The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1. Settings

   • Weather
     • Dark, gloomy, harsh, windy
     • Weather reflects the atmosphere, turbelent
   • London
     • Seemed Isolated despite the fact that it was the biggest area at the time

2. Themes

   • Duality
     • Good & Evil
     • Public & Private
     • Pleasure & Pain
     • Addiction & Control
     • Freedom & Constraint
   • Secrecy
   • Truth/Lies
   • Reputation
     • By avoiding gossip and maintaining a good outer front
     • Blantatly ignoring whats wrong to preserve peace

3. Info

   • Written by Robert Stevenson
     • Born in Edinburgh, 1850. Died in Samoa, 3 Dec 1894 due to tuberculosis
     • Son of a CIvil Engineer, allowed to study law (Often fought with his dad)
   • Published Januaruy 1886, meant to be published Christmas 1885 but withdrawn
     • Written in 1885, Bournemouth, England
   • Style
     • Gothic Horror
     • Mystery
   • Tone
     • Tone
       • Mysterious and serious
   • Past Tense
   • Major Conflict
     • "Jekyll attempts to keep his dark half, Edward Hyde, under control and then to prevent himself from becoming Hyde permanently."

4. Symbols

   • Door
   • Potion
   • House
     • Labratory
   • Hyde's Appearance
   • Letters
   • Mirror

5. Motifs

   • Violence against Innocents
     • Sir Carrew
     • The girl who was trampled
     • The match girl who was hit
   • Silence
     • The refusal to admit that anything is wrong
   • Urban Terror
     • Monsters in the city where people live

6. Language

   • Old English style
   • Foreshadowing
     • Mr.Utterson's nightmare
   • Third person narrative
     • Except for the last chapters which were letters written in Lanyon's and Jekyll's viewpoint

7. Characters

   • Utterson
     • Plain, dry, good friend. Traditional
     • Lawyer who reads the letters and discovers the truth behind Jekyll/Hyde
   • Jekyll
     • Highly admired and liked, professional and well off. Born into wealth, but had to hide his flaws. A sense of honor
   • Hyde
     • Detested and hated by all who meet him. Short small and violent with no moral constraints
     • Starts to take over the body, but commits suicide to prevent being confronted/killed in the gallows. Drinks a arsenic
   • Lanyon
     • Friendly but doesn't believe in the supernatural
     • Dies after witnessing Jekyll's transformation, which goes against everything he stood for