The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Vocabulary

Reproveto scold or correct usually

gently or with kindly intent; rebuke (to criticize

sharply)

Katarina Soerensson

The teacher reproved the

student for their foolishness.

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stern and cold in appearance or manner "austere." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.

Merriam-Webster Online. 21 February 2010http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/austere

The man had a very austere manner with his children.

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1.Enjoying good repute: held in esteem2.employed widely or sanctioned by good writers

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Chad Hartman

He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.

• What does this reveal about austerity?• What does this reveal about Mr. Utterson’s

character and his values?• Does Mr. Utterson represent the Victorian

world?

But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove.

• What is the relationship is established between “to help” and “to reprove”?

• What does this suggest about Mr. Utterson’s character?

• How is his willingness to help like his ability to be tolerant?

In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men.

• How is down-going the antithesis of reputable?

• Is this a comment on personal behavior or social standing? Why do you believe this to be true?

Samuel Ross

BrutishBrutish- - 11 :: resembling, befitting, or typical of a brute or resembling, befitting, or typical of a brute or beast <lived a short and brutish life as a slave>beast <lived a short and brutish life as a slave>

2 a2 a :: strongly and grossly sensual <brutish gluttony> strongly and grossly sensual <brutish gluttony> bb :: showing little intelligence or sensibility <a brutish lack of showing little intelligence or sensibility <a brutish lack of

understanding>understanding>synonymssynonyms see brutal see brutal

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This [Dr. Lanyon] was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with as hock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner.

From this description, what do we learn about the nature and character of Dr. Lanyon.

What does “boisterous” suggest about his manner?Exuberant, high-spirited, lively, energetic

What are two other words for “red-faced”?Ruddy, florid

Indignation“anger aroused by something unjust,

unworthy, or mean”"indignation." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.

Merriam-Webster Online. 22 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indignation>

Lee Stephens

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Many people have feelings of indignation towards Michael Vick because of the crimes he committed against pit bulls.

And hitherto it was his ignorance of Mr. Hyde that had swelled his indignation; now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge. It was already bad enough when the name was but a name of which he could learn no more. It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.

….thus it was that there sprang up and grew apace in the lawyer's mind a singularly strong, almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde.

• Describe Mr. Utterson’s curiosity.

1a:Adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogmaB:denial of a revealed truth by a baptized member of the Roman Catholic ChurchC: an opinion or doctrine contrary to church dogma

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"heresy." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 21 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heresy>

Joshua joined in the heresy of people who turned away from the Ten Commandments.

PedanticPedantic

“1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant 2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned”

PEDANT: one who makes a show of knowledge

"pedant." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 20 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedant>

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<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedantic>

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The pedantic man graduated from the top university, and later developed a haughty personality; therefore loosing his job.

“But I have been pedantically exact, as you call it.” (12)

I never saw a man so distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at what he called my scientific heresies. Oh, I know he's a good fellow--you needn't frown--an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant. I was never more disappointed in any man than Lanyon."

This passage repeats the word pedant. What does this reveal about Dr. Jekyll’s view of Dr. Lanyon?

What does it suggest about Dr. Jekyll’s science that Dr. Lanyon would consider it a heresy?

Estranged to remove from customary environments or associations;  to arouse especially mutual hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness 

Caitlin R.

"estranged." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.

Merriam-Webster Online. 22 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/estranged>

Seeing her estranged husband, the woman promptly walked in the opposite direction down the street.

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“Such unscientific balderdash […] would have estranged Damon and Pythias.” (14)

Unobtrusive“not obtrusive (forward in manner or conduct): not blatant (obvious): arresting: or aggressive.”

Adjective

Laura Buescher

"unobtrusive." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 20 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unobtrusive>

“[…] they liked to sit awhile in his unobtrusive company, […]” (19)

The small unobtrusive waves traveled to the shore.

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Hosts loved to detain the dry lawyer, when the light-hearted and the loose-tongued had already their foot on the threshold; they liked to sit a while in his unobtrusive company, practising for solitude, sobering their minds in the man's rich silence after the expense and strain of gaiety. To this rule, Dr.Jekyll was no exception . . .

