The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an unusual novel in that it has multiple narrative viewpoints - we have:
Mr Bruff discusses the importance of these below. My mind was blown by the reasons he gives for Utterson's chapters being a third-person narrator and not Utterson himself!
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Mr Bruff plays another blinder in this video focusing on the novel's structure.
When you're attacking the extract question, it's a necessity to look at both language and structure in order to achieve the higher levels. You must make sure that you don't forget this - you are being marked on your ability to see patterns in both within the extract, so if you forget, you'll struggle to get past a Band 2.
Mr Bruff - lovely, lovely Mr Bruff - has made a short film about sentence lengths in the novel. This is a really good thing to look at when it comes to structure, as generally, the sentence lengths are indicative of the general mood or atmosphere of the story. Click below for more: |
In a Nutshell...Mr Utterson, the lawyer, is concerned when his friend Dr Jekyll leaves everything in his will to the mysterious, and often violent, Mr Hyde. Whilst trying to uncover a suspected murder plot, he ends up finding out that the truth is actually far, far worse... ArchivesCategories
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