hi mr salles, i love all your ideas and what would help me so much is if you could possibly do a video of each main question that could come up with a model plan to adapt off. I feel this would be so useful as I love all your ideas and just don't know what way to put it into an essay question! Thank you for everything.
I have lots of videos on essays and am making another one today. My revision guide also has lots of essays in them and prepares you for any question! amzn.to/2tx9ICs
Hi MrSalles i love watchin ur videos thank you for all the hard work you put in. I have written an essay on jekyll can u pls mark it Character of Jekyll Dr. Henry Jekyll Dr Henry Jekyll is a well-respected scientist who is famous for his intellect, his gentlemanly qualities and his dinner parties. At these parties, we learn, there are usually men “all intelligent and reputable” and also, all “judges of good wine”. Jekyll, then, is a member of the upper classes who is liked by his peers and used to the finer things in life. Jekyll is a man of fifty who is “large, well-made, smooth-faced…[with] every mark of capacity and kindness”. Stevenson, in his first presentation of Jekyll is sure to present him as a character for whom we have positive feelings. He is shown to be the kind, generous Victorian gentleman. He has recently made out a will that is being kept by the lawyer, Mr Utterson. Utterson, however, is disturbed by the will because Jekyll has decided that, should he die, he wants to leave his considerable fortune to a man by the name of Mr Hyde. In his “statement of the case” (chapter 10) we learn that Henry Jekyll was born “to a large fortune” and had a thoroughly good upbringing. He was “inclined by nature to industry, fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellow-men, and thus, as might have been supposed, with every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future”. In short, Jekyll is the perfect Victorian gentleman. He’s from a good family and, to anyone looking at him from outside, he would have been almost guaranteed a good future. Here, however, Stevenson introduces this idea of the double life. He tells us that “the worst of [his] faults was a certain impatient gaiety of disposition” which attempted to trivialise his indiscretions in his younger years. He goes on to give a closer idea of what he got up to as a young man when he says that he hid these “irregularities” with an almost “morbid sense of shame”. The suggestion here is that his activities as a younger man were sexual in nature and, although not specified directly (remember, Stevenson’s wife objected to the first draft being too explicit) it’s interesting to remember that homosexuality was still a crime in Victorian society. Jekyll hides and represses these youthful indiscretions and says that he “concealed his pleasures” for the sake of his career and standing in society. It is these indiscretions that Utterson thinks Hyde is using to blackmail Jekyll into leaving him all his possessions. In covering up his youthful activities, Jekyll says that he came to realise the “profound duplicity of life”. He begins to develop a theory or idea of how one might separate these two personalities - the good side and the bad side. In his experiments, he develops a potion that, when drunk, transforms Henry Jekyll into Edward Hyde. An interesting point to make here is that this novel is not simply a story about good versus evil as it’s often made out to be. While Edward Hyde is a distillation of pure evil, Henry Jekyll isn’t all good. He admits that within himself he often fights his desires and compulsions in order to conform to Victorian society. He is a mixed character and when he takes the potion, he must have had some element of evil in him to create Hyde. He says himself that “had [he] approached [his] discovery in a more noble spirit, had [he] risked the experiment while under the empire of generous or pious aspirations, all must have been otherwise, and from [the experiment] … come forth an angel instead of a fiend”. What Jekyll is saying here is that he was looking for an excuse or a way to carry out these “concealed pleasures” of his when he took the potion and, from that beginning, was spawned Hyde. If he had been good in his intentions, the creature that he transformed into would have been good. So, rather than the potion separating good from evil, it can be viewed as distilling and separating true desires. Again, when read in Victorian times, this idea would have been very unsettling, especially given the added sexual undertones. Ultimately, Jekyll is too weak to contain Hyde. At first, he intends to use Hyde to fulfil his pleasures. He tells the servants of his own house that the man, Edward Hyde, is to be allowed full access to the house and not to be spoken to. He also sets up an apartment for Hyde in Soho, one of the seedier areas of London at the time, and continues to take the potion to transform into Hyde and then, in the morning, change back into the respectable Dr Henry Jekyll. Over time, Hyde begins to appear when he wants to. Jekyll loses control. This is one of the most troubling allegories of the story. Is Stevenson saying here that if we give in to our darker sides that they will ultimately end up winning out over our good? Or, is he saying that to repress and conceal these sides to ourselves is to hide who we are and damage ourselves psychologically? It’s clear that Jekyll is in many ways horrified by his own actions when he’s transformed into Hyde but he continues to go back to his rooms and take the potion. At one point in the novel, Dr Jekyll assures Mr Utterson that there is nothing to worry about and, if he wished, Hyde would disappear never to return. We come to realise that this isn’t true and, in fact, echoes the words of many addicts before and since.
