Chapter 5- Incident of the Letter

Question 1

The tables…

Answer 1

…laden with chemical apparatus

-A full table, perhaps foreshadows the truth of how they all correlated to this spontaneous transformation from Jekyll to Hyde and vice versa.

Question 2

But held out…

Answer 2

…a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice

-Hints how Jekyll is not well and perhaps this was due to the transition to Hyde.

Question 3

I swear…

Answer 3

…to God I will never set eyes on him again

-Ironic, it is true but it is because of he himself turning into Hyde and therefore it is not possible to make eye contact with his evil form as Jekyll.

Question 4

The fog…

Answer 4

…still slept on the wing above the drowned city.

-Metaphor of the fog, motif for secrecy.

Question 5

The two hands…

Answer 5

…are in many points identical.

-Mr Guest can determine that the handwriting of Mr Hyde’s letter is the same as Dr Jekyll’s handwriting.

Question 6

And his blood…

Answer 6

…ran cold in his veins.

-Utterson’s fear, this transcendental science is not common.