Chapter 10 - Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case

Question 1

Summarise what happens in this chapter

Answer 1

• Jekylls gives his full statement of the case

Question 2

What quote supports the idea that man is two?

Answer 2

“Man is not truly one, but two”

Question 3

The last chapter explores the “primitive….

Answer 3

duality of man”

Question 4

Why did Jekyll keep his research secret?

Answer 4

Because his research went against religious beliefs during the period

Question 5

What is an Id and who is the Id in the story

Answer 5

The part of the human persona that is based on instincts

Hyde is the id in the story

Question 6

What is an ego and who is the ego in the story

Answer 6

The part of the human persona that is in contact with the outside world

Jekyll is the ego in the story

Question 7

What is an superego and who are the superego in the story

Answer 7

The learned conscience of the human persona that allows us to fit in with society according to their beliefs

Victorian society are the superego in the story

Question 8

Why did Jekyll feel more free as Hyde?

Answer 8

He didnt have to protect his reputation, in order to conform with the consensus in victorian society

Question 9

How does the ‘beast in man’ and ‘darwins theory’ link in with Jekylls research?

Answer 9

We all have an id as part of our personality due to our biology

Question 10

Give a quote that proves that Jekyll was ashamed of his past sins

Answer 10

“hid them with an almost morbid sense of shame”

Question 11

What did Jekyll think life would be like if we could good an evil could be “housed in separate identities”

Answer 11

He though life would be “relieved of all that was unbearable”

Question 12

What prime factor encouraged Jekyll to carry out his experiments?

Answer 12

“Temptation”

Question 13

Give a quote that shows how Jekyll felt when he was Hyde and what technique is used here and why?

Answer 13

“younger, lighter, happier”

rule of three: id, ego, superego

Question 14

In this chapter, what two words beginning with ‘d’ is evil associated with?

Answer 14

“deformity and decay”

Question 15

“Edward Hyde was….

Answer 15

…pure evil”

Question 16

What quote highlights the importance of reputation to other victorian gentlemen, except for Hyde?

Answer 16

“(everyone elses) own reputation sat under shelter….I did so (sinned) for my pleasures”

Question 17

Give a quote that describes the discovery of going to sleep as Jekyll and waking up as Hyde?

Answer 17

“It was the hand of Edward Hyde”

short sentence: tension and effect

Question 18

Give a quote that uses sibilance to foreshadow evil events and what does this do?

Answer 18

“i sat in the sun on a bench”

Evil events after this will greatly contrast with the calmness of the current situation

Question 19

What quote by Jekyll is ironic in this chapter?

Answer 19

“my active goodwill”

Question 20

Give a quote that uses a metaphor to highlight the importance of memory?

Answer 20

“the animal within me licking the chops of memory”

Question 21

Give a quote that links Hyde with the devil in this chapter

Answer 21

“devilish fury”

Question 22

Give a quote that uses rule of three, and why may Stevenson have done this

Answer 22

“shaken, weaken but refreshed”

Question 23

Give a quote that proves that Hyde is scared of dying/suicide

Answer 23

“he fears my power to cut him off by suicide”

Question 24

Analyse the last line of the book

Answer 24

“i bring the life of that unhappy jekyll to an end.”

• full stop, straight after ‘end’, represents the demise of Jekyll
• Jekyll refers to himself as ‘unhappy’, showing his emotional state just before he died

Question 25

Why does the passing of letters suggest?

Answer 25

• it suggests that letters were sent to represent secrecy as people couldnt openly ‘talk’ about taboo topics