• What does this reveal about Utterson?• What does this suggest about social

occasions?• Therefore, what do we learn of Jekyll?

Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."

• Who are Damon and Pythias?

• Explain the allusion.

NEARLY a year later, in the month of October, 18---, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.

• Time has past: what is this significant?• What does the word “ferocity” suggest about

the nature of the crime?• What does it mean that the crime was

“rendered . . . notable”?• Note the position of the victim. What other

information do we have on the victim?

Proprieties

1. A true nature

2. A special characteristic

3. The quality or state of being proper

4. A.Conformity to what is socially acceptable or proper

B.fear of offending against conventional rules of behavior especially between the sexes

C.the customs and manners of polite society

"proprieties." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 24 February 2010

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proprieties>

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Gabrielle Granger

The proprieties of the 19 and early 20th centuries are inordinately different and were observed much more strictly than today’s.

arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance (bad, foul)

"odious." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.

Merriam-Webster Online. 24 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odious>

Kanazawa, Satoshi. "Why are most all criminals men? Part II." Psychology Today. 2 July 2008. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/200807/why-are-almost-all-criminals-men-

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The man hideous man committed the odious crime of hitting a pedestrian and driving away.

A flash of odious joy appeared upon the woman's face. "Ah!" said she, "he is in trouble! What has he done?"

What is the woman’s attitude here?

Sedulous1 : involving or accomplished with careful perseverance 2 : diligent in

application or pursuit

"sedulous." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 21 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedulous>

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The sedulous ice skater planned to participate in the next Olympics.

Abby Stephens

“…the clerk laid the two sheets of paper alongside and sedulously compared their contents.”

• What is Mr. Guest looking at and why?• How?

Inscrutable Inscrutable Adjective

“1.incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.

2.not easily understood; mysterious”

"Inscrutable | Define Inscrutable at Dictionary.com." Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inscrutable>.

“…he preferred to speak with Poole upon the doorstep and surrounded by the air and sounds of the open city,rather than to be admitted into that house of voluntary bondage, and to sit and

speak with its inscrutable recluse.” (31)

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The inscrutable expanse of space often causes the human race to associate its size with the supernatural.

The inscrutable expanse of space often causes the human race to associate its size with the supernatural.

Mackenzie Karnes P. 2

“…he preferred to speak with Poole upon the doorstep and surrounded by the air and sounds of the open city, rather than to be admitted into that house of voluntary bondage, and to sit and speak with its inscrutable recluse.

• Why would Utterson prefer not to enter the house?

• What is a recluse? Who is the recluse? Why would he be considered inscrutable?

Repress

“1 a : to check by or as if by pressure : curb <injustice was repressed> b : to put down by force : subdue <repress a disturbance>2 a : to hold in by self-control <repressed a laugh> b : to prevent the natural or normal expression, activity,

or development of <repressed her anger>3 : to exclude from consciousness <repressed the memory of abuse>4 : to inactivate (a gene or formation of a

gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding site”

"repress." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 21 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repress>

I repressed my feelings for her.

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Iniquity

1 : gross injustice : wickedness

2 : a wicked act or thing : sin

"iniquity." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 21 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iniquity>

Mrs. Anne Hibbins, accused of possessing witch powers, faced an iniquity known as execution in 1656.

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“…I sought with tears and prayers to smother down the crowd of hideous images and sounds with which my memory swarmed against me; and still, between the petitions, the ugly face of my iniquity stared into my soul.”

Incongruous

“lacking congruity: not harmonious : incompatible; disagreeing”"incongruous." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 21 February 2010

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incongruous

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The husband and wife, living incongruously together, were upsetting their two children.

I hazard the guess that man will be ultimately knownfor a mere polity of multifarious, incongruous, and independentdenizens.

Boisterous

1) obsolete(no longer in use or no longer useful): coarse: durable: strong: massive2)noisily turbulent : marked by or expressive of exuberance(the act of being extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent) and high spirits"boisterous." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 25 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boisterous>

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This [Dr. Lanyon] was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with as hock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner.

