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Dr Henry Jekyll

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a well-respected doctor and scientists. He starts to act strangely and stops seeing friends when he secretly experiments with his alter ego

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Mr Edward Hyde

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evil side of Jekyll, a violent and merciless character who makes people feel uneasy and disgusted

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Mr Gabriel Utterson

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a lawyer and Jekyll’s friend. He is very rational and sets out to solve the mystery of Jekyll’s odd behaviour

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Dr Hastie Lanyon

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a doctor. used to be close friends with Jekyll, but fell out over Jekyll’s controversial scientific ideas

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Mr Richard Enfield

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Utterson’s cousin and friend. They enjoy spending time together, even though they don’t have much in common

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Poole

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Jekyll’s butler, worked for Jekyll for 20 years and knows him well. He’s concerned by Jekyll’s strange behaviour

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Sir Danvers Carew

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an elderly gentlemen and member of parliament

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Mr Guest

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Utterson’s clerk. He notices that Hyde’s handwriting is almost identical to Jekyll’s

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Stevenson as a child

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influenced by strict christian beliefs oh his nanny, Alison Cunningham

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Stevenson as an adult

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interested in behaviour of Victorian- the way they maintained an outwardly respectable appearance, but secretly indulged in immoral behaviour

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1850

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Stevenson born in Edinburgh

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1867

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went to Edinburgh university to study engineering

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1871

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wanted to become a writer, but decided to study law first on his father’s advice

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1873

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quarrelled with his father about religion- his father was upset that Stevenson had become an atheist

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1878

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published first novel ‘an inland voyage’

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1880

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married Fanny Osbourne

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1886

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published ‘the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’

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1889

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moved to Samoa and never returned to Britain

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1894

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died, aged 44

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Victorian gentlemen

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  • important to look respectable
  • sinful behaviour and less respectable desires kept secret
  • hid true feelings to keep good reputation