How Fear and Tension is created in Chapter 8

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  • Fear and Tension in Chapter 8
    • Breaking Down the Door
      • "The red baize door"
        • Baize used as soundproofing and to hide whatever used to happen in the room. (Secrecy)
      • "The steps fell lightly and oddly"
        • Natural oddness to the character.
      • "Not until the fifth that he lock burst"
        • Has taken so many tries to  break down the door which is symbolic of the difficulty to make people show their true colours.
        • Lock for secrecy.
      • "The candle was set upon the nearest table to light them to the attack."
        • Candles were known to light the way and guide them therefore bringing them one step closer to finding the truth. Causes mystery as once they open the door, the truth will be revealed
    • Finding the Body
      • "There lay the body of a man sorely contorted and twitching."
        • Graphic and gruesome imagery.
    • Behaviour of the Servants
      • "Maid lifted up her voice and wept loudly"
        • So scared that her only reaction is to cry
        • In keeping with a true gothic woman; innocent and vulnerable.
      • "Stood huddled together like a flock of sheep"
        • Have no orders from their master so don't know what to do.
        • Symbolises how fearful they all are.
      • "Doggedly disregarding the question"
        • So hard for Poole to explain what is happening as he is so worried.
        • Information is being withheld
      • "Surprised to receive a visit from Poole"
        • Out of the ordinary as Poole only encounters Utterson by orders of Jekyll.
          • Could symbolise the social hierachy.
      • "He had not once looked the lawyer in the face"
        • Link to Physiognomy
          • Way he looked proved something was wrong
      • "For his face was white, and his voice, when he spoke, harsh and broken."
        • For a man to appear more emotional is of great significance as they were expected to contain their emotions.
      • "Had  kept all the way a pace or two ahead."
        • Poole is ahead in the knowledge about J/H throughout the chapter showing Utterson's inability to see things which are beyond reason.
      • "Sir, was that my master's voice?"
        • Poole has been working for Jekyll for 20 years yet isn't sure whether the man in the room is his own master.
    • Time/Day/Weather
      • "He had never seen that part of London so deserted."
        • London is typically busy, therefore creating an eerie atmosphere.
      • "Most diaphanous and lawny texture"
        • Diaphanous: Light, delicate, translucent.
          • Sense of revelation and clarity to the minds of Poole and Utterson and could be foreshadowing the events to come later in the chapter.
      • "With a pale moon, lying on her back as though the wind had tilted her."
        • Sense of stronger-than-human powers at work
        • Moon typically used in gothic literature. Can now be seen as the "fog" has been lifted. Suspense as this is the first
    • Letters
      • "Unquestionably the doctors hand"
        • Relating to Utterson's previous conversation with Guest when he believed that Jekyll had forged for a murderer (Hyde).
      • EPISTOLARY NOVELLA
      • "I would say nothing of this paper"
        • Secrecy
      • "On the desk, among the neat array of papers, a large envelope was uppermost"
        • Like a case, Utterson is the detective.
      • "But in place of the name Edward Hyde, the lawyer, with indescribable amazement, read the name of Gabriel John Utterson."
        • Mystery. Why would the name be changed?
    • Disappearance of Jekyll
      • "A perfect mat of cobweb which had for years sealed the entrance"
        • Symbolic of how Jekyll had "sealed up" Hyde inside him for years.
      • "Nowhere was any trace of Henry Jekyll, dead or alive"
        • Disappeared without leaving any clues of his whereabouts, therefore building tension and sense of mystery.
      • "Annotated in his own hand with startling blasphemies."
        • Conflicting; pleading for God one minute, writing blasphemies over religious writing the next.
      • "He must be alive, he must ahve fled! And then, why fled? and how?"
        • Repetition of exclamation emphasises panic but also the refusal to accept the truth therefore showing Utterson's denial to the whole situation.
  • "Doggedly disregarding the question"
    • So hard for Poole to explain what is happening as he is so worried.
    • Information is being withheld

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