victorian gentleman - theme

• where were gentlemen from in society?

  the upper class
• what was important to victorian gentlemen?

  their profession - army officers, church ministers, doctors and lawyers were all counted as gentlemen
• what were the expectations of gentlemen?

  • strong morals
  • be kind, particularly towards poorer people
• what were the perks of being a gentleman?

  • chance at entering well-paid professions
  • gain respect of rich clients
  • could use contracts to arrange marriages for their daughters
  • could use contracts to arrange well-paid jobs for their sons
• what is uetterson concerned about regarding jekyll? which quote shows this?

  his reputation - he says "if it came to trial, your name might appear"
• whats stevensons message about reputations?

  repressing ones inermost thoughts causes utterson to suffer from nightmares. this suggests stevensons message is that reputations are only based on appearances. reputations are not always genuine versions of people - they are just the facades that people try and uphold to show to society