Characters

Question 1

Hyde

Answer 1

Mr Hyde is described as devilish, evil, and a criminal mastermind. His first appearance in the novel shows him violently trampling a young girl. His violence continues, and he eventually murders Sir Danvers Carew.

Question 2

Hyde and Jekylls links

Answer 2

Hyde is Jekyll’s evil side made flesh. He is smaller and younger than Jekyll suggesting that Dr Jekyll’s good side is larger than his bad and that his evil side develops later in life than the good.

Question 3

Stevenson on Hyde

Answer 3

Stevenson makes Hyde more mysterious by only hinting at his physical appearance. We know that people are deeply affected by his appearance though.

Question 4

There is something wrong with his appearance; something ………, something …….. ……………. I never saw a man so disliked.

Answer 4

displeasing
downright detestable

Hyde is unforgiving and doesn’t repent for his crimes or sins. He is selfish and wishes for complete dominance over Jekyll

Question 5

“he broke out in great ……. of a……. carrying on like a mad man”

Answer 5

flame
anger

Description of Hyde murdering Sir Danvers Carew. Shows Hyde’s lack of self-control.

Question 6

“with ape-like …., he was trampling his victim under foot and ……. down a storm of blows”

Answer 6

fury
hailing

Shows the brutality of Hyde’s attack.

Question 7

“I never saw a man I so ….. and yet I scarce know why.”

Answer 7

disliked

Enfield’s description of Hyde’s physical appearance.

Question 8

“He must be ……., he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point…”

Answer 8

deformed

Enfield cannot put his finger on what it is about Hyde that is “deformed”.

Question 9

“Mr Hyde shrank back with a ….. intake of the breath…”

Answer 9

hissing

The word “hissing” again shows Hyde’s animalistic qualities.

Question 10

“Mr Hyde was pale and ….., he gave an impression of d……. without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing ……”

Answer 10

dwarfish
deformity
smile

Utterson’s description of Hyde echoes Enfield’s description. The characters that meet Hyde are all convinced that something is “wrong” with him but cannot pinpoint what it is.

Question 11

“unknown disgust, …… and …..”

Answer 11

loathing
fear

Again, Utterson reacts to Hyde in a similar way to Enfield. The reaction of disgust is common to all who meet Hyde.

Question 12

Dr Jekyll

Answer 12

Dr Jekyll is a well-respected, intelligent doctor and experimental scientist. We know that he is wealthy and respectable but also that he was a bit wild in his youth. In truth he struggles to reconcile his serious public side with his “concealed pleasures” and it is this struggle that leads to his famous experiment.

Question 13

Jekyll and Hyde

Answer 13

Jekyll seeks to separate the “evil” side of his nature permanently which he hopes will lead to “the furtherance of knowledge and the relief of sorrow and suffering”.

Question 14

Jekylls experiments

Answer 14

His experiments cause him to become
erratic in his behaviour and become
alienated from his friends Utterson and Lanyon. This only gets worse as his experiments go wrong and he loses control over the transformations. He struggles to contain the Hyde persona and remain himself and this ultimately leads to his death.

Question 15

“a large, well-…., smooth faced man of ….”

Answer 15

made
fifty

Physical description of Jekyll which is in stark contrast to Hyde.

Question 16

“but every mark of …… and k……”

Answer 16

capacity
kindness

Shows Jekyll’s personality.

Question 17

“the moment I choose, I can be rid of …..”

Answer 17

Mr Hyde

Jekyll reassures Utterson about Hyde, it is also ironic that Jekyll returns to Hyde often as he cannot overcome his own temptation.

Question 18

“I bind my ….. to you that I am done with ….. in this world.”

Answer 18

honour
him

Jekyll promises Utterson that he is done with Hyde. He will later break this promise.

Question 19

“I ……. my pleasures”

Answer 19

concealed

The beginnings of Jekyll’s concerns with the duality of human nature. He suppressed what he thought to be wrong.

Question 20

Utterson

Answer 20

Utterson is Jekyll’s loyal friend and it is through his perspective that we understand most of the novel. His loyalty to, and concern for, Jekyll are shown often.

Question 21

His actions

Answer 21

When Sir Danvers Carew is murdered, Utterson protects his friend Jekyll by not mentioning their relationship to the police. Utterson is a lawyer and therefore a respectable, wealthy man in Victorian London.

Question 22

Utterson and the victorian gentleman

Answer 22

He is calm and rational and rather like a scientist in his approach to life. He likes to weigh up the evidence. He is also curious and persistent which we see in his quest to uncover the true reality and motives of Mr Hyde.

Question 23

“If he shall be ……., he had thought, I shall be M. ……..”

Answer 23

Mr Hyde
Mr Seek

It is this curiosity and persistence that eventually sees him uncover the truth about Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’s relationship.

Question 24

“lean, long, dusty, …… and yet somehow lovable”

Answer 24

dreary

Utterson is a serious-minded man with a respectable and serious profession. He is still “lovable” though.

Question 25

“He had an approved ……. for others…”

Answer 25

tolerance

This shows Utterson to be a tolerant person willing to consider and appreciate views and ideas that he considers wrong.

Question 26

“the last reputable acquaintance and the last good ….. in the lives of down ….. men”

Answer 26

influence
going

Utterson, by reputation is a loyal friend willing to help those around him.

Question 27

Lanyon

Answer 27

Dr Lanyon is a genial man and was once a great friend to Dr Jekyll. Lanyon is passionately attached to his scientific certainties and disagrees with Jekyll’s theories which Lanyon describes as “scientific balderdash”.

Question 28

Jekyll and Lanyon

Answer 28

In contrast Jekyll considers him “hidebound” (conventional and unadventurous) in his attitude towards medical science. This causes the men to fall out and not talk for over ten years.

Question 29

Lanyon and Hyde

Answer 29

When Lanyon witnesses Hyde’s transformation back into Jekyll he cannot cope with the fight between his sensible, rational view of the world and what he sees before him. This is more than his mind can bear and he falls ill ultimately never to recover.