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A lawyer and close friend of Dr. Jekyll.
Who is Gabriel John Utterson?
The main theme in Jekyll and Hyde.
What is human nature is dualistic; both good and evil can be present together?
Why is Mr. Utterson troubled by Dr. Jekyll's will?
the will states that in the event of Jekyll's death or disappearance, Hyde is to inherit almost all of his estate.
Sees dr. Lanyon as a good person but very narrow-minded and scoffs at his seeming ignorance and lack of scientific curiosity.
Who is Dr. Jekyll?
Name three descriptions of Mr. Hyde.
What is: distasteful, evil, deformed, small, animalistic.
A Servant in Jekyll's household.
Who is Poole?
The narrative point of view throughout most of the story.
What is limited third-person from Mr. Utterson's perspective?
How does Utterson feel after his talk with Jekyll following the dinner party?
Dr. Jekyll turns pale and becomes evasive and upset when this name is brought up after the dinner party while claiming he can be rid of him at any time he chooses.
Who is Mr. Hyde?
First crime committed by Mr. Hyde.
What is trammeling a little girl?
A well-known "man about town."
Who is Richard Enfield?
"The wind made talking difficult, and seemed to have swept the streets unusually bare of people" is an example of a literary device.
What is personification?
Why does Utterson slowly begin to feel more at ease about Jekyll?
Hyde has disappeared completely, and Jekyll begins to seem like his old self again, receiving friends and renewing old acquaintances, including his friendship with Dr. Lanyon.
An unsettling thing which happens to Jekyll shortly before the murder of Sir Danvers Carew.
What is Jekyll transforms into Hyde without having taken the drugs.
The reason Poole calls on Utterson at night.
How Poole is concerned that Jekyll has been murdered and wants Utterson to confirm.
A respectable doctor skeptical of experimental science.
Who is Dr. Hastie Lanyon?
Name the time period Jekyll and Hyde took place in.
What is the Victorian Age?
Utterson sees an envelope with enclosures. What does he find in the enclosures, and what do they tell him to do?
1. Jekyll's will, naming him and not Hyde the beneficiary
2. A letter from Jekyll dated that day, telling him to read Lanyon's narrative first, and then his own confession.
3. Jekyll's confession.
The end of Jekyll's narrative.
What is Jekyll knows he has limited time before his evil nature takes over and wonders if Hyde will be executed or commit suicide?
The way Utterson and Poole determine if Jekyll is inside the cabnet.
What is:
1. Poole asks the person inside a question so Utterson can hear his voice.
2. They break down the door.
An older gentleman and member of Parliament.
Who is Sir Danvers Carew?
Name three theme topics that can be found in Jekyll and Hyde.
What is:
Some examples:
The dualism of man, good vs evil, friendship, reputation, gossip, silence, internal conflict, morals, mental illness, weakness, addiction, supernatural.
What does Utterson conclude is going on between Jekyll and Hyde?
Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll by threatening to expose something terrible Jekyll did in his youth.
A major conflict Jekyll faced while growing up?
What is wanting to seek pleasure while still being thought of as respectable.
Jekyll's explanation of the existence of Hyde.
What is there are two sides to every human being. Hyde was the embodiment of the evil Jekyll refused to ignore.