Writing essays about hypocrisy in "Jekyll and Hyde".

Hello and welcome to today's lesson.

My name is Mr. Young, and this lesson is all about writing about hypocrisy in "Jekyll and Hyde".

So, let's get started.

So today's lesson will have a very clear learning outcome, which is all about writing.

So our learning outcome for today is: I can make connections between ideas about hypocrisy, discretion and privacy within an extended response.

So as always, we'll have some very important words in our lesson, our keywords.

So as always, do feel free to pause the video if you'd like to spend just a little bit more time with any of these words.

But our keywords for today are as follows: hypocrisy, secretive, discreet, privacy, and distinction.

So today's lesson, we'll have two very clear learning cycles.

So in our first learning cycle, we are gonna focus on hypocrisy, discretion and privacy.

So these are three very related things, but they are not identical and we're gonna look at the different nuances between them in the story.

And then we're gonna move on to learning cycle two and bring that all together by planning a really nice written response about those things.

So without further ado, let's get started on learning cycle one.

So the focus of this lesson is going to be the following essay title, and it is as follows: In "The Strange Case of Dr.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", all the characters are hypocrites; they are pretending to be more moral than they really are.

To what extent do you agree? A really nice question and I'm really looking forward to seeing how you approach this later on in today's lesson.

But before we do that, we really need to start to understand the question.

So let's unpick a few key parts of it now.

So firstly, it references the entire novella.

So that means that we should feel free to be able to write about references and things that happen across the text as a whole.

Again, it also references this: all the characters are hypocrites.

So there are quite a few characters in the story, so we can focus on whichever ones we want to to bring our point to life.

Again, we've also got this part of the question here, which is to what extent do you agree? So we could wholly agree, we could disagree, or we could only partially agree.

So this is really nice and giving us the opportunity to perhaps put a bit of nuance into our argument.

And the final thing is it has a specific focus, which is all about morality.

And we could even bring that out further to talk about maybe immorality or even the facade of morality, so potentially some people appearing moral but being anything but.

So, read what the students have to say.

Can you add anything to these student comments? So Aisha said, "I don't agree.

Only Dr.

Jekyll is a hypocrite." Andeep said, "Utterson, Lanyon and Enfield keep secrets though." Jacob said, "That's not hypocrisy.

That is discretion." And Jun said, "But secrets make it easier to be a hypocrite." So pause the video, have a quick look at these student comments and think, is there anything you would add to any of these comments? Okay, some great discussions there taking place to kind of look at these student comments.

And what I want you to take away from this is the idea that all of these students have different interpretations, and that is entirely fine.

We all have our different interpretations when answering a question, and it's all about the extent to which we can support that with really good references and really good arguments throughout our piece of writing.

So match the keywords to the definition for me then please.

So quick check for understanding, pause the video, have a go, and then push play when you would like to continue.

Okay, really nice work on this task, kind of unpicking those differences between things that are quite similar in some regards.

So discreet is all about being careful, to keep sensitive information private.

If you are hypocritical, then you are pretending to be more moral than you actually are.

And finally, secretive is hiding information from people.

Well done if you are able to get those correct answers.

Okay, so we are going to look in a bit more detail at these specific things: secrecy, hypocrisy and discretion, the things that we just looked at in that last check for understanding.

And in particular, we are gonna look at two characters.

We're gonna look at Utterson and we are gonna look at Lanyon.

So if we're looking at Utterson, we could say the following things.

So, he respects the privacy of others.

He even says in the novella that he inclines to Cain's heresy.

So this is the biblical story of Cain and Abel where Cain said, "Am I my brother's keeper?" basically suggesting that it is not his business to know the whereabouts and the deeds of his brother.

So Utterson is kind of saying the same thing here.

He does not consider himself to involve himself in the private matters of his friends.

Again, Utterson secretly worries that Jekyll is being blackmailed for the ghost of some old sin.

So it's kind of alluded to that potentially Jekyll has done something in his past for which Hyde is blackmailing him.

So he secretly worries about this.

He doesn't kind of confront this directly.

And again, Utterson avoids gossip.

He tells Enfield that he is, "ashamed of my long tongue".

So we've got this character in Utterson, who is quite discreet in some ways and he really avoids gossip.

And we see this again when he kind of speaks to Dr.

Lanyon, he speaks to Jekyll.

He does it in a very kind of gentle way as to not embarrass them or cause any further gossip.

So when we look at the character of Lanyon, we could say the following things.

Lanyon is angry about Jekyll's experiments and avoids him.

"I see little of him now," he says.