From this description, what do we learn about the nature and character of Dr. Lanyon.

What does “boisterous” suggest about his manner?Exuberant, high-spirited, lively, energetic

What are two other words for “red-faced”?

How does he change?

Chastisement

1 : to inflict punishment on (as by whipping)

2 : to censure severely : castigate

"chastisement." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 26 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chastisement>

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The slave owner chastised the slave because he was conniving with his family for a plan to escape.

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FractiousAddie Rodes Carr

Tending to be troublesome : unruly; a fractious crowd"fractious." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 23 February 2010http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fractious

The concert last weekend had to

be shutdown because of a fractious

crowd.

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DEPRAVITY“a corrupt act or practice”

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The FBI came to investigate the depravities going on in the small town’s government.

noun

gaunt“excessively thin and

angular”Gaunt. Merriam Webster. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaunt>.

Monique Guraya

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The gaunt woman looked as if she had not eaten or slept in days. Madonna Denies Health Problems. Web. 22

Feb. 2010. <http://www.ahlanlive.com/5071-madonna-denies-health-problems>.

Gesticulate

• to make gestures especially when speaking• By: Ian Hawkes• The man gesticulated to the girl and accidently

hit her in the face.

"Gesticulate - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary." Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gesticulate>.

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"Gesticulation." Webster's Online Dictionary - with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ge/gesticulation.html>.

“the act or practice of renouncing”

"renunciation." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 28 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renunciation>

Renounce: “to give up, refuse or resign from power”

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“1:a sudden violent outburst or display2 : the act, process, or state of boiling or bubbling up”

Jason demonstrated ebullition when John destroyed his project worth half of his grade.

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Megan Killilea

The mixture, which was at first of a reddish hue, began, in proportion as the crystals melted, to brighten in colour, to effervesce audibly, and to throw off small fumes of vapour. Suddenly and at the same moment, the ebullition ceased and the compound changed to a dark purple, which faded again more slowly to a watery green.

Obscure

1 a : dark, dim b : shrouded in or hidden by darkness c: not clearly seen or easily distinguished : faint2 : not readily understood or clearly expressed; mysterious3 : relatively unknown

Adjective

"obscure." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 25 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obscure>

The obscure back room was excellent for developing photos.

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–noun 1. a soft, usually green, woolen or cotton fabric resembling felt, used chiefly for the tops of billiard tables. 2. an article of this fabric or of a fabric resembling it.

–verb (used with object) 3. to line or cover with baize.

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"Baize | Define Baize at Dictionary.com." Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Baize>.

The anxious gambler prayed as he rolled the dice onto the baize.

Jacob Kingma

Poole swung the axe over his shoulder; the blow shook the building, and the red baize door leaped against the lock and hinges.

InduceInduce

:: to move by persuasion or  to move by persuasion or influence influence bb  :: to call forth or bring  to call forth or bring about by influence or stimulation about by influence or stimulation

"induce." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.

Merriam-Webster Online. 1 March 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/induce>

Jeremy Andrews

He induced the cow’s with the prod as they moved slowly through the gate’s.

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"This is a very strange tale, Poole; this is rather a wild tale, "This is a very strange tale, Poole; this is rather a wild tale, my man," said Mr. Utterson, biting his finger. "Suppose it my man," said Mr. Utterson, biting his finger. "Suppose it were as you suppose, supposing Dr. Jekyll to have been--were as you suppose, supposing Dr. Jekyll to have been--well, murdered, what could induce the murderer to stay? well, murdered, what could induce the murderer to stay? That won't hold water; it doesn't commend itself to reason." That won't hold water; it doesn't commend itself to reason."

The Wind had the efficacy to make the tree fall on the power line.

"efficacy." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.Merriam-Webster Online. 28 February 2010<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficacy>

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The evil side of my nature, to which I had now transferred the stamping efficacy, was less robust and less developed than the good which I had just deposed.

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