Repression
Duality of Man
Monstrosity & The Uncanny
Hubris
Allusions
100

A character who serves as a manifestation of repressed Victorian desires.

Who is Mr. Hyde?

100

The two opposite forces present inside every person.

What is 'good' and 'evil'?

100

Definition of 'uncanny'

What is an unnerving feeling when something is almost human but not quite?

100

Definition of hubris.

What is excessive pride, arrogance, or dangerous overconfidence that causes a person to overstep their natural limits and leads to their downfall?

100

The most salient (noticable) type of allusion in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

What are biblical allusions?

200

A supporting character that encapsulates the perfect Victorian Gentleman

Who is Mr. Enfield?

200

The literary device that describes the re-occuring pairs (or 'twos') of objects throughout the text.

What is motif?

200

Examples of words with animalistic connotations, used to describe Hyde.

What is "Snarled", "Savage" or "Extraordinary Quickness"? (or equivalent) 

200

How The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde explores a literal example of hubris (or 'playing god').

What is 'Jekyll's experiments resulting in him losing control over Mr Hyde'?

200

The significance of Mr Utterson's first name being Gabriel.

Who is the Archangel Gabriel, a messenger from God to humankind, from the Bible?

300

The name of the literary device that encapsulates how the door of the old dissecting room represents how Jekyll keeps his experiments and desires locked away.

What is symbolism?

300

The literary device that describes the relationship between how Utterson is characterised and how Jekyll is characterised.

What is 'foil'?

300

The poem about a 'Doctor Fell'.

What is "I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why – I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell"?

300

A character whose relationship to science and medicine can be compared directly to Dr Jekyll's.

Who is Dr Lanyon?

300

An interpretation of when Utterson says "I incline to Cain's heresy [...] I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."

What is Utterson's habit of befriending and not judging 'down-going men'?

400

A metaphoric description of Dr Jekyll's appearance that suggests he represses his emotions.

What is "smooth-faced"?
400

A quote showing the police officer's reaction to the murder of Sir Danvers Carew.

What is "his eye lighted up with professional ambition. 'This will make a deal of noise.'"?

400

How Dr Jekyll is described when Utterson sees him after the murder of Sir Danvers Carew.

What is "looking deadly sick"?

400

A textual example that can be directly compared to Jekyll "losing confidence in himself" after Hyde killed the MP Sir Danvers Carew.

What is "the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr Hyde."?

400

The relevance of the Bible to the 1800s?

What is Christian religion's importance in Victorian England?

500

An analysis of the following quote: "At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with red baize".

What is representing keeping the monstrosity of a repressed upper class 'out' of society (or equivalent)?

500

The location that can be juxtaposed against Jekyll's dingy and messy lab.

What is Jekyll's entry hall?

500

An analysis of the following quote: "The first fog of the season. A great chocolate coloured pall lowered over heaven [...]"?

What is a metaphor describing a fog as like the 'pall' that is laid over a Catholic coffin, suggesting that Hyde's murder spreads a wickedness over London?

500

A speculation of Mr Utterson's that could be considered foreshadowing of Dr. Jekyll's suicide.

What is Utterson's belief that Hyde intended to murder Dr. Jekyll?

500

An interpretation of the following quote: "I have had a lesson -- O God, Utterson, what a lesson I have had!" (question answer not required here)

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