Chapter 10- Henry jekylls full statement of the case

• What does Jekyll leave for Utterson in the laboratory?

  A letter
• What did Jekyll possess at birth?

  A large inheritance, healthy body, decent nature
• How did Jekyll maintain his public persona?

  By hiding his frivolous side
• What did Jekyll feel due to his dual life?

  Guilt for his darker side's transgressions
• What did Jekyll hope to find through his studies?

  A solution to his split nature
• What does Jekyll claim about man’s nature?

  “Man is not truly one, but truly two”
• What did Jekyll find after much research?

  A chemical solution for his purposes
• What was Jekyll's reaction after taking the potion?

  He felt pain, then vigor and recklessness
• Why did Hyde have a small stature according to Jekyll?

  It represented his repressed evil side
• How did Jekyll feel upon seeing Hyde in the mirror?

  He experienced “a leap of welcome”
• What did Jekyll do for Hyde?

  Furnished a home and set up a bank account
• How did Jekyll feel about Hyde's actions?

  He felt no guilt for Hyde's dark exploits
• What caused Jekyll to worry two months before the Carew murder?

  He involuntarily transformed into Hyde
• What did Jekyll decide after involuntarily transforming into Hyde?

  To cease his transformations
• What happened after Jekyll took the potion again?

  Hyde emerged wild and vengefully savage
• How did Hyde react to Carew's murder?

  He showed no remorse
• What did Jekyll do after the murder of Carew?

  He prayed for forgiveness
• How did Utterson and others perceive Jekyll after the murder?

  He seemed to have a weight lifted
• What did Jekyll do after growing weary of constant virtue?

  Indulged in darker desires
• What happened during Jekyll's spontaneous transformation into Hyde?

  It occurred while he was sitting in a park
• What did Jekyll realize about the salt for the potion?

  It must have contained an impurity
• What did Jekyll anticipate regarding his transformations?

  He would become Hyde permanently
• What does Jekyll express uncertainty about in his letter?

  Hyde's potential actions upon discovery
• What does Jekyll's confession reveal?

  It clarifies many mysteries of the novel
• How does Jekyll's confession change the reader's perspective?

  It provides insight into his duality
• What central question does the novel explore?

  The relationship between good and evil in man
• How is Hyde characterized in relation to Jekyll?

  As the embodiment of man's dark side
• What does Jekyll's goal reveal about his character?

  He wanted to liberate his light half
• How does Jekyll's transformation into Hyde affect his morality?

  It weakens his conscience and responsibility
• What does Stevenson suggest about humanity's dark impulses?

  They are immense and hard to control
• How does Stevenson portray Utterson and Enfield's attitude towards evil?

  As somewhat absurd in their denial
• What does the absence of description about Jekyll's sins indicate?

  Clash between rationality and profound evil
• Why might Stevenson avoid explicit descriptions of crimes?

  Due to Victorian societal norms
• What does the introduction of Hyde suggest about Victorian society?

  It reflects anxieties about sexuality
• What does Stevenson imply about the nature of Jekyll's and Hyde's sins?

  They are less important than the dark lure
• What universal aspect of human nature does Stevenson highlight?

  Our struggle to control our dark sides
• How does the narrative structure of the novel affect its themes?

  It reveals dual perspectives on morality
• How did Jekyll's idealism affect his public persona?

  It allowed him to maintain respectable seriousness
• What led Jekyll to mystical studies?

  His scientific interests
• What does Jekyll's transformation into Hyde represent for him?

  A welcome outlet for his passions