Analysis

1. Briefly identify the following characters introduced in this chapter.
Mr. Utterson
Mr. Richard Enfield

Mr Utterson- He is a lawyer

2. Find an example of an allusion in the first paragraph. In what way might this allusion relate to the story line?

The author refers to the Biblical story of Cain and Abel

3. Find an example of a simile in the description of a London neighborhood.

"... So that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation

4. What triggers Enfield's strange story?

He sees a neglected door on a London street.

5. Define "Juggernaut." Why does Enfield compare Mr. Hyde's actions to a Juggernaut?

A Juggernaut is the incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu

6. Why do Enfield and the doctor attending the child decide to extract a punishment from Mr. Hyde

even though the child is not seriously injured? What is the punishment?

7. Define "apocryphal." Why does Enfield accompany the man to the bank to cash the check?

Apocryphal- of doubtful authorship or authenticity. He does not believe the check is good because it is not signed by Mr. Hyde

8. Why does Enfield refer to the house as the Black Mail House?

Because the check is genuine

9. What is unusual in Mr. Enfield's description of Mr. Hyde?

Hyde seems to be deformed

10. Why do you suppose Mr. Utterson is concerned about the fact that Mr. Hyde has a key to the residence?

He suspects that Hyde knows the owner and fears the owner is being blackmailed by Hyde.

11. What does Mr. Utterson mean when he says "your tale has gone home"?

He is admitting he knows something about the inhabitant of the house

1. Define "holograph." Why is this document referred to as "the lawyer's eyesore"? (Pg. 15)

Holograph- written in the writer's own handwriting. The will is very unusual because it leaves all of Dr. Jekyll's wealth to Mr. Hyde in case of Jekyll's death or disappearance. Mr. Utterson was not consulted as to its consent

it is not customary

and he does not know Mr. Hyde.

2. Briefly describe Dr. Lanyon. Why does Mr. Utterson visit him? What does he learn of Lanyon's relationship with Jekyll?

Dr. Lanyon is described as a healthy man with white hair

3. Find an example of an allusion in this chapter

Dr. Lanyon compares his friendship with Dr. Jekyll with that of Damon and Pythias. Pythias

4. Why does Mr. Utterson want to see Mr. Hyde's face? Why do you suppose Utterson goes to so much trouble to investigate Hyde?

Mr. Utterson dreams about the mysterious Mr. Hyde and thinks if he could see Hyde's face

5. Define "apropos." Why do you think Mr. Hyde gives Mr. Utterson his address?

Apropos- at the right time

in that event

the lawyer will have to contract hyde about the will.

6. Describe Mr. Hyde's physical appearance. What does his name suggest?

He is small

others may relate it to an animal hide.

7. State a theme for this story using the following quotation describing Mr. Hyde: "...or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through

and transfigures

8. What information does Poole give Mr. Utterson about Mr. Hyde?

Hyde has a key

9. What does the lawyer think that Mr. Hyde knows about Dr. Jekyll? What is Enfield's plan to stop Hyde?

Hyde suspects the will and he may grow impatient to inheret. Hewants to stop this by changinng the will if Jekyll will let him.

10. Why do you suppose Utterson has a dream about Hyde?

Hyde (or his appearance) upsets Utterson. Like Enfield

11. Consider Hyde's actions

the effect his appearance has on how people view him

2. Since Hyde's presence arouses evil thoughts and feelings in others

what is the author saying about evil and human beings?

1. Define "hide-bound pedant." Why does Jekyll call Lanyon hide-bound?

A "hide bound pendant" i s a person who is conservative

2. What does Dr. Jekyll say to convince Mr. Utterson that he (the doctor) can handle Mr.
Hyde?

Dr. Jekyll say she can get rid of hyde any time at all and asks Utterson to drop the matter.

3. What does Mr. Utterson promise Dr. Jekyll?

He promises to help Mr. Hyde with legal rights the will

4. How is Jekyll's physical appearance described?

He is said to be a large

5. Compare and contrast the physical appearances of Jekyll and Hyde.

The two descriptions are unlike as can be. Hyde is described as a small

1. The maid looks out at a clear night and a full moon

the scene makes her feel at peace and in a romantic mood. While full moons are associated with romance and peace

with what else are they associated?