Again, Lanyon also is the first to learn about Jekyll turning into Hyde but keeps the knowledge secret.

He tells Utterson he wants to keep clear of this accursed topic.

So we can see some really good points here about the character of Lanyon and secrecy.

Okay, quick check for understanding for me then please.

Stevenson presents Utterson as discreet.

Is that true or false? Pause the video.

Have a quick go and then push play when you'd like to continue.

Okay, great job.

If you identified it as true, it's absolutely true.

I would argue that Utterson is quite a discreet character, but how can we justify that? Is it A, he worries in private about Jekyll's secret but does not like to talk about it? Or he is keen to find out what hold Hyde has over Jekyll.

Again, pause the video, have a go and then push play when you'd like to see the correct answer.

Yep, that's absolutely correct.

It is A, he worries in private about Jekyll's secret but does not like to talk about it.

This is kind of the definition of discretion or being discreet.

He kind of knows something but he doesn't kind of share or pursue that piece of information too far.

Well done if you are able to pick that up in your own pieces of work.

Okay, second check for understanding then please.

So which two things are true about Dr.

Lanyon? Is it A? He knows the truth about Jekyll sooner than the other characters.

Is it B? He's not known Dr.

Jekyll for very long.

Is it C? He has huge respect for Dr.

Jekyll.

Or is it D? He avoids ugly truths by refusing to talk about them.

Once again, pause the video, complete the task, and then do push play when you would like to continue.

Okay, superb effort on that check for understanding, showing your fantastic knowledge of Dr.

Lanyon.

And it is, of course, A and D.

So we would say he knows the truth about Jekyll that he can transform into Hyde sooner than any other character, and he also avoids ugly truths by refusing to talk about them.

He is not a gossip.

He does not seem to relish talking about the misdeeds of other people.

Okay, we've reached our first practise task of today's lesson then, and that is a fill in the blanks activity.

So you have some purple words on the board in front of you.

Those words are hypocrite, hypocrisy, hypocritical, discreet, secrecy, secrets and privacy.

My task for you is to write out the paragraph on the board in front of you, making sure to use the correct word.

And remember, you can use some of these more than once.

Good luck in this task and I'm really looking forward to seeing how you get on with it.

So pause the video and then do push play when you'd like to see some feedback.

Okay, well done on that task.

I think that is actually really tricky because some of those words are so similar and we're also using different forms of them as well.

So if I was approaching that task, I think I would've done it in the following way.

So "Jekyll and Hyde" is often interpreted as an exploration of the hypocrisy of Victorian society.

However, although hypocrisy requires the keeping of secrets, Stevenson draws a distinction between discretion, respect for privacy and hypocrisy.

Arguably, only Dr.

Jekyll is actually a hypocrite because he hides his evil behind a respectable facade.

Utterson, by comparison, seems to be discreet rather than hypocritical, having a deep respect for the privacy of others.

Lanyon, on the other hand, by Chapter 8, knows all about Jekyll's hypocrisy but prefers to keep his knowledge secret.

His motivations for secrecy are not clear but they are not hypocritical.

A really interesting interpretation here of how we could approach hypocrisy, discretion, and secrecy across the novella.

Okay, great work on reaching learning cycle two of this lesson.

So what we are gonna do now is put all of that fantastic work we did in learning cycle one into practise by planning a really nice planned response to that question.

So, let's get started.

So let's remind ourselves of the essay title we looked at in learning cycle one.

And it is as follows.

So, in "The Strange Case of Dr.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", all the characters are hypocrites; they are pretending to be more moral than they really are.

To what extent do you agree? So, some of the ideas we had were as follows.

We spoke about the idea of Dr.

Jekyll being a hypocrite.

We also spoke about potentially Mr. Utterson being discreet but not hypocritical.

Dr.

Lanyon is potentially secretive and also not hypocritical.

And also this idea that Stevenson is keen to draw a distinction between hypocrisy, discretion, secrecy, and privacy.

So we're gonna unpick that a little bit more in the next part of the lesson.

And the way that we're gonna do that is use this planning document.

So this is really gonna help us structure our ideas into a really nice and coherent argument.

So we will begin with our thesis.

Our thesis is our main idea.

So this is the kind of overarching evaluative argument, focused on the purpose.

So our kind of big idea that guides us.

And then we're gonna set out our topic sentences.

So these outline the arguments of each of our paragraphs and they usually include key question vocabulary and these will be supported by details.

So this can be language, form, structure, contextual detail, anything that really backs up our point.

And these paragraphs will usually have a closing sentence.

