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Jekyll

Literary Character
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Dr. Jekyll, a character who becomes associated with a split or dual personality.

Detailed Definition
Jekyll refers to Dr. Henry Jekyll from Robert Louis Stevenson's novella, where he is linked with the idea of a divided self. In the poem, the name helps describe someone who can seem two-sided or change suddenly in behavior.
Example
Example in poetry:
“No more Jekyll and Hyde, no more screeching calls” invokes Dr. Jekyll, Stevenson’s respectable scientist divided from Hyde; “Jekyll measures the potion while Hyde waits in the glass” captures the novel’s duality; “To be ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ is a cultural allusion to contradictory identities”; “A contemporary poem may use Jekyll for the public self and Hyde for the private, unrestrained self”
Additional Notes
The name "Jekyll" in the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" is a literary reference that readers may not immediately identify.; Found in the poem, Freedom's Melody by Richard
Also Known As
gentleman alter ego persona duality
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