Secrecy

Question 1

“him or it or whatever it is that lives in that cabinet”

Answer 1

• Secrecy is shown through key setting of Jekylls cabinet.
• the cabinet throughout the novel is a mysterious space with different entrances and exists.
• ultimately the cabinet is significant because it represents the biggest mystery and secret within the novel.
• Stevenson uses personal pronoun “it or whatever” to describe Hyde, this makes the reader imagine Hyde to be a monster and something that is inhuman which is why Jekyll hides his true identity.

Question 2

“he mostly comes and goes by the laboratory”

Answer 2

referred to Hyde

Question 3

“the door which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker”

Answer 3

Throughout the novel, secrecy is a key theme and is often represented by doors.most doors throughout the novel are closed , hiding something behind it or keeping something out.

Question 4

“Mr Hyde”

Answer 4

the name “hyde” itself represents hidden.

he represents everything that people weren’t allowed to do.

Question 5

Story of the door

Answer 5

shows the entrances and exist of hyde.