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1
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What is Jekyll doing throughout the novel?

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  • Using science to create a potion to control Hyde
2
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How does Jekyll’s science then link into his ‘supposed death’?

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  • As Jekyll sends out to chemist and the signature proves he is alive
  • But, the voice is of Hyde
3
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What is Poole and Utterson’s main belief?

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  • That Jekyll has been ‘murdered’
4
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What quotation links to Jekyll’s death?

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  • ‘Kettle boiled over’ as they attempt to save him
5
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What happens to Jekyll towards the end of the novel?

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  • His ‘hand trembles’ and ‘heart sinks’ as he becomes terrified
  • Knows he cannot control Hyde
6
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Why is ‘Clothes too big’ a main quote?

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  • As it is duality, as it is Hyde
7
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What is a main quotation linked to duality of the two?

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  • Escape into my labatory door’

- This shows he can escape as Hyde and return as Jekyll

8
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At the end of the novel, how does the theme of duality end?

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  • ‘The body of Edward Hyde had grown in stature’

- Too much potion, could not escape the body of Hyde