Jekyll and Hyde

Question 1

What are the key plot points of Jekyll and Hyde?

Answer 1

• Enfield tells Utterson he saw Hyde trampling a girl
• Utterson warns Jekyll about his will
• Hyde kills Sir Danvers Carew
• Jekyll gives Utterson a letter from Hyde
• Jekyll and Lanyon fall out
• Lanyon dies and leaves a letter
• Utterson and Enfield see Jekyll by his window
• Jekyll disappears and later dies
• Poole and Utterson find Hyde dead in Jekyll’s clothes & Jekyll’s letter

Question 2

What is the key genres of Jekyll and Hyde?

Answer 2

• Gothic fiction
• Uncanny (strange or mysterious)
• Supernatural
• Dark atmosphere

Question 3

What is the context of Jekyll and Hyde?

Answer 3

• Religion ——> Science and Darwin
• Victorian Gentlemen
• Class and physiognomy

Question 4

What are the key themes of Jekyll and Hyde?

Answer 4

• Science vs religion
• Reputation
• Secrecy
• Dual nature of man (duality)

Question 5

What are some key quotes for Jekyll?

Answer 5

• “Smooth-faced man,”
• Expression of “ such abject terror and despair,”
• “Man is not truly one but truly two,”
• “All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil,”

Question 6

What are some key quotes for Hyde?

Answer 6

• “Damned juggernaut,”
• “Trampled calmly,”
• “Ape-like fury,”
• “Haunting sense of deformity,”
• “Edward Hyde, alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil,” (Said by Jekyll
• “Pale and dwarfish,”

Question 7

What are some key quotes for Utterson?

Answer 7

• “Rugged countenance,” (Rough looking)
• “Reputable acquaintance,”
• “Professional ambition,”
• “If he be Mr Hyde…I shall be Mr Seek,”

Question 8

What are some key quotes for Lanyon?

Answer 8

• “Hearty, healthy…gentleman,”
• “Unscientific balderdash!”
• “Deep-seated terror of the mind,”

Question 9

What are some key quotes for Enfield?

Answer 9

“There is something wrong with his appearance, something displeasing, something downright detestable,” (Enfield describing Hyde)

Question 10

What are some details about Mr Gabriel Utterson?

Answer 10

• Prominent lawyer and friend of Jekyll
• Most of the novel is seen through his perspective
• He is wealthy and well respected
• Represents the outwardly perfect Victorian gentleman

Keywords:
- Moral, rational, LOYAL, calm, respected, RELIABLE, curious

Question 11

What are some details about Dr. Henry Jekyll?

Answer 11

• Well respected and intelligent doctor
• Member of the upper-class
• Develops a potion which divides his good and evil side
• With the potion he creates Hyde

Keywords:
- Inventive, erratic, wealthy, DISHONEST, intelligent

Question 12

What are some details about Mr Edward Hyde?

Answer 12

• A strange, violent and unpleasant looking man
• Represents the pure evil in man
• People describe him as ugly and deformed

Keywords:
- Menacing, EVIL, DISRESPECTFUL, disreputable, disturbing, savage