star up you could always google poetic devices. Write a list that range from visual imagery to sound imagery then look at a random poem and do it yourself. Practice makes perfect. The rholf point is it's unseen so you need to have a very quick eye to see the structure rhyme patterns etc etc then write a para on each aspect of the poem 1 the title 2. Summarise the narrative 3. Analyse its metaphorical meaning 4. Write about the structure 5.Write about linguistic devices 6. Conclusion
Nice video. Could you perhaps do an exemplar response on this question about Jekyll.‘Stevenson’s presentation of Dr. Jekyll allows the reader to feel sympathy for him.’ Starting with this extract, explore how far you agree with this opinion. Write about: • how Stevenson presents Dr. Jekyll in this extract • how Stevenson presents Dr. Jekyll in the novel as a whole. Read the following extract from Chapter 7 (Incident at the Window) of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and then answer the question that follows. In this extract, Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield are talking to Dr. Jekyll through his window.
The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset. The middle one of the three windows was half-way open; and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll. "What! Jekyll!" he cried. "I trust you are better." "I am very low, Utterson," replied the doctor drearily, "very low. It will not last long, thank God." "You stay too much indoors," said the lawyer. "You should be out, whipping up the circulation like Mr. Enfield and me. (This is my cousin-Mr. Enfield-Dr. Jekyll.) Come now; get your hat and take a quick turn with us." "You are very good," sighed the other. "I should like to very much; but no, no, no, it is quite impossible; I dare not. But indeed, Utterson, I am very glad to see you; this is really a great pleasure; I would ask you and Mr. Enfield up, but the place is really not fit." "Why then," said the lawyer good-naturedly, "the best thing we can do is to stay down here and speak with you from where we are." "That is just what I was about to venture to propose," returned the doctor, with a smile. But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below. They saw it but for a glimpse, for the window was instantly thrust down; but that glimpse had been sufficient, and they turned and left the court without a word.
Which exam board is this for? At least for AQA you are given the topic to write about, and therefore these are good if it comes up. Best tip I can give is to learn quotes that relate to as many topic as possible (and characters as well, such as people's opinions on Hyde)
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So, how would this all fit into a paragraph?
can you please make these types of videos for Jekyll and Utterson?
Thank you for these videos!
Thank you soo much sir these are very helpful
hi mr salles, i love all your ideas and what would help me so much is if you could possibly do a video of each main question that could come up with a model plan to adapt off. I feel this would be so useful as I love all your ideas and just don't know what way to put it into an essay question! Thank you for everything.
I have lots of videos on essays and am making another one today. My revision guide also has lots of essays in them and prepares you for any question! amzn.to/2tx9ICs
Thank you so much for uploading these, you're super helpful
Sorry is the quote the whole entire page? Or are the parts in bold to remember?
Hi MrSalles i love watchin ur videos thank you for all the hard work you put in. I have written an essay on jekyll can u pls mark it
Character of Jekyll
Dr. Henry Jekyll Dr Henry Jekyll is a well-respected scientist who is famous for his intellect, his gentlemanly qualities and his dinner parties. At these parties, we learn, there are usually men “all intelligent and reputable” and also, all “judges of good wine”. Jekyll, then, is a member of the upper classes who is liked by his peers and used to the finer things in life. Jekyll is a man of fifty who is “large, well-made, smooth-faced…[with] every mark of capacity and kindness”. Stevenson, in his first presentation of Jekyll is sure to present him as a character for whom we have positive feelings. He is shown to be the kind, generous Victorian gentleman. He has recently made out a will that is being kept by the lawyer, Mr Utterson. Utterson, however, is disturbed by the will because Jekyll has decided that, should he die, he wants to leave his considerable fortune to a man by the name of Mr Hyde. In his “statement of the case” (chapter 10) we learn that Henry Jekyll was born “to a large fortune” and had a thoroughly good upbringing. He was “inclined by nature to industry, fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellow-men, and thus, as might have been supposed, with every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future”. In short, Jekyll is the perfect Victorian gentleman. He’s from a good family and, to anyone looking at him from outside, he would have been almost guaranteed a good future. Here, however, Stevenson introduces this idea of the double life. He tells us that “the worst of [his] faults was a certain impatient gaiety of disposition” which attempted to trivialise his indiscretions in his younger years. He goes on to give a closer idea of what he got up to as a young man when he says that he hid these “irregularities” with an almost “morbid sense of shame”. The suggestion here is that his activities as a younger man were sexual in nature and, although not specified directly (remember, Stevenson’s wife objected to the first draft being too explicit) it’s interesting to remember that homosexuality was still a crime in Victorian society. Jekyll hides and represses these youthful indiscretions and says that he “concealed his pleasures” for the sake of his career and standing