Plot summary Flashcards
(1)How is Utterson described?
As a dry and boring man
The image of a Victorian gentleman
(1)What was Utterson’s occupation?
Lawyer
(1)Who is Mr Enfield?
Utterson’s cousin
(1)What was the story that Enfield told Utterson?
He saw a man ‘calmly’ trample a little girl
(1)Where did the story take place?
By a door in a bad part of town
“Sinister block of building”
(2)What is Jekyll’s occupation?
Doctor
(2)What is Utterson’s connection to Jekyll?
They have been friends since college
Utterson is Jekyll’s lawyer
(2)What did Jekyll’s will state?
That is the event of death or disappearance everything should be given to Hyde
(2)What is Utterson’s opinion on Jekyll’s will?
He is concerned and troubled and wants to find out about Hyde.
(2)What is Lanyon’s connection with Jekyll?
He is a old friend of Jekyll and Utterson.
(2)What is Lanyon’s occupation?
Doctor
(2)Why does Lanyon explain to Utterson that he isn’t speaking to Jekyll?
They had a argument about medical theories
He says Jekyll is researching “unscientific balderdash”
(2)What does Utterson have nightmares about?
A faceless man (Hyde) trampling a girl
(2)What does Utterson decide to do after his nightmare?
Try and find Hyde
(2)What happens when Utterson meets Hyde?
Hyde gives him his address
(2)What are Utterson’s opinions about Hyde after meeting him?
He feels and unknown disgust, loathing and fear towards him.
(2)Where does Utterson go after meeting with Hyde?
Jekyll’s labortory
(2)What does Utterson find out at Jekyll’s labortory?
Thar Hyde has a key to the laboratory
The servants have to obey Hyde
(3)Where does Utterson speak to Jekyll?
After one of Jekyll’s dinner party
(3)What does Jekyll tell Utterson at the dinner party?
He deflects questions about Hyde
Tells him he can get “rid of Hyde” the “moment I choose.
(3)What does Jekyll make Utterson promise at the dinner party?
That he will carry out his will
(4)What crime did a maid witness?
Hyde wildly and violently beat Mr Carew to death
(4)What does Utterson notice at the crim scene?
That the walking stick used as a weapon was a gift to Jekyll
(4)Where does Utterson take the police?
To Hyde’s house
(4)What does Utterson find in Hyde’s room?
Ashes of burnt documents
Cloths scattered - quick exit
Other half of the walking stick
(5)What does Jekyll tell Utterson when he goes to see him after Carews murder?
He is nervous and tells him he will avoid Hyde
(5)What does Jekyll show Utterson after Carews murder?
A letter from Hyde saying he has escaped
(5)Why is Utterson suspicious of Jekyll after he showed him the letter from Hyde?
Jekyll says the letter was delivered however Poole said no letter was delivered.
(5)What does Utterson find out about the letter?
That Hyde and Jekyll’s handwriting are the same - Jekyll forged the letter
(6)What is happening to Jekyll after Hyde’s disappearance?
He is getting better and becoming more social
(6)What is Utterson shocked to find when he visits Lanyon?
Lanyon is near death
(6)What does Lanyon say about Jekyll?
He is angry and never wants to see him again
(6)What happens to Lanyon in chapter 6?
He dies
(6)What does the envelope from Lanyon say?
Not to be opened until Jekyll’s death or disappearance.
(6)What happens to Jekyll at the end of chapter 6?
He confides himself to the laboratory and refuses to see anyone
(7)Who do Utterson andEnfield see?
Jekyll through a window
(7)How does Jekyll act?
He is sick and pale and freaks out, slamming the window shut
(8)Why does Poole contact Utterson?
He is worried about Jekyll and thinks something horrible has happened
(8)What were the servants reaction to the situation?
They were happy Utterson was there and were scared
(8)What was Jekyll’s reaction to Utterson asking to come in?
He turns him away
(8)Why does Poole suspect Jekyll was murdered?
He doesn’t believe the ‘person’ in the cabinet us Jekyll and describes him as dwarfish
(8)What does Utterson find when breaking into the cabinet?
A lifeless Hyde who has committed suicide
A will leaving all Jekyll’s belongings to Utterson
A letter telling Utterson to read the letter from Lanyon and his letter
(9)Who’s perspective is chapter 9 in?
Lanyons
(9)What did the letter Lanyon recieved from Jekyll tell him to do?
To get chemicals and a book and to give it to a man named Hyde at night
(9)How did Lanyon describe Hyde?
Revolting
Dreadful smile
(9)What happened when Hyde drank the mixture?
He staggered
His features melted
Left behind a pale, shaken Jekyll
(9)What was Lanyon’s reaction to the transformation?
He was terrified and shocked
He died from fear
(10)Who’s perspective was chapter 10 in?
Jekyll
(10)What was Jekyll describing?
His belief of the good and evil side of man and his want to separate the two sides of himself
(10)What happened when Jekyll took the mixture?
He felt extreme pleasure and extreme wickedness
(10)What was wrong with the mixture?
He created a wholly evil version of himself rather than creating a wholly good and evil version.
(10)What happened after a while?
He started turning into Hyde without the mixture
He couldn’t control Hyde so he stopped taking the mixture
(10)What happened due to him repressing his desires for too long?
Hyde returned even more evil and murdered Carew
(10)How did Jekyll feel about Carew’s murder?
Hyde felt great glee and delight
Jekyll felt extremely guilty
(10)What did Jekyll decide after Hyde took control?
He decided to commit suicide to stop Hyde from committing more crimes
