Summary Jekyll and Hyde revision resources (This covers all content)
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20+ materials for Jekyll and Hyde which helped me receive a GRADE 9 in English literature this includes character information, exam style questions, historical context, quotes for every character and practice questions.
Also includes quotes for these themes: Good vs Evil (2), Repression (2), Frie...
Key quotes Duality/Good vs. Evil:
Below are many quotes from “I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold
throughout the text organised by a slave to my original evil; and the thought, in that moment, braced and delighted me like wine.
I stretched out my hands, exulting in the freshness of these sensations; and in the act, I was
theme. Read through them and suddenly aware that I had lost in stature.” (Chapter 10)
choose three quotes from each Jekyll describes that being Hyde was enjoyable, that he felt a sense of freedom in no longer
embracing his responsibilities to be moral and good.
theme.
“I had now two characters as well as two appearances, one was wholly evil, and the other was
Challenge: Learn those quotes off by still the old Henry Jekyll, that incongruous compound.” (Chapter 10)
Jekyll explains that Hyde was pure evil, but Jekyll was still a mix of both evil and good. He had not
heart and write each of them out been successful in creating a wholly good person.
several times to help you remember “I think I was glad to know it; I think I was glad to have my better impulses thus buttressed and
them or practise repeating them guarded by the terrors of the scaffold. Jekyll was now my city of refuge; let but Hyde peep out
an instant, and the hands of all men would be raised to take and slay him.” (Chapter 10)
with a friend or family member. Jekyll feels relieved that Hyde can disappear and ‘hide’ within him after the murder of Sir Danvers
Carew, but at the same time he knows everyone will be after Hyde should he reappear again.
Extra Challenge: Use these quotes to
“I resolved in my future conduct to redeem the past; and I can say with honesty that my resolve
make notes or flash cards on each of was fruitful of some good.” (Chapter 10)
the characters (Utterson, Enfield, Jekyll explains that he tried to make up for the crimes of Hyde by doing good to other people.
Jekyll, Hyde, Lanyon). What kind of “I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual
side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin. After all, I
characters are they based on your reflected, I was like my neighbours; and then I smiled, comparing myself with other men,
analysis of the quotes? comparing my active good-will with the lazy cruelty of their neglect. And at the very moment of
that vainglorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most deadly
Mega Challenge: Do particular shuddering. These passed away, and left me faint; and then as in its turn faintness subsided, I
began to be aware of a change in the temper of my thoughts, a greater boldness, a contempt of
characters represent particular danger, a solution of the bonds of obligation. I looked down; my clothes hung formlessly on my
themes? Use the quotes from within shrunken limbs; the hand that lay on my knee was corded and hairy. I was once more Edward
Hyde. A moment before I had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved—the cloth laying
this pack to make notes on this. for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind, hunted,
houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows.” (Chapter 10)
Jekyll is described as good here and at one with the world around him, but he suddenly transforms
into Hyde and we can see how his thoughts begin to chance as well. He becomes instantly evil.
,Revision Activity 1: Plot The plot in more detail:
Notes:
analysis Utterson and Enfield are taking a walk, during which they find a
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bizarre and very mysterious looking door. This door is attached to Dr
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Jekyll’s house – who is a friend of Utterson’s.
Challenge: Re-read the plot ________________________________________________________________
summaries and make note of The door reminds Enfield of the person who lives there, a Mr Hyde,
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any key information. Without and recalls an incident where Hyde trampled over a young girl
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looking at your notes, write without feeling any apparent guilt.
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down your own summary of Utterson is intrigued by Hyde and wants to find out more about him,
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the plot. and so he begins to gather information and see if he can meet him.
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Utterson meets Hyde and is genuinely shocked by his appearance.
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When he speaks to Hyde, Hyde is blunt and violent and Utterson
Extra Challenge: Why does ________________________________________________________________
Stevenson choose to begin the begins to worry for his friend Dr Jekyll. Utterson heads to Dr Jekyll’s
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novel with Utterson? Why does house to warn him, but Poole – Jekyll’s servant – says his master is
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it finish with the perspectives not there. Additionally, Poole reveals that Jekyll has told all the staff
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of Lanyon and Jekyll? to let Mr Hyde go in and out of the house whenever he likes.
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After two weeks, Utterson speaks to Jekyll at a mutual friend’s dinner
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Mega Challenge: Look at the ________________________________________________________________
party. As a lawyer, Utterson has seen Jekyll’s latest will, which names
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Hyde as the man to inherit his fortune. Jekyll tells Utterson not to
way Stevenson orders his plot. ________________________________________________________________
How does this structure help to worry and requests that he does not speak of Hyde anymore as he
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build up a sense of mystery for has everything firmly under control.
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the reader? Consider how After a year, Sir Danvers Carew – a very well respected individual – is
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Stevenson adapts genre murdered by Hyde. The murder weapon is Dr Jekyll’s walking cane,
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conventions from crime fiction linking Utterson’s friend to the crime. A maid, who witnessed the
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and detective fiction to engage ________________________________________________________________
attack, is distraught at the sheer violence she saw. Utterson is now
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further motivated to solve this mystery and help his friend.
his readers.
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, Revision Activity 1: Plot The plot in more detail:
Notes:
analysis After the murder, Jekyll no longer sees his friends and becomes
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increasingly isolated. Jekyll tells Utterson that he no longer has any
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links to Hyde. The police investigating Carew’s murder say Hyde has
Challenge: Re-read the plot ________________________________________________________________
summaries and highlight key disappeared. When Jekyll hears of this, he seems to become happier
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information. Without looking at and more social with his friends.
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your notes, write down your Out of nowhere, Jekyll once more becomes isolated and will not speak
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own summary of the plot. to Utterson. Utterson goes to Dr Lanyon, who is one of Jekyll’s oldest
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friends. Lanyon is very ill and will soon die – but refuses to speak about
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Jekyll. He leaves a letter for Utterson to read once Jekyll has either
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Extra Challenge: Why does
disappeared or died – further adding to the mystery of the novella.
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Stevenson choose to begin the
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Poole arrives at Utterson’s house and requests that he go with him to
novel with Utterson? Why does ________________________________________________________________
Jekyll’s home. Outside of Jekyll’s laboratory (the door is locked), he can
it finish with the perspectives ________________________________________________________________
hear strange noises coming from inside. Poole reveals that the door
of Lanyon and Jekyll? ________________________________________________________________
has been locked for several days. Whoever is inside keeps asking for
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different chemicals. This person has complained to Poole that the
Mega Challenge: Look at the ________________________________________________________________
chemicals provided to him contain impurities.
way Stevenson orders his plot. ∙ ________________________________________________________________
Frustrated and deeply concerned, Utterson and Poole break down the
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How does this structure help to door to the laboratory. Lying on the floor is a very small, deformed
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build up a sense of mystery for individual who is dressed in Jekyll’s clothes. On the desk is a new will
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the reader? Consider how with Utterson named as the new inheritor of Jekyll’s fortune, not Hyde.
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Stevenson adapts genre ________________________________________________________________
Jekyll has also left a confession. Utterson returns home to read all the
conventions from crime fiction ________________________________________________________________
documents.
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and detective fiction to engage ∙ Now that Jekyll has disappeared, Utterson reads Dr Lanyon’s letter
his readers. ________________________________________________________________
which reveals the experiments Jekyll was carrying out. Jekyll’s
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confession explains his thoughts during the experiments and that Jekyll
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is Hyde.
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