Chapter 8-

Question 1

What happens

Answer 1

Poole asks Utterson to come with him at once. They suspect Hyde has murdered Jekyll. They break down the door and see Hyde’s body on the floor and a letter from Jekyll.

Question 2

“Foul…”

Answer 2

*Poole and Utterson (usually controlled and rational) have a strong reaction- “Foul play!”

Question 3

“Pale…”/“the wind…”

Answer 3

Weather/setting increases tension somewhere- “Pale moon”/“the wind made talking difficult”/“the thin trees in the garden were lashing themselves along the railing”

• ‘lashing’: violence
• ‘themselves along the railing’: pathetic fallacy (foreshadowing)

Question 4

“Hysterical…”

Answer 4

Servants reaction when Utterson is let in-“hysterical whimpering”-tension increases
‘Hysterical’- can not control crying/fear. (Link to gothic conventions)

Question 5

What is Utterson’s behaviour like?

Answer 5

Utterson’s nervous behaviour- start contrast to what seen previously.

Question 6

“Do you…”

Answer 6

Utterson and Poole- tension builds again-“Do you know Poole..that you and I are about the place ourselves in a position of some peril?”
‘Peril’- danger

Question 7

“Ah, that’s”

Answer 7

Utterson with axe at the door. “Ah, that’s not Jekyll’s voice-It’s Hyde’s”- tension highest at this point

Question 8

“Right in the…”

Answer 8

“Right in the midst there lay a body of a man sorely contorting and still twitching…”
‘Body’- Hyde
‘Sorely contorting’- painful transforming
‘Contorting’- changing (looks abnormal)
‘Twitching’- Just died