued within your field.
- Depraved: Morally corrupt, wicked.
- Abhorrent: Horrifyingly bad.
- Duality: An example of a contrast between aspects of something (ie , man is both good and evil).
- Restraint: Self control.
- Metamorphosis: A change from one living state to another.
- Allusion: A hint at a bigger or hidden meaning.
- Unorthodox: Goes against what is normal or expected.
- Aberration: An unwelcome and unexpected change from what is normal.
- Perversion: The corruption of ruin of something’s original state.
, KEY TERMS
- Epistolary: A narrative told through letters and diary entries.
- Nonlinear narrative: The events are depicted in a non-chronological order.
- Debased: Reduced in value.
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- Moral myopia: Being unable to see ethical issues clearly.
- Pious: Devoutly religious.
- Physiognomy: The practice of viewing an individual's facial expression or characteristics as indicative of their character.
- Allegory: A story which can be seen to have a hidden meaning (which is often about society).
- Supernatural: Something outside the laws of nature like ghosts, vampires, etc.
- Ethics: Moral rules which affect a person's behaviour.
- Allusion: A hint at a bigger or hidden meaning.
- Freudian ideas of the id: instincts, impulses, needs, wants, desires and fulfilling them. Hyde acts on impulse
- Freudian ideas of the ego: Mediates and balances between the id and super ego. Jekyll conceals the id balances
cultural and societal expectations.
- Freudian ideas of the super-ego: Cultural regulation, types of conscious that punishes misbehaviour with feelings of
guilt. Victorian society and expectations.
, JEKYLL
Jekyll's initial presentation is corrupt. He has gone down a wrong path of transcendental science which sets him up as a
:
foil character to Lanyon who is more towards traditional science.
- "Began to go wrong, wrong in mind” - “Unscientific Balderdash” Jekyll is also closely linked to Hyde who has been portrayed as evil.
Jekyll’s physiognomy is opposite to Hyde’s, he’s a respectable, reputable figure who is pleasant. This
creates a contrast between them.
- “A large, Well -made, smooth faced man"
& Jekyll symbolises repression and insatiable curiousity. He is a well respected
doctor who becomes more rambunctious as the novella progresses
- “Every mark of capacity and kindness” - “a sincere and warm affection”
Both these quotes contrast previous ideas linked to Jekyll depicting him as warm and kind and demonstrates from the start he has a strong
bond with Utterson. It also shows his moral personna compared to Hyde's heartless nature.
He is hiding something, starts to represent secrecy and repression in the novella, interesting to reader
- “Something of a slyish cast"
Jekyll is shown to have a dual nature, this reinforces his inner evil from "wrong in mind”
He becomes anxious at the mention of Hyde which further demonstrates he's hiding something
- “Pale to the very lips ... a blackness about his eyes”
A change in physiognomy shows that he has a dual nature to his character which can change
in an instant, "pale" and "blackness" presents cold and unpleasant imagery.
- “The moment I choose I can be rid of Hyde”
This demonstrates his control over the situation which control is in Jekyll's hand
this becomes an overarching theme in the novella as it later shifts to Hyde.
~ = Quotes + Titles
~ = Interpretations
JEKYLL AND HYDE Characters
Dr. Jekyll
Mr Hyde
ESSAY PLANS BY Mr Utterson
Dr. Lanyon
CHARACTER & THEME Themes
SECRECY AND REPUTATION(REPRESSION)
CONTROL
VIOLENCE/HORROR + TERROR
GOTHIC & SUPERNATURAL
DUALITY
FRIENDSHIP
GOOD & EVIL
RELIGION VS SCIENCE
By Ovie and Milo
, KEY TERMS
- Atavism: A change back to the way your ancestors used to be (atavistic).
- Savage: Fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
- Degenerate: An immoral or corrupt person.
-
- Feral: Totally wild like an animal.
- Respectability: Being accepted and valued within your field.
- Depraved: Morally corrupt, wicked.
- Abhorrent: Horrifyingly bad.
- Duality: An example of a contrast between aspects of something (ie , man is both good and evil).
- Restraint: Self control.
- Metamorphosis: A change from one living state to another.
- Allusion: A hint at a bigger or hidden meaning.
- Unorthodox: Goes against what is normal or expected.
- Aberration: An unwelcome and unexpected change from what is normal.
- Perversion: The corruption of ruin of something’s original state.
, KEY TERMS
- Epistolary: A narrative told through letters and diary entries.
- Nonlinear narrative: The events are depicted in a non-chronological order.
- Debased: Reduced in value.
-
- Moral myopia: Being unable to see ethical issues clearly.
- Pious: Devoutly religious.
- Physiognomy: The practice of viewing an individual's facial expression or characteristics as indicative of their character.
- Allegory: A story which can be seen to have a hidden meaning (which is often about society).
- Supernatural: Something outside the laws of nature like ghosts, vampires, etc.
- Ethics: Moral rules which affect a person's behaviour.
- Allusion: A hint at a bigger or hidden meaning.
- Freudian ideas of the id: instincts, impulses, needs, wants, desires and fulfilling them. Hyde acts on impulse
- Freudian ideas of the ego: Mediates and balances between the id and super ego. Jekyll conceals the id balances
cultural and societal expectations.
- Freudian ideas of the super-ego: Cultural regulation, types of conscious that punishes misbehaviour with feelings of
guilt. Victorian society and expectations.
, JEKYLL
Jekyll's initial presentation is corrupt. He has gone down a wrong path of transcendental science which sets him up as a
:
foil character to Lanyon who is more towards traditional science.
- "Began to go wrong, wrong in mind” - “Unscientific Balderdash” Jekyll is also closely linked to Hyde who has been portrayed as evil.
Jekyll’s physiognomy is opposite to Hyde’s, he’s a respectable, reputable figure who is pleasant. This
creates a contrast between them.
- “A large, Well -made, smooth faced man"
& Jekyll symbolises repression and insatiable curiousity. He is a well respected
doctor who becomes more rambunctious as the novella progresses
- “Every mark of capacity and kindness” - “a sincere and warm affection”
Both these quotes contrast previous ideas linked to Jekyll depicting him as warm and kind and demonstrates from the start he has a strong
bond with Utterson. It also shows his moral personna compared to Hyde's heartless nature.
He is hiding something, starts to represent secrecy and repression in the novella, interesting to reader
- “Something of a slyish cast"
Jekyll is shown to have a dual nature, this reinforces his inner evil from "wrong in mind”
He becomes anxious at the mention of Hyde which further demonstrates he's hiding something
- “Pale to the very lips ... a blackness about his eyes”
A change in physiognomy shows that he has a dual nature to his character which can change
in an instant, "pale" and "blackness" presents cold and unpleasant imagery.
- “The moment I choose I can be rid of Hyde”
This demonstrates his control over the situation which control is in Jekyll's hand
this becomes an overarching theme in the novella as it later shifts to Hyde.