2. Who is Sir Danvers Carew

and how is he described?

his appearance

the maid felt

3. How is Hyde's assault on Carew described? Why do you suppose Hyde attacks him?

It is described as particularly vicious. With an ape-like fury

4. How does Mr. Utterson learn of Danvers Carew's death?

The victim has a letter addressed to Mr. Utterson in his pocket. When Mr. Utterson arrives at the police station

5. Why do the police think the murderer is Mr. Hyde?

A maid witnesses the murder and recognizes Mr. Hyde.

6. How was Hyde's run-in with Carew similar to

but different from

however he violently attacks Carew with no provocation.

7. What do you suppose might have incited Hyde?

While we do not learn of the specific incident until later

8. What evidence is there that Mr. Hyde's rooms are furnished by Dr. Jekyll?

They are very elegant and tasteful

9. How does Inspector Newcomen of Scotland Yard plan to catch Mr. Hyde?

Mr. Hyde burns his checkbook

10. Why are Mr. Hyde's movements difficult to trace? How are the descriptions of Mr. Hyde similar to one another?

Hyde has no family

1. We are told that now Jekyll appears to be "looking deadly sick." How would you account for this change in his appearance?

Answers may vary

2. When Jekyll tells Utterson that Hyde will never be seen again

do you think he means it?

3. Why do you think Dr. Jekyll gives the letter to Mr. Utterson?

He may want it given to the police

4. How does the letter ease Mr. Utterson's fears that Hyde will not blackmail Dr. Jekyll into helping him escape?

It says that Hyde is safe and has sure means of escape

5. State two reasons Utterson is suspicious about the letter's origin?

First

6. Briefly identify Mr. Guest.

He is Mr. Utterson's trusted clerk and also a handwriting expert.

7. Mr. Utterson exclaims

"Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer!" Why?

1. What change does Mr. Utterson notice in Dr. Jekyll after Mr. Hyde's disappearance?

Jekyll again appears in society

2. What do the police discover about Hyde's life before his disappearance?

The police learn of his callous and violent behavior and the vile life he has lived.

3. How might the murder of Carew be more easily understood in light of the information the police gather?

The information gathered by the police shows that Hyde has committed evil acts in the past. Engaging in evil regularly may have made committing a heinous act easier for him.

4. How has Dr. Lanyon changed? What topic does he refuse to discuss with Utterson?

He is now ill and dying from a terrible shock to his mind. We are told that the change is not so much physical as it is a look in the eye that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind. He will not talk about Dr. Jekyll.

5. How does Dr. Jekyll explain his seclusion to Mr. Utterson?

Jekyll says that he is suffering a punishment for sins. He makes quite clear that he brought the punishment and danger on himself.

6. What does the letter from Lanyon have in common with Dr. Jekyll's will?

They both refer to the possible disappearance of Dr. Jekyll.

7. Why does Utterson not desire the company of Dr. Jekyll?

He does not read the letter from Lanyon

1. What is Dr. Jekyll's mood when Utterson and Enfield talk to him through the window?

He is depressed and unhappy. He refuses to come down or have them come up

2. Find an example of foreshadowing in this chapter.

When dr. jekyll is describing his condition

3. Why do you suppose Dr. Jekyll's smile changes to "an expression of such abject terror and despair

as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below"?

-Jekyll is terrified of mr. hyde

who is somehow preventing him from talking to the two men.
-Jekyll is changing into Mr. Hyde

1. Why are Poole and the other servants frightened?

Someone other than Dr. Jekyll is in the laboratory pretending to be their master

2. Where does the impostor send Poole? How does he communicate with the butler?

He is sent from one drug firm to another

3. What does Poole say to convince Utterson that it is necessary to break into Dr. Jekyll's cabinet?

The handwriting on the note is the same as Dr. Jekyll's but the man in the cabinet is not Jekyll

4. How is Mr. Hyde behaving in the doctor's laboratory?

He paces back and forth and frequently cries

5. After finding Hyde's body

Utterson still believes Hyde killed Jekyll

6. Why do they surmise that Jekyll could not have left by the back door? What may we conclude from what they find in this instance?

They find a broken key and a rusty hinge that suggest that the or had not been opened. The broken key suggests that someone did not want hyde ever to leave by that door. The person breaking the key must have been the rational Dr. Jekyll.