So this summarises the argument in each paragraph with a sharp focus on the writer's purpose, usually bringing it back to what we first said in that topic sentence.

And finally, our entire essay will have a conclusion, that is a conclusive summary of the writer's message.

So really bringing together everything that we've said up until this point.

So this is the structure that we are gonna use for the rest of this lesson.

So quick check for understanding for me then please.

Can you match the section of the response to its function? So each part of the planning document, what should it do? Pause the video, have a quick go, and then push play when you'd like to see some feedback.

Okay, great job on that task.

It's lovely to see your fantastic knowledge of these planning documents.

And remember, these planning documents are really good for structuring your ideas and kind of really making our arguments as effective as they can possibly be.

So let's have a look at what we could have said.

So firstly, a thesis statement should outline your overarching argument for the whole essay, keeping a sharp focus on the question and the writer's intention.

A topic sentence should outline the main argument of your paragraph, including key vocabulary from the question.

A closing sentence should summarise the argument you have made in your paragraph, drawing back to the writer's purpose.

And a conclusion should summarise your overarching argument, expressing a clear thought on the writer's message.

Well done if you're able to get those correct.

Okay, so we are going to read a student's plan for writing about Mr. Utterson and hypocrisy.

And the plan goes like this.

So their thesis is as follows.

When exploring ideas about hypocrisy, Stevenson presents subtle contrasts between the characters of Mr. Utterson and Dr.

Lanyon with Dr.

Jekyll.

A topic sentence could be: Throughout the novel, Mr. Utterson seems to be presented as a lawyer capable of discretion about his clients and with a deep respect for the privacy of other people.

So our supporting detail, we could say: He avoids judgement.

He does not incline to Cain's heresy, for example.

And he also avoids gossip.

He becomes ashamed of his long tongue in a conversation with Enfield.

And our closing sentence could be: Thus Stevenson may be contrasting Mr. Utterson's principled reasons for secrecy with Dr.

Jekyll's wicked reasons for keeping secrets.

And finally, our conclusion: By contrasting these characters, Stevenson seems keen to draw a distinction between secrecy and hypocrisy.

So that's a really nice example there of how one of those plans looks in action.

So it's not written sentences, it's just in planned informal format to help us really structure our ideas.

So that is a really good example of how they should look.

So my task for you is as follows then.

So I would like you to plan your own paragraph, this time about Dr.

Lanyon and hypocrisy.

So you've got the thesis statement there already, which is: When exploring ideas about hypocrisy, Stevenson presents subtle contrast between the characters of Mr. Utterson and Dr.

Lanyon with Dr.

Jekyll.

So that same thesis statement.

So this is just an additional paragraph to that overall essay.

We've also got the conclusion again.

By contrasting characters, Stevenson seems keen to draw a distinction between secrecy and hypocrisy.

My task for you is to populate those three middle rows.

So what could a topic sentence be for this idea? What supporting detail could back it up? And finally, what could our closing sentence be? Really tricky task this one, but really excited to see how we get on.

So pause the video, complete the task, and then do push play when you would like to continue.

Okay, great job on that task.

You know, that is by no means an easy task to do.

I always find it very difficult to try and plan detail for other people's arguments.

So, really well done for all of your hard work on that.

Some of the things you could have said for this plan are as follows.

So a topic sentence might be: Stevenson shows Dr.

Lanyon as the character who seems to know most about Dr.

Jekyll's secrets but who nonetheless is the most secretive.

Supporting detail, we could say: Well, Lanyon avoids Jekyll.

He says, "I see of little of him as I can." And he also avoids painful truths.

He keeps clear of this accursed topic, so this kind of dealings with Hyde and Jekyll.

And finally, our closing sentence could be something like: Arguably, Dr.

Lanyon is not himself a hypocrite, but his refusal to speak out allows Dr.

Jekyll's wickedness and hypocrisy to continue.

So really well done if you identified anything similar in your own plan.

Okay, we have made it to the end of the lesson.

Some really challenging concepts there, but I'm super impressed of all of your hard work.

So let's remind ourselves exactly what we learned.

So we learned that Dr.

Jekyll is hypocritical because he conceals his wicked other self under a facade of respectability.

Mr. Utterson is discreet and careful to respect the privacy of others.

Dr.

Lanyon keeps secrets and thereby allows Dr.

Jekyll's hypocrisy to flourish.

And Stevenson is careful to draw a distinction between hypocrisy, discretion, and privacy although they all involve secrets.

Once again, well done for all of your hard work, and it's been great teaching you in today's lesson.

Thank you very much and goodbye.