dr jekyll and mr hyde

• Good vs Evil


  Stevenson explores the idea that there is good and evil within all people and that there is often an internal struggle. While Hyde does end up dead, it is not clear if 'good' has won, or whether for one to remain the other must do so to.
• Science


  In the novel Dr Jekyll's scientific beliefs can be closely associated with the supernatural, his science is a cover for the supernatural and causes much conflict with Dr Lanyon. Science in this time was thought to be a direct threat to religion at the time.
• Religion


  Throughout the novel, God and Satan appear regularly (again adding to the concept of good v evil). You can see this most clearly when Mr Hyde (often likened to Satan) defaces Dr Jekyll's religious book.
• Reputation


  A theme which links to the Victorian idea that everything you did in public was open for others to judge and criticise and therefore you must maintain a positive image
• Secrecy


  A motif that is shown through many of the characters in the novel who hide certain parts of their lives in order to maintain a good reputation
• Duality of Man


  Stevenson uses the characters of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to present that humans are complex beings with multiple sides. This is clear when Jekyll states that"man is not truly one, but truly two".
• Femininity


  In the novel, the female characters are few and appear as passive and weak. They are characters who are not directly involved in the action but are often bystanders or affected by the actions of the men.
• Curiosity


  Curiosity results in the characters of the novel seeking knowledge. Those who do not seek to understand the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde are lacking in curiosity, instead, the reader is prompted to be curious as they solve the mystery with Mr Utterson.
• Friendship


  The most positive theme explored in the novel. Evident in the relationship between Lanyon and Jekyll and Utterson and his clients. Utterson is at the centre of the novel which also helps to move the plot along.
• Deception


  Mr Utterson doesn't understand the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde and wants to learn. Steven leaves out key moments in the text so the reader must use their own imagination and therefore is not sure what is true.
• Violence


  In both of the crimes that Hyde commits, the reader learns that they have been against vulnerable and innocent victims, which makes the extent of his immorality all the more shocking
• Silence


  At various points in the novel, there is silence. This comes from a character either being unable to articulate themselves or actively choosing to avoid a conversation.
• Supernatural


  Jekyll releases another side to him through his science, this is ironic as this ends up bringing about his natural death. Again the complexity of opposites is explored.
• Gothic


  The gothic theme is seen through the doubling that occurs and the transformation from Jekyll into Hyde. Gothic novels explore the dark themes of the natural and the supernatural.
• Regression


  Hyde's appearance is disturbing and frightening. It is further amplified by his behaviour, he appears to have regressed to a primitive state, and perhaps plays on fears at the time of writing that 'savages' would be able to overrun society.

  
• Dramatic Irony


  A literary technique used when the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to that character

  
• Foreshadowing


  Foreshadowing occurs in a literary text when the author or playwright gives clues and hints about what is to come in the plot. For example when Lanyon tells Utterson,"[Jekyll] began to go wrong, wrong in mind".
• Allegory


  A literary work that reveals a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
• Simile


  A figure of speech which compares one thing to another thing, making the description more emphatic or vivid

  
• Onomatopoeia


  Language which mimics the sound of that which it describes

  
• A character's door is described as having "


  wore a great air of wealth and comfort". Who does it belong to?Dr Jekyll3 multiple choice options

  
• " It was like some damned Juggernaut" Which character recounts an incident of a girl being trampled?

  Mr Enfield
• Who says? "If he be Mr Hyde...I shall be Mr Seek"


  . Mr Utterson
• impression of deformity"

  Who is this quote about?"was pale and dwarfish; he gave an impression of deformity"

  Mr Hyde

  
• Who says the following quote?"O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend"

  Mr Utterson (when he meets Mr Hyde)

  
• Who says the following quote? "...out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend."


  Mr Utterson (to explain the moment of clarity)

  
• Who writes the following in a letter? "large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness"

  Dr Jekyll

  
• Stevenson suggests that Jekyll is sly before his alter-ego is revealed. What is this technique called?

  Foreshadowing

  
• " Now that the evil influence had been withdrawn, a new life began for Dr Jekyll'.Dr Jekyll

  
• Which character is described as " austere" in the first paragraph of the novel?


  Mr Utterson

  
• who said "...like a man restored from death- there he stood Henry Jekyll!"

  Dr Lanyon

  
• who said "ape-like fury"

  Maid (describing Mr Hyde)
• who said "in spite of the biting weather, took off his hat and mopped his brow with a red pocket-handkerchief".

  Mr Poole (an example of juxtaposition)
• who said "You are one of my oldest friends; and although we may have differed at times on scientific questions, I cannot remember...any break in our affection".

  Dr Jekyll (writing to Dr Lanyon)
• who said " ...my honour, my reason, are all at your mercy"

  Dr Jekyll (writing to Dr Lanyon)
• who " trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground"

  Mr Hyde
• who said "My life is shaken to its roots, sleep has left me"

  Dr Lanyon
• who "I find it in my heart to pity him"

  Dr Jekyll (talking about Mr Hyde)
• who said "man is not truly one, but truly two"

  Dr Jekyll
• who said "I can't pretend that I shall ever like him".

  Mr Utterson (about Mr Hyde)