in society. It is these indiscretions that Utterson thinks Hyde is using to blackmail Jekyll into leaving him all his possessions. In covering up his youthful activities, Jekyll says that he came to realise the “profound duplicity of life”. He begins to develop a theory or idea of how one might separate these two personalities - the good side and the bad side. In his experiments, he develops a potion that, when drunk, transforms Henry Jekyll into Edward Hyde. An interesting point to make here is that this novel is not simply a story about good versus evil as it’s often made out to be. While Edward Hyde is a distillation of pure evil, Henry Jekyll isn’t all good. He admits that within himself he often fights his desires and compulsions in order to conform to Victorian society. He is a mixed character and when he takes the potion, he must have had some element of evil in him to create Hyde. He says himself that “had [he] approached [his] discovery in a more noble spirit, had [he] risked the experiment while under the empire of generous or pious aspirations, all must have been otherwise, and from [the experiment] … come forth an angel instead of a fiend”. What Jekyll is saying here is that he was looking for an excuse or a way to carry out these “concealed pleasures” of his when he took the potion and, from that beginning, was spawned Hyde. If he had been good in his intentions, the creature that he transformed into would have been good. So, rather than the potion separating good from evil, it can be viewed as distilling and separating true desires. Again, when read in Victorian times, this idea would have been very unsettling, especially given the added sexual undertones. Ultimately, Jekyll is too weak to contain Hyde. At first, he intends to use Hyde to fulfil his pleasures. He tells the servants of his own house that the man, Edward Hyde, is to be allowed full access to the house and not to be spoken to. He also sets up an apartment for Hyde in Soho, one of the seedier areas of London at the time, and continues to take the potion to transform into Hyde and then, in the morning, change back into the respectable Dr Henry Jekyll. Over time, Hyde begins to appear when he wants to. Jekyll loses control. This is one of the most troubling allegories of the story. Is Stevenson saying here that if we give in to our darker sides that they will ultimately end up winning out over our good? Or, is he saying that to repress and conceal these sides to ourselves is to hide who we are and damage ourselves psychologically? It’s clear that Jekyll is in many ways horrified by his own actions when he’s transformed into Hyde but he continues to go back to his rooms and take the potion. At one point in the novel, Dr Jekyll assures Mr Utterson that there is nothing to worry about and, if he wished, Hyde would disappear never to return. We come to realise that this isn’t true and, in fact, echoes the words of many addicts before and since.
sorry it aint in paragraphs
could you do a poetic devices video as my teacher hasn't given me any and so I can't write about y unseen poetry
star up you could always google poetic devices. Write a list that range from visual imagery to sound imagery then look at a random poem and do it yourself. Practice makes perfect. The rholf point is it's unseen so you need to have a very quick eye to see the structure rhyme patterns etc etc then write a para on each aspect of the poem
1 the title
2. Summarise the narrative
3. Analyse its metaphorical meaning
4. Write about the structure
5.Write about linguistic devices
6. Conclusion
unseen poetry is the hardest thing
I have loads of videos on the unseen poems
Thank u so much for these
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Nice video. Could you perhaps do an exemplar response on this question about Jekyll.‘Stevenson’s presentation of Dr. Jekyll allows the reader to feel sympathy for him.’ Starting with this extract, explore how far you agree with this opinion. Write about: • how Stevenson presents Dr. Jekyll in this extract • how Stevenson presents Dr. Jekyll in the novel as a whole. Read the following extract from Chapter 7 (Incident at the Window) of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and then answer the question that follows. In this extract, Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield are talking to Dr. Jekyll through his window.
The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset. The middle one of the three windows was half-way open; and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll. "What! Jekyll!" he cried. "I trust you are better." "I am very low, Utterson," replied the doctor drearily, "very low. It will not last long, thank God." "You stay too much indoors," said the lawyer. "You should be out, whipping up the circulation like Mr. Enfield and me. (This is my cousin-Mr. Enfield-Dr. Jekyll.) Come now; get your hat and take a quick turn with us." "You are very good," sighed the other. "I should like to very much; but no, no, no, it is quite impossible; I dare not. But indeed, Utterson, I am very glad to see you; this is really a great pleasure; I would ask you and Mr. Enfield up, but the place is really not fit." "Why then," said the lawyer good-naturedly, "the best thing we can do is to stay down here and speak with you from where we are." "That is just what I was about to venture to propose," returned the doctor, with a smile. But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below. They saw it but for a glimpse, for the window was instantly thrust down; but that glimpse had been sufficient, and they turned and left the court without a word.
Which exam board is this for? At least for AQA you are given the topic to write about, and therefore these are good if it comes up. Best tip I can give is to learn quotes that relate to as many topic as possible (and characters as well, such as people's opinions on Hyde)