7. What two things surprise Mr. Utterson about the will found on Dr. Jekyll's desk?

First the will is similar to the one in his safe

8. Describe the other two documents discovered on the desk.

One is a note from Dr. Jekyll dated that day. It instructs Utterson to read Lyon's sealed letter. The other is a sealed confession to be read after Lanyon's letter

1. What favor does Dr. Jekyll request from Dr. Lanyon?

Jekyll wants Lanyon to get a drawer full of special powders from the doctor's laboratory and take it back to his home. At midnight

2. List the contents of the drawer.

The drawer contains a white salt

3. What is strange about the man who comes to pick up the drawer?

He seems bothered by they policeman on the street

he is wearing clothes much too big and rolled up to fit

and he has a "shocking expression {on} his face." (pg. 54)\

4. What choice does Mr. Hyde offer Dr. Lanyon? What is Lanyon's decision?

Lanyon can watch Mr. Hyde drink the potion and know the secret

5. Why does Dr. Lanyon say "...I shall die incredulous. As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me

even with tears of penitence

6. What piece of knowledge

which we already suspected

7. Characterize Jekyll's following statement to Lanyon:
"And now

you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views

8. Since Dr. Lanyon narrated this chapter

who do you think will narrate the last chapter?

1. As a young man

what did Jekyll find was the worst of his faults? How did that lead him to practice "a profound duplicity"?

2. What aspect of Dr. Jekyll's own character inspires his research?

He perceives himself as being either very good or very bad. This dual nature causes him to be ashamed when he behaves badly. He had through a separation of the two halves would relieve his remorse.

Dr. Jekyll gives two reasons for not revealing the scientific branch of his investigations in his confession. How would you interpret this statement?
"First

because I have been made to learn that the doom and burthen of our life is bound forever on man's shoulders

4. How does Dr. Jekyll feel after drinking the potion for the first time? How has he changed physically?

He feels ten times more wicked than before

5. What explanation does Dr. Jekyll give for this change in size and age? Why are other people repelled by his appearance?

He believes the evil side is smaller because he exercises it less. He has tried most of his life to be good. Most people are a mixture of good and evil

6. If other people are repulsed by Hyde's appearance

why is Jekyll not repulsed when he sees Hyde's image in the mirror?

7. Since the drug changes his personality

why is he not changed into a completely good man instead of an evil one?

8. How did the pleasures Dr. Jekyll sought in the disguise of Mr. Hyde change over time?

His enjoyment became more monstrous. Dr. Jekyll has a clear conscience because he tries to rectify some of the harm done by Mr. Hyde. He also thinks of Mr. Hyde as separate from himself and the ordinary laws of behavior.

9. In what way did Dr. Jekyll begin to lose control?

He awakened one morning as Mr. Hyde without first having taken the potion. It happened in his sleep

10. State a theme for this novel

using the following passage:
"That part of me which I had the power of projecting

it had seemed to me of late as though the body of Edward Hyde had grown in stature...and I began to spy a danger that

if this were much prolonged

11. How does Dr. Jekyll justify Mr. Hyde's brutal attack on Danvers Carew? What generalization may Jekyll draw from this?

He did not become Mr. Hyde for 2 months. When Jekyll finally lets him free

12. At this point

why is it not possible for Dr. Jekyll to prevent the re-emergence of Mr. Hyde?

13. How does Mr. Hyde trap Dr. Jekyll in his laboratory?

Because Mr. Hyde reappears every few hours

14. How does Mr. Hyde show his hatred of Dr. Jekyll?

He writes curse words in his journals

15. What finally dooms Dr. Jekyll to either living out his life as Mr. Hyde or committing suicide?

The original supply of salt used in the draught was not pure. It was the impurity that made the drug work. He is unable to get more of the salt with that impurity.

16. When does Henry Jekyll die? Mr. Hyde?

Henry Jekyll dies when he finishes the confession and the last potion wears off Mr. Hyde dies when dies of suicide when Mr. Utterson tries to break down the door to the lab.

17. React to the following statement: Dr. Jekyll is both the protagonist and the antagonist in this story.

While answers vary

18. Which kind of narrative is used in this novel? Why is it appropriate?

Third person objective view narration is used in this novel. It is important in a mystery that the narrator does not interfere with the reader's speculations on the outcome of the novel. The objective view

19. Find a quotation in this last chapter which demonstrates the point in the story where Dr. Jekyll recognizes he has been in error all along. The literary term for this revelation is called anagnorisis.

"When I came to myself at Lanyon's

20. We speak of the duality in the human soul as if man's nature was fifty percent good and fifty percent evil. Point out comments in the book that suggests that the author did not see it as a fifty-fifty split.

Jekyll tells us the evil side of his nature is smaller but capable of growing larger. Jekyll also speaks of man's duality it then adds