Year 10 - English
'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 7: Incident at the Window
Jekyll & Hyde: duality and evil
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils complete their first reading and exploration of 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. They read the novella in full, before thinking about the importance of the Gothic, science and religion. They then explore key characters and essay writing before writing about duality in the novella.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how Stevenson uses liminality in Chapter 7.
Key Notes
- Twilight marks the transition between day and night; it is a liminal time.
- Windows are often important symbols or liminal spaces in gothic fiction.
- Jekyll is in the middle window, which is half way up, suggesting a state of transition.
- This court is located by the "blistered and disdained" door of Chapter 1.
- Utterson and Enfield choose to protect Jekyll's reputation over his wellbeing and walk away with a vow of silence.
Vocabulary To Learn
- liminality: Liminality is the physical process of transitioning across boundaries and borders.
- pivotal: If something is described as being pivotal, it is of crucial importance.
- motif: A motif is a recurring idea in a text.
- twilight: The time between sunset and darkness is called twilight.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Liminal spaces are things that are unnerving in a mysterious way.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Twilight marks the transition between day and night; it is a liminal time. Windows are often important symbols or liminal spaces in gothic fiction.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'liminality'
Liminality is the physical process of transitioning across boundaries and borders.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Liminal spaces are things that are unnerving in a mysterious way. Correction: Liminal spaces often do create a unnerving tone, but this is due to them being the boundary to two opposing states.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 1: Meeting Mr Utterson Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 1: The Story of The Door Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 10: responding to Jekyll's confession Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 6: Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 8: The Last Night Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': Chapters 3 and 4 Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': developing analytical paragraphs about Mr. Hyde Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': duality as a theme in the novella Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': examining Lanyon as a foil to Jekyll Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': examining Mr. Hyde as a dangerous character Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': examining Mr. Hyde as the embodiment of evil Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': examining the novella's structure Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': exploring duplicity in a model essay Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': exploring the duplicity of the upper class characters Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': planning a successful essay Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': refining written responses on duality Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': the importance of science and religion in the novella Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': writing about Jekyll's culpability in the novella Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': writing an analytical response about duality Study Guide
- 'Jekyll and Hyde': writing introductions and conclusions Study Guide
- Introducing the Gothic in 'Jekyll and Hyde' Study Guide
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