1- What is the theme of Jekyll and Hyde?
2- How does Stevenson create the mood in the novella?
3-How does the mood support the theme (Duality of Man)
1- Reading quiz--take this if you were absent--
2- Book Talks--GET THIS DONE ;)
3- We watched a clip from Harry Potter in which Sirius states "the world isn't divided into good people and death eaters. We all have both light and dark in us. It's what we choose that makes us who we are." Students connected this clip to the novel and then identified the central theme of Jekyll and Hyde
The Duality of Man was evident in two aspects of the novel: mankind and The Victorian Era itself.
4. Next- we watched a short clip of Coraline--Students identified ways in which the director created the mood--weather, setting, character actions, superstitions, etc.
5- Students worked in small groups to identify ways that Stevenson created the mood in Jekyll and Hyde and then answered the question: How does the mood support the theme of the novel?
The Fog in the opening scene. The fog functions as a mask- it makes things unclear- it makes it difficult to tell what is right in front of your face. This relates to the theme "duality of man" or "duality of society" because they mask their true intentions.
Things happen at night- setting- night time is when people typically act out their "evil" side. This adds to the theme in that most people want to hide in the dark and not let their "evil" side show.
Physical description of Hyde- He's hard to describe. He has an indescribable face. Evil is also hard to describe...Hyde is the representation of evil, so Hyde's character supports the theme of "duality of man."
Isolation- feeling of eeriness. A feeling of being alone. This ties back to the original reason Jekyll created Hyde. He felt alone in his duplicity of life- When in reality, if the Victorians would haven't talked about it, he would have known that all men have good and evil within them.
Homework:
1. Read the story "Demon Lover."
2. Write a 3/4 page single space MLA--times New Roman 12 font 1 inch margins-- analysis answering this question: How does Bowen create a mood of terror or suspense in her story "Demon Lover?"
3. Drive your paper with a thesis statement--Drive your argument with claims (points you are arguing..not plot) Use examples to ANALYZE but avoid summary.
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