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Plot summary Flashcards

1
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(1)How is Utterson described?

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As a dry and boring man
The image of a Victorian gentleman

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(1)What was Utterson’s occupation?

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Lawyer

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(1)Who is Mr Enfield?

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Utterson’s cousin

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(1)What was the story that Enfield told Utterson?

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He saw a man ‘calmly’ trample a little girl

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(1)Where did the story take place?

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By a door in a bad part of town
“Sinister block of building”

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(2)What is Jekyll’s occupation?

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Doctor

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(2)What is Utterson’s connection to Jekyll?

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They have been friends since college
Utterson is Jekyll’s lawyer

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(2)What did Jekyll’s will state?

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That is the event of death or disappearance everything should be given to Hyde

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(2)What is Utterson’s opinion on Jekyll’s will?

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He is concerned and troubled and wants to find out about Hyde.

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(2)What is Lanyon’s connection with Jekyll?

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He is a old friend of Jekyll and Utterson.

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(2)What is Lanyon’s occupation?

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Doctor

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(2)Why does Lanyon explain to Utterson that he isn’t speaking to Jekyll?

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They had a argument about medical theories
He says Jekyll is researching “unscientific balderdash”

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(2)What does Utterson have nightmares about?

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A faceless man (Hyde) trampling a girl

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(2)What does Utterson decide to do after his nightmare?

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Try and find Hyde

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15
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(2)What happens when Utterson meets Hyde?

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Hyde gives him his address

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(2)What are Utterson’s opinions about Hyde after meeting him?

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He feels and unknown disgust, loathing and fear towards him.

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(2)Where does Utterson go after meeting with Hyde?

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Jekyll’s labortory

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(2)What does Utterson find out at Jekyll’s labortory?

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Thar Hyde has a key to the laboratory
The servants have to obey Hyde

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(3)Where does Utterson speak to Jekyll?

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After one of Jekyll’s dinner party

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(3)What does Jekyll tell Utterson at the dinner party?

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He deflects questions about Hyde
Tells him he can get “rid of Hyde” the “moment I choose.

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(3)What does Jekyll make Utterson promise at the dinner party?

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That he will carry out his will

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(4)What crime did a maid witness?

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Hyde wildly and violently beat Mr Carew to death

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(4)What does Utterson notice at the crim scene?

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That the walking stick used as a weapon was a gift to Jekyll

24
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(4)Where does Utterson take the police?

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To Hyde’s house

25
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(4)What does Utterson find in Hyde’s room?

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Ashes of burnt documents
Cloths scattered - quick exit
Other half of the walking stick

26
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(5)What does Jekyll tell Utterson when he goes to see him after Carews murder?

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He is nervous and tells him he will avoid Hyde

27
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(5)What does Jekyll show Utterson after Carews murder?

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A letter from Hyde saying he has escaped

28
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(5)Why is Utterson suspicious of Jekyll after he showed him the letter from Hyde?

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Jekyll says the letter was delivered however Poole said no letter was delivered.

29
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(5)What does Utterson find out about the letter?

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That Hyde and Jekyll’s handwriting are the same - Jekyll forged the letter

30
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(6)What is happening to Jekyll after Hyde’s disappearance?

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He is getting better and becoming more social

31
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(6)What is Utterson shocked to find when he visits Lanyon?

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Lanyon is near death

32
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(6)What does Lanyon say about Jekyll?

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He is angry and never wants to see him again

33
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(6)What happens to Lanyon in chapter 6?

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He dies

34
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(6)What does the envelope from Lanyon say?

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Not to be opened until Jekyll’s death or disappearance.

35
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(6)What happens to Jekyll at the end of chapter 6?

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He confides himself to the laboratory and refuses to see anyone

36
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(7)Who do Utterson andEnfield see?

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Jekyll through a window

37
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(7)How does Jekyll act?

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He is sick and pale and freaks out, slamming the window shut

38
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(8)Why does Poole contact Utterson?

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He is worried about Jekyll and thinks something horrible has happened

39
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(8)What were the servants reaction to the situation?

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They were happy Utterson was there and were scared

40
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(8)What was Jekyll’s reaction to Utterson asking to come in?

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He turns him away

41
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(8)Why does Poole suspect Jekyll was murdered?

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He doesn’t believe the ‘person’ in the cabinet us Jekyll and describes him as dwarfish

42
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(8)What does Utterson find when breaking into the cabinet?

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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

43
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(9)Who’s perspective is chapter 9 in?

A

Lanyons

44
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(9)What did the letter Lanyon recieved from Jekyll tell him to do?

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To get chemicals and a book and to give it to a man named Hyde at night

45
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(9)How did Lanyon describe Hyde?

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Revolting
Dreadful smile

46
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(9)What happened when Hyde drank the mixture?

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He staggered
His features melted
Left behind a pale, shaken Jekyll

47
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(9)What was Lanyon’s reaction to the transformation?

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He was terrified and shocked
He died from fear

48
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(10)Who’s perspective was chapter 10 in?

A

Jekyll

49
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(10)What was Jekyll describing?

A

His belief of the good and evil side of man and his want to separate the two sides of himself

50
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(10)What happened when Jekyll took the mixture?

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He felt extreme pleasure and extreme wickedness

51
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(10)What was wrong with the mixture?

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He created a wholly evil version of himself rather than creating a wholly good and evil version.

52
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(10)What happened after a while?

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He started turning into Hyde without the mixture
He couldn’t control Hyde so he stopped taking the mixture

53
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(10)What happened due to him repressing his desires for too long?

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Hyde returned even more evil and murdered Carew

54
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(10)How did Jekyll feel about Carew’s murder?

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Hyde felt great glee and delight
Jekyll felt extremely guilty

55
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(10)What did Jekyll decide after Hyde took control?

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He decided to commit suicide to stop Hyde from committing more crimes

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