Jekyll and Hyde: plot and characters Flashcards
Utterson
The narrator for Chapters 1-8 and a highly respected lawyer.
Henry Jekyll
He is a respectable Victorian gentleman who is expected to do the right thing and a scientist.
Edward Hyde
He is described as a deformed character and plays the role of Jekyll’s alter ego who can sin because he isn’t acknowledged or seen as important in society.
Richard Enfield
Utterson’s distant cousin, they go on Sunday morning walks together and that’s when Enfield retold the story of the door to Utterson.
Dr Lanyon
One of Jekyll’s old friends, he dies after seeing the transformation.
Poole
He is Dr Jekyll’s butler.
Mr Guest
He is the guest in the story and a specialist in handwriting.
Sir Danvers Carew
He is a politician who was murdered by Hyde with a cane.
Chapter 1: Story of the Door
Utterson and Enfield are on their morning walk when Enfield tells the story of a girl being “trampled” and the door that Hyde unlocked.
Chapter 2: Search for Hyde
Utterson goes to the door to find Hyde to question him about the will. Utterson believes that Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll into giving him money.
Chapter 3: Dr Jekyll was quite at ease
Utterson goes to a dinner party at Jekyll’s house where he asks Jekyll about Hyde and the will. Jekyll insists that “the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde.”
Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case
A maid tells the story of how she saw from her window that Hyde murdered Sir Danvers Carew with a cane.
Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter
The police find a letter on Sir Danvers Carew from Hyde. Utterson takes the letter. Utterson asks Mr Guest to compare Jekyll and Hyde’s handwriting. They are both almost identical except they slant different ways.
Chapter 6: Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon
Utterson visits Dr Lanyon who has a fright and is sick and pale. Lanyon dies from shock.
Chapter 7: Incident at the Window
Enfield and Utterson see Jekyll in his lab at the window and he seems distressed as he uncontrollably turns into Hyde and quickly pulls away from the window.
Chapter 8: The Last Night
Poole gets Utterson and they break down the lab door and find Hyde dead on the floor . There is a letter addressed to Utterson that instructs Utterson to read Dr Lanyon’s letter and a there’s a will.
Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon’s Narrative
Talks about the transformation.
Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Jekyll writes in his letter that he is Hyde and that “man is not truly one but truly two”.
“ape- like fury”
makes Hyde appear as animalistic and links to Darwin’s theory of evolution
“man is not truly one, but truly two
constant repetition of the duality of nature
“committed to a profound duplicity of life”
duplicitous- deceitful- he consciously chooses to hide his true self and be a hypocrite
“concealed my pleasures”
Freud’s theory of repression.
“man’s dual nature”
all men have two sides to them
“the other snarled aloud into a savage laugh”
animalistic, aggressive, Charles Darwin, less respectable
“Satan’s signature”
devilish, pure evil, sibilance for sinister effect
“such unscientific balderdash”
nonsense, pushing the boundaries of science
“trampled calmly”
unexpected but deliberate, oxymoron, bad intentions
“a strong feeling of deformity”
Hyde isn’t normal in society, Lambroso thought people looked like criminals (inherently criminal)
“the very pink of the proprieties”
appreciated and accepted by society, moral
