Reputation

Question 1

Reputation is shown in the novel through…

Answer 1

• power and status of reputation
• Internal conflict within Jekyll
• Fear of exposure from social judgement and pressure

Question 2

‘His friends where those of blood, or those whom he had none the longest’

Answer 2

• loyalty and familiarity
• reputation outweighs true character - loyalty over genuine connection
• trust takes time to build
• exclusivity

Question 3

‘I was ashamed of my long tongue’

Answer 3

• moral guilt emphasising victorian restraint
• suggests gossip is a physical flaw
• highlights dangers to reputation

Question 4

‘I am the chief of sinners, I the chief of sufferers also’

Answer 4

• ‘sinners’ and ‘sufferers’ evokes Christian ideas of guilt and punishment
• Parrallelism = guilt and suffering are inseprable
• draws attention to the destuctive pyschological impact of living a double life
• repitition emphasises internal struggle

Question 5

‘I am not a good man and there is no other way of telling it’

Answer 5

• confessional tone = emotional exhaustion
• ‘no other way’ shows inevitability
• the truth of human nature cannot be hidden forever

Question 6

‘with almost morbid sense of shame’

Answer 6

• adjective ‘morbid’ has connotations of death
• embarrassment
• guilt
• fear of moral failure

Question 7

Stevensons intentions through the theme of reputation

Answer 7

• shows how appearance vs reality is prominent in society
• expose the pressures of victorian society
• warning: ignoring true self in order to protect reputation has dark consequences