Embedding Context into Analysis Objective: To integrate context into our analysis of Jekyll and Hyde.

Starter: Vocabulary Quiz – What can you remember from yesterday Starter: Vocabulary Quiz – What can you remember from yesterday? Answer at the back of your books 1) Which adjective means ‘horrifyingly bad’? a. Feral. b. Abhorrent. c. Savage. d. Depraved. 2) Which noun is the part of the mind you’re unaware of, but which influences your actions? a. Subconscious. b. Supernatural. c. Consciousness. d. Ethics.

3) Which noun is a change back to the way your ancestors used to be (i 3) Which noun is a change back to the way your ancestors used to be (i.e, becoming like a caveman)? a) Duality. b) Repression. c) Aberration. d) Atavism. 4) Which adjective means ‘fierce, violent, uncontrolled’? a) Depraved. b) Feral. c) Abhorrent. d) Savage.

5) A metamorphosis is… a) A change from one state to another. b) A moral rule that affects behaviour. c) A hint at a hidden meaning. d) An unwelcome and unexpected change 6) Which adjective means ‘morally corrupt or wicked’? a) Feral. b) Abhorrent. c) Unorthodox. d) Depraved.

7) Which adjective describes something which goes against what is normal or expected? a) Depraved. b) Unorthodox. c) Abhorrent. d) Savage. 8) Which adjective describes something which is wild and animalistic? a) Unorthodox. b) Feral.

9) What name is given to two opposites which cannot exist without each other? Duality. Aberration. Atavism. Repression. 10) An aberration is… a) An unwelcome and unexpected change. b) A story with a hidden meaning. c) A hint at a hidden meaning. d) A moral rule that affects behaviour.

Homework: Complete your story This will serve to me as an early idea of where you are with creative writing. Aim to write approximately three pages in your book. Use as many of the new vocabulary words as makes sense, Due: Tuesday.

AO3: Applying context Carefully read the information. TASK: From, what you know of the novel thus far, which three facts about RLS’s early life most influenced Jekyll and Hyde? 1. 2. 3. Jekyll and Hyde is a dark novel and would have been treated as thus when published in 1886. Knowing about Stevenson’s life and his background will enable you to read more deeply into the meaning of the text.

Applying Context to the Analysis of Settings Let’s go back to the two paragraphs we looked at on Tuesday. Question: What do these descriptions of places tell us about Stevenson’s fascination with the city streets? First, identify key quotations from the extracts. Then choose one to explore fully for a SQUAD paragraph.

Example Statement - Stevenson creates a huge contrast between the two descriptions, using positive language in one and negative in the other. Quotation - The characters who inhabit these streets reflect their surroundings. “Smiling saleswomen” are juxtaposed with slouching “tramps”, and even the schoolboy mentioned is menacing as he carries a “knife”. Analysis - The sense that London’s night-time streets are a place to be feared is obvious, and suggests that further crimes may be committed in the “sinister” streets. Development - Stevenson grew up in Edinburgh, a city with great contrasts between its spacious, clean ‘new town’ and its dark, claustrophobic ‘old town’. This has influenced his work, with this fascination reflected in the vibrant description of London and the gloomy, run-down version. As a child, Stevenson was drawn to these dark places against his parents’ wishes, and it is little surprise that he chose to put his villain in similar dark and dingy locations – Stevenson learned to associate them with criminality, making them the perfect setting for a story about a man exploring the darker, immoral side of his personality.

What can you remember? How did a thyroid complaint affect Robert Louis Stevenson? a. It left him with distended bones. b. It made him unable to read as a child. c. It left him fascinated by medical science. d. It made him deeply religious. How did his nanny influence Robert Louis Stevenson? a. She encouraged him to explore the darker side of Edinburgh. b. She was deeply religious and told him old folk tales. c. She encouraged him to write poems and stories. d. She encouraged him to travel the world.