Pg 26 The Last Night.

• Needs wine to speak of his worries
• “shut up” – repetition describing Jekyll, hints at repression (Victorian society)
• “Henry Jekyll M.D. D.C.L… “ even the most educated, caring , respectable of people firstly are conflicted, but secondly can pay the ultimate price for not being true to themselves.
• Exploration of the self living and conditioned by the 19^th century/ Victorian Era.
• “I’m afraid” (Poolle)   - creates tension and a fearful tone
• “I may die” – foreshadows Jekyll’s suicide
• “wild, cold…night” pathetic fallacy, word choice of wild.
• Moon – “lying on her back” personification/ sexual associations/ suggestions/ dominance/ being dismissive
• “never in his life had he been so conscious of so sharp a wish to see and touch his fellow-creatures” – highlights the separation between people in Victorian society.
• “Amen Poole” – religious words/link/ theme. The text is brimming with religious references reminding the reader of the strong presence of religion in Victorian Britain.
• Jekyll’s great kitchen: “the fire was out and the beetles were leaping on the floor”
• Repetition of “wild”
• The note Poole shows to Utterson is likened to his life. “So far the letter had run composedly enough; but here, with a sudden splutter of the pen, the writer’s emotion had broken loose.”
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• “why had he a mask upon his face” – irony
• Hyde = deviant side of Jekyll
• “this man was more of a dwarf”  = Hyde  Small side, closer to ground/ hell, tall side (Jekyll) closer to heaven. “My master is a tall fine build of a man”
• Repetition of “mask”
• Peril – word choice/ associated
• Hyde – made people feel: “cold”
• Hyde: “rat” “monkey”

 

• Mr Utterson was an odd man but liked: “something eminently human beaconed from his eye”. This shows he is a reliable narrator and his viewpoint can be trusted. Secondly the word choice of beacon furthers the idea that Mr Utterson is a man who is special and trusted in society. Just as a beacon is a bright light guiding others and helping them find their way, has connotations of being  incredibly great and valuable, so Mr Utterson is presented as helpful, a symbol of hope and morally sound. In addition this also implies that society is dark and sinister, as he is a beacon a beacon requires surrounding darkness in which to be a beacon. This presents Victorian society as dark and corrupted, lacking ‘light’ and beacons.