Relationships
What is the relationship between Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson?
They are cousins. They go on walks every Sunday.
Instead of religion what is the way that Jekyll accesses the supernatural?
Science
What personality/embodiment do Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde each represent in the Duality of Man theme?
Dr. Jekyll is the embodiment of ‘goodness’, and Mr. Hyde is the embodiment of ‘evilness’.
How do the buildings in the story reflect the characters?
Dr.Jekyll has a comfortable and well-appointed house and was the good side, but Mr. Hyde is a bad guy and spends most of his time in the "dingy windowless structure" of the doctor’s laboratory.
What is the conflict of the story within the theme of reputation?
Man vs. Society
What caused a break in the relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Lanyon?
They had different scientific beliefs.
What type of conflict is present with the theme of Scientific progress?
Man vs Technology
What is another way, other than characters, that Stevenson shows the Duality theme in the novel?
Through the setting with the descriptions of the city. There is a contrast between the old town and the new town which creates a backdrop between the good and evil in the characters.
“A certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower story and a blind forehead of discolored wall on the upper; and bore in every feature." - This quote shows the comparison between the setting and what character?
Hyde
Why is it important that Jekyll drinks the potion and turn to Hyde to perform evil doings?
Jekyll is a respected doctor who is high in society. If he were to act upon his evil urges he would have consequences that would ruin his reputation in society.
Describe the feeling Jekyll feels between turning from good to evil/Jekyll to Hyde.
He enjoys it/allows him freedom with no consequences
How is the theme of scientific progress present in the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Dr. Jekyll’s desire to push the boundaries of science with his experiment of the potion.
Why has Stevenson presented the theme of the Duality of Man in the story? What is he trying to suggest?
To show that everyone is capable of good and evil acts, and it goes against the Victorian mindset that people are born good or bad.
What is the significance of the quote “He gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation.”
This quote describes Hyde. This was how Hyde was described by the other characters in the book.
"A man of a rugged countenance... scanty and embarrassed in discourse" & "A large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty" How do these quotes represent the perfect Victorian gentleman?
The first quote complies with the rules of a Victorian gentleman because he doesn't show any emotions. The second quote shows how the smooth face represents the goodness and purity of his soul.
This quote shows the relationship between which characters? “It was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men.”
It is describing the relationship that Utterson has with Dr. Jekyll since he was so concerned about him and Mr. Hyde.
How does this quote show scientific progress in the novel, “There lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching.”?
It shows how science changed who Dr. Jekyll was, and how it “contorted” him.
The quote, “It was the curse of mankind that these incongruous faggots were thus bound together -- that in the agonized womb of consciousness, these polar twins should be continuously struggling” represents the duality of man. What does this quote mean/the significance of the quote?
This quote is from the letter where Jekyll reflects on why he did what he did. Jekyll is admitting to his experiment and how Jekyll and Hyde were internally the same person. The theme of the duality of man is shown through the separation of evil and good.
Why is Hyde small and doesn’t fit into Jekyll’s clothes?
The goodness in Jekyll was bigger than his evil. Since Hyde is Jekyll's evil, the character is small and doesn't fit into Jekyll's clothes.
How do the characters Jekyll, Hyde, and Utterson represent Victorian society?
The Victorian time period was dark. Hyde and Jekyll represent the Victorian compromise. Dr. Jekyll is a respectable gentleman, but he hides inside himself an evil part that in the end will prevail
Victorian society believed that a person could either be fully good or bad, but not both. Jekyll wanted to keep the respect of the town.
Utterson represents the perfect Victorian gentleman. He consistently seeks to preserve order and decorum, does not gossip, and guards his friends' reputations as though they were his own.
“With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.” How does the quote above show the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde?
This quote is from the letter where Jekyll reflects on why he did what he did. Jekyll is admitting to his experiment and how Jekyll and Hyde were internally the same people. The letter is when the reader is no longer inferencing that Jekyll and Hyde were the same people.
What is one of the lessons that can be learned from the novel dealing with scientific progress?
It teaches the lesson of how far we should go with scientific exploration, the story doesn’t teach us that exploration is bad it gives us a prime example of why we should form boundaries.
“With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose partial discover I have been doomed to such a dreadful ship wreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.” How does the quote above show the duality of man in Jekyll and Hyde?
This quote shows the duality of man by Jekyll trying to free himself from his evil urges. Jekyll understands his evil but wants to live a life where he can strive to be a better person. The potion allows Jekyll to have a separate life without the consequences of his evil actions.
It is explaining how Hyde and Jekyll are connected, and that good should always be fighting the bad and bad always fight back.
Why is Dr. Jekyll so concerned with keeping up appearances? And what appearance is he trying to keep?
Jekyll was a respected man and was well-established in the community. He didn't want to ruin his reputation in society. He finds a way to transform himself without having consequences.
How does this quote represent the societal restrictions theme? “Hence it came about that I concealed my pleasures; and that when I reached years of reflection and began to look round me and take stock of my progress and position in the world, I stood already committed to a profound duplicity of life.”
This quote is from Jekyll's letter saying that he wanted to preserve his reputation in society so he had to form his alter ego so he would still have appreciation in the city.