Jekyll and Hyde Verified A+
Dr. Jekyll is a character unwilling to enter the social order, made evident by his ️️alter-ego, Mr.
Hyde
To become Hyde, Jekyll ️️Drinks a drought you makes up himself
Jekyll had ___ ___ he had to let out. Mr. Hyde let him do so ️️unconsious desires
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Dr. Jekyll is a character unwilling to enter the social order, made evident by his ✔️✔️alter-ego, Mr.
Hyde
To become Hyde, Jekyll ✔️✔️Drinks a drought you makes up himself
Jekyll had ___ ___ he had to let out. Mr. Hyde let him do so ✔️✔️unconsious desires
id ego ✔️✔️Id(it) pleasure. Ego (I) mediator. Superego(conscience) rules and regulations
Desire to want doing whatever it takes to get what you want
ego ✔️✔️According to Freud, the decision-making component of personality that operates according
to the reality principle.
superego ✔️✔️According to Freud, the moral component of personality that incorporates social
standards about what represents right and wrong.
Dr. Jekyll ✔️✔️main character, half of Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde, doctor, Lanyon and Utterson's good friend
Mr. Hyde ✔️✔️young evil man, knocked over girl, committed suicide
alter ego of henry jekyll
Author of jekyll and hyde ✔️✔️Robert Louis Stevenson
Setting ✔️✔️London, late 19th century
Protagonist ✔️✔️Henry Jekyll
, Major conflict ✔️✔️Jekyll attempts to keep his dark half, Edward Hyde, under control and then to
prevent himself from becoming Hyde permanently.
Rising action ✔️✔️Utterson attempts to discover the truth about the Jekyll-Hyde relationship.
Utterson ✔️✔️main protagonist, has job as lawyer, gets deeply involved in the case of Mr. Hyde
Climax ✔️✔️One could argue for two different climaxes. The moment when Utterson breaks down the
door to Jekyll's laboratory and finds Hyde's corpse constitutes a climax in that Utterson finally admits
and accepts that something terribly wrong has taken place. But one might also see the novel's climax as
arising within Lanyon's letter, at the moment that he witnesses Hyde's transformation into Jekyll and the
mysterious connection between the personas is finally explained.
Falling action ✔️✔️Utterson leaves Jekyll's laboratory, goes home, and reads the letters from Lanyon
and Jekyll, which explain all.
Themes ✔️✔️The duality of human nature; the importance of reputation
Motifs ✔️✔️Violence against innocents; silence; urban terror
Symbols ✔️✔️Jekyll's house and laboratory; Hyde's physical appearance
Foreshadowing ✔️✔️While a general mood of impending disaster pervades the novel, there are few
instances of explicit foreshadowing.
What is Utterson's profession ✔️✔️Lawyer
Lanyon ✔️✔️reputable London doctor,he is the foil of Jekyll(they used to be friends). Dies after seeing
the transformation of Jekyll/Hyde.
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