Weird Science(s)!
Dr. Jekyll has many potential hobbies and interests, but this applicative science is the one that garners the most of his interest.
What is chemistry?
The memory Enfield shares at the beginning of the story upon seeing a decrepit door details a man doing this to a young girl who accidentally ran into him.
What is trampling/stomping on?
The loyal and concerned butler of Dr. Jekyll who expresses concern as to the condition and identity of his master.
Who is Poole?
This overall theme of the story is embodied by contrasting the positive characteristics of Jekyll against the negative characteristics of Hyde.
What is good vs. evil?
The city in which the story takes place.
Where is London?
The dissecting table in the basement laboratory came from the previous surgeon owner's interest in this medical science.
What is anatomy?
While a handsome sum is provided to a victim's family, Mr. Enfield suspects that this crime might have been committed due to a peculiar detail on the assailant's check.
What is forgery?
This character is the embodiment of good and evil-- demonstrating the complexity that exists when considering humanity and morality.
Who is Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde?
It is said in the story that there is no statute of limitations in the law of this powerful figure often linked to morality, as past actions are still observed by them.
Who is God?
The time period that the story takes place.
What is the 19th Century (Victorian/Industrial England)?
Multiple characters in our story hold formal understandings of this type of judicial science-- more often referred to in civics regarding crime and punishment.
What is law?
This was used as a murder weapon against a high ranking member of Parliament, all the while potentially symbolizing economic class, mental stability, and physical fragility at the same time.
What is a cane?
This character, who was previously considered a friend to Jekyll, was no longer on speaking terms with the doctor after referring to him as going "wrong in mind".
Who is Dr. Lanyon?
The continuous insistence throughout the book that the persona of Jekyll is good while Hyde's is bad is all as a result of the __________ of people around them, which while good for subjective judgments are often biased or inaccurate.
What is perception?
The particular neighborhood in which Hyde is revealed to live in.
Where is SoHo?
After finding comparative notes between the two, the protagonist is able to discern a distinct similarity between this personal aspect of both Jekyll and Hyde.
What is handwriting?
Utterson comes to the belief that Hyde has become the inheritor of Jekyll's will by means of this nefarious tactic meant to extort someone through the knowledge of potential past misdoings.
What is blackmail?
A close friend and distant relative of Mr. Utterson, with whom he shares weekly walks.
Who is Mr. Enfield?
London's tainted physical appearance from the byproduct of industrialization reflects the physical appearance of which character?
Who is Mr. Hyde?
The particular neighborhood in which Dr. Lanyon lives.
Where is Cavendish Square?
Dr. Jekyll had ordered chemicals as a means to create a potion or serum that would do this to himself.
What is transform/transfigure?
Jekyll briefly indulges in his misdeeds with the Jekyll persona by annotating these types of spiritually offensive ramblings in his copy of The Bible.
What are blasphemies?
The full name of the protagonist, or who the story follows for the majority of the narration, for Jekyll and Hyde.
Who is Dr. Gabriel John Utterson?
While not explicitly expressed in the story, this is the modern take on the themes of Jekyll and Hyde that mirror a realistic human condition that potentially propels a person into manic personas of happiness and sadness.
What is mental illness?
The eventual discovery location of the body of Mr. Hyde.
Where is the laboratory?