The first clear description we get of the lab is that it is a ‘dingy windowless structure‘. The word choice dingy suggests it is dirty or badly lit. If it is windowless then that would tie in with the lack of light. We are told by U that the place gives him a ‘sense of strangeness’.
What does the laboratory represent in Jekyll and Hyde?
Jekyll’s House and Laboratory
[which] bore in every feature the marks of profound and sordid negligence.” With its decaying facade and air of neglect, the laboratory quite neatly symbolizes the corrupt and perverse Hyde.
What was in Jekyll’s laboratory?
Key setting: Jekyll’s laboratory and cabinet
The laboratory was used by the previous owner to carry out dissections of dead bodies to teach his anatomy students. This sinister history adds to the Gothic atmosphere (see Key style: Gothic).
How does Jekyll describe his scientific studies?
Jekyll says the direction of his scientific studies ‘led wholly towards the mystic and transcendental‘ (p. 58). He is concerned with the nature of the soul or personality rather than the physical body.
How is the setting described in Jekyll and Hyde?
The novel is set in London but draws heavily on Stevenson’s knowledge of his hometown Edinburgh to create a chilling setting which emphasises the themes of good and evil. Setting is most important as a symbol for the characters of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Jekyll owns a fancy town house with a tumble down lab on the back.
How is Hyde behaving in the doctor’s laboratory?
How is Hyde behaving in the doctor’s laboratory? He paces back and forth all day and most of the night, crying out and weeping for the drug. He is completely mad. Utterson still believes Hyde killed Jekyll, but he is confused for several reasons.
What was an earlier purpose or use of Dr Jekyll’s lab?
Jekyll’s lab once served as a dissecting room.
Does Hyde live in Jekyll’s laboratory?
Of course, Hyde’s only real place of abode is inside Jekyll’s head – for he is not a person, as many assume – he is Jekyll himself – though when Jekyll is in Hyde form, he does indeed tend to ‘live’ in Jekyll’s laboratory, behind the ‘red baize door’ (symbolism alert!).
How is the will in the lab different from the original will?
How is the will in the lab different from the original will? Hyde’s name is crossed out, and Utterson’s name has replaced it. What is symbolic about Utterson’s full name? Utterson’s full name is Gabriel John Utterson, and Gabriel is the name of the four archangels.
Who does Dr Jekyll call on when he is stuck inside his laboratory?
Bradshaw
They call Bradshaw, one of Jekyll’s servants and tell him and a boy to watch the laboratory on the other side of the square. Then they set their watches.
How does Lanyon describe Jekyll’s science?
Dr Lanyon describes Dr Jekyll’s experiments as ‘unscientific balderdash‘, claiming that Jekyll’s experiments are ridiculous and not the ‘correct’ science. “Unscientific balderdash.” This shows that Dr Lanyon doesn’t agree with Jekyll’s experiments or ‘believe’ in them, as he calls them ‘balderdash’.
What kind of science did Dr. Jekyll practice?
Pharmacology, which studies how chemicals act on the body, emerged as a major new science in the mid-nineteenth century. Jekyll’s development of his potion is an exercise in pharmacology.
Why did Jekyll do his experiment?
He has a desire to eliminate all the bad and evil traits from his humanity, to not outstand from the old gentleman standards of morality. Therefore Dr. Jekyll is begging to makes experiments that would allow him to remove his evil desires or to separate them from the Jekyll persona.
How is the setting described in the story?
What is the setting of a story? The setting of a story is the context in a scene or story that describes the elements in which a story is taking place, including time, place, and environment. Each component in story setting helps to build the narrative’s mood, plot, and character development.
Where is the setting described?
Setting is the time and place (or when and where) of the story. It’s a literary element of literature used in novels, short stories, plays, films, etc., and usually introduced during the exposition (beginning) of the story, along with the characters.
What is the setting and how is it described?
The setting of a story is a literary device that establishes when and where its plot takes place. Also known as backdrop, a story setting can be drawn from imagination or based on historic events, as well as geographical locations in the real world (such as a specific city, or the house of a character).
What object do Utterson and Poole find that is unusual for being in a laboratory?
What object do Utterson and Poole find that is unusual for being in a lab? The first is the will. The second was a note for Utterson.
Why do the servants think that the man in the laboratory is not Jekyll?
Why is Poole certain the man in the lab is not Dr. Jekyll? Poole is certain the man in the lab is not Dr. Jekyll, because when he saw them man he ran from him.
Why do you think there is a mirror located in Jekyll’s laboratory what specific purpose could this serve Dr. Jekyll?
In the novel, Stevenson uses mirrors to represent Hyde’s physical manifestation, an object that reflects within the person, and he uses the mirrors to show the unstable duality of the individual’s psyche. At first mention of the mirror, it is associated with evil and fear.
What is Utterson’s reaction to the discovery in the laboratory?
Utterson is willing to accept any explanation, however improbable, before doing anything so indecorous as breaking down a door. Moreover, his unwillingness to break into Jekyll’s laboratory reflects his continued concern for his friend’s reputation.
What purpose does the mirror serve in Jekyll’s experiment?
What purpose does the mirror service in his experiment? The purpose the mirror serves in his experiment is to watch the transformation between Jekyll and Hyde. According to Jekyll, why is Hyde so much smaller? Hyde is smaller, because that is his